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1 SSTEVEN H. RESNICOFF 6557 N. Mozart St., Chicago, Illinois 60645 Phone: 773/973-2335 (H); 312/362-8137 (O) E-mail: [email protected] PRESENT POSITION: PROFESSOR, DEPAUL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW Promoted, Full Professor, 1995; Tenured, 1994; Promoted, Associate Professor, 1992; Assistant Professor, 1988. I have taught bankruptcy, bioethics, commercial paper, commercial law survey, contracts, Jewish law, legal ethics, and secured transactions. Director, DePaul University College of Law Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies (since Fall 2014); Co-Director (2007-2014) Adjunct Professor: Northwestern University, Summer 2012: I taught the leadership ethics module of a graduate Certificate Program in Jewish Community Leadership, co-sponsored by Northwestern University and the Spertus College Adjunct Professor, Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership (formerly, Spertus College of Jewish Studies): I have taught a variety of Spertus’s Master’s and Doctoral programs in Jewish Studies Visiting Professor, Summer 2002, Brooklyn Law School AWARDS: DOTS Award for creating a hybrid course that received a perfect 100 rating DePaul University’s Spirit of Inquiry Award, June 2008 College of Law's Excellence in Teaching Award, June 2007 College of Law’s Excellence in Scholarship Award, June 2003 Named by DePaul University as holder of the Wicklander Chair for Business and Professional Ethics for the Academic Year 2000-2001 DePaul University College of Law=s Visiting Professor to Hebrew University Faculty of Law, May 2001 College of Law’s Outstanding Teacher Award, June 1994 LEGAL EDUCATION: YALE LAW SCHOOL, J.D., 1978 MOOT COURT: Finalist, Yale competition Member, Yale National Team Member, Yale Board of Directors ASSISTANT TO CHAIRMAN, Yale University Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility, Spring1976 UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: 2 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, A.B., 1974 Phi Beta Kappa Selected, Scholar of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs (WWSPIA), 1973 Admitted, special undergraduate program of WWSPIA, 1972 RABBINIC STUDIES: BETH MEDRASH GOVOHA, Rabbinic degree, 1983 Private, Advanced Rabbinic Ordination (yoreh yoreh yadin yadin) by Rabbi Moses Feinstein, of blessed memory EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE: Principal: Gerszberg & Resnicoff, Lakewood, NJ (1987-88) Associate: Selesky, Kolsky & Gerszberg, Lakewood, NJ (1984-87); Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, MD (1983-84) Books and chapters published or accepted for publication: Author, Understanding Jewish Law (2d ed., Carolina Academic Press)(anticipated publication in 2019) Author, Freedom, Responsibility, and Hope in Jewish Thought, in LAW, RELIGION AND LOVE: SEEKING ECUMENICAL JUSTICE FOR THE OTHER (Paul Barbie and Vanja-Ivan Savic, eds. (Routledge Press: 2017) Author, J. David Bleich: An Intellectual Portrait, in J. DAVID BLEICH: WHERE HALAKHAH AND PHILOSOPHY MEET, (Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes, eds.)(Boston, Massachusetts: Brill, 2015). Author, UNDERSTANDING JEWISH LAW (LexisNexis, 2012) Co-Author (with Professor Donna Litman), Jewish and American Inheritance Law: Commonalities, Clashes and Estate Planning Consequences, in L. Moscovits (ed.), JEWISH LAW ASSOCIATION STUDIES XXII (2012) Author, Da’at Torah & Censorship, JEWISH LAW ASSOCIATION STUDIES XX (2010) Author, May Plaintiffs Enjoy a Double Recovery? The "Collateral Source Rule" and Jewish Law, JEWISH LAW ASSOCIATION STUDIES XVIII (2008) Author, Keeping One=s Word in Commercial & Non-Commercial Contexts, JEWISH LAW ASSOCIATION STUDIES XVI (2007) 3 Author, Fraudulent Transfer Law in Illinois, in Robert M. Fishman et al. (eds.), SECURED TRANSACTIONS 2007 EDITION (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2007) * I authored a chapter on this topic in the 2001edition of this book (see below), prior to enactment in 2005 of major changes to the Bankruptcy Code Author, Lying and Lawyering: An Honest Perspective in Keith W. Krasemann and Patricia H. Werhane, (eds.), CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BUSINESS ETHICS: THE CALLISTA WICKLANDER LECTURES (University Press, 2006) * This chapter was originally published in the DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC AFFAIRS QUARTERLY (see AArticles,@ below) Author, Contemporary halakhic problems, chapter 29 in Nicholas de Lange and Miri Freud-Kandel (eds.), MODERN JUDAISM: AN OXFORD GUIDE (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005) Author, The Legal and Halachic Ramifications of Brain Death, in Fred Rosner and Robert Schulman (eds.), MEDICINE AND JEWISH LAW III (Brooklyn, NY: Yashar Books, Inc., 2005) Co-Author (with Prof. Wayne Lewis), NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER PAYMENT SYSTEMS: PROBLEMS AND MATERIALS (LexisNexis Co., 2004) Co-Author (with Prof. Wayne Lewis), TEACHER’S MANUAL TO NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER PAYMENT SYSTEMS: PROBLEMS AND MATERIALS (LexisNexis Co., 2004) Author, Ends and Means in Jewish Law: Lying to Achieve Economic Justice, JEWISH LAW ANNUAL XV (London: Taylor & Francis, 2004) Author, Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Dying, in Marshall J. Breger (ed.), JEWISH PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIAL ISSUES (Westport, Ct.: Praeger Publishers, 2003) Author, Jewish Fraudulent Transfer Law, in H. Gamoran (ed.), JEWISH LAW ASSOCIATION STUDIES XIII (New York: Global Publications, 2002) Author, Professional Autonomy: A Theological Critique, in Richard O=Dair and Andrew Lewis (eds.), LAW AND RELIGION: CURRENT LEGAL ISSUES VOLUME 4 (Oxford University Press, 2001) Author, Illinois Fraudulent Transfer Law, in Robert M. Fishman et al. (eds.), SECURED TRANSACTIONS (Illinois Institute Continuing Legal Education, 2001) Author, Helping A Client Violate Jewish Law: A Jewish Lawyer=s Dilemma, in H.G. Sprecher 4 (ed.), JEWISH LAW ASSOCIATION STUDIES X (New York: Global Publications, 2000) Author, The Secular Enforceability of a Beis Din Judgment, in Nisson Wolpin (ed.), THE ETHICAL IMPERATIVE (Mesorah Publications, 2000) (republication) Co-Author (with Ira Kasdan), A Proposal for a High School Course in Torah Ethics, in Nisson Wolpin (ed.), THE ETHICAL IMPERATIVE (Mesorah Publications, 2000) (republication) Co-Author, with Michael J. Broyde, The Corporate Veil: A Still Shrouded Mystery, in Aaron Levine and Moses Pava (eds.), JEWISH BUSINESS ETHICS: THE FIRM AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS (Yeshiva University Press, 1999) Co-Author, with Prof. Wayne K. Lewis, THE NEW LAW OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS (Michie Company, 1996) - 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2004 cumulative updates Co-Author, with Prof. Wayne K. Lewis, ILLINOIS NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS LAW (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1994) Lead Author, BANKRUPTCY ISSUES FOR STATE TRIAL COURT JUDGES (American Bankruptcy Institute (“ABI”), 1995) * Portions were adapted by the ABI in WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE: BANKRUPTCY AND ITS IMPACT ON DOMESTIC RELATIONS AND FAMILY LAW (ABI, 1997) Author, Chapter 21, Unsecured Claims, in Queenan, Hendel and Hillinger (ed.), CHAPTER 11 THEORY AND PRACTICE: A GUIDE TO REORGANIZATION (Horsham, Pennsylvania: LRP Publications, 1994) - 1995 update Contributor to Chapter 23, Subordination of Claims, in Queenan, Hendel and Hillinger (ed.), CHAPTER 11 THEORY AND PRACTICE: A GUIDE TO REORGANIZATION (Horsham, Pennsylvania: LRP Publications, 1994) Contributing Co-Author, Ginsberg, BANKRUPTCY (2d Edition) (Prentice-Hall, 1989) and periodic updates Contributing Co-Editor, Ginsberg and Martin, BANKRUPTCY (3rd Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1993) - 1994 update Contributing Co-Editor, Ginsberg and Martin, BANKRUPTCY (4th Edition, Aspen Law & Business, 1995) - 1996 update 5 - 1997 update Author, Chapter 8, Fraudulent Transfers, in ADVANCED COMMERCIAL FINANCE AND CREDITORS RIGHTS IN ILLINOIS (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1993) - 1996 update Articles – published or accepted for publication Author, BDS and its Harms, TABLETS (the journal of the Decalogue Society of Lawyers) (Fall 2016) Author, Jewish Identity’s Impact in a Nutshell, RUTGERS JOURNAL OF LAW & RELIGION VOL. 16 (2015) Author, Family Planning – Jewish Law Perspectives, to be published in the DEPAUL 15 JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE LAW 15 (2013) Author, Circumcision Safety: A Case Study in the Failure of Leaderships, LOOKING FORWARD (the official journal of the Aspen Center for Social Values) 1:3 (June 2014) Author, Jewish Law and the Tragedy of Sexual Abuse of Children – The Dilemma Within the Orthodox Jewish Community, 13:2 RUTGERS JOURNAL OF LAW & RELIGION (2012) Author, Jewish and American Bankruptcy Law: Their Similarities, Differences and Interactions, 19:2 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE LAW REVIEW (Winter 2011) Author, Shooting Down Suicide Airplanes - What's Law Got to Do With It?, 10 ISSUES IN AVIATION LAW & POLICY 281 (Spring 2011) Author, Illinois’ New Legal Ethics Rules: A Disappointing Travail, 9 DEPAUL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LAW 29 (FALL 2010) Author, Autonomy in Jewish Law – in Theory and in Practice, 24 JOURNAL OF LAW AND RELIGION 507 (2008-09) Author, Supplying Human Body Parts - a Jewish Law Perspective, 55 DEPAUL LAW REVIEW 851 (2006) Author, Jewish Law and Socially Responsible Corporate Conduct, 11 FORDHAM JOURNAL OF CORPORATE & FINANCIAL LAW 681 (2006) Author, Jewish Law: Duties of the Intellect, 1 UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS LAW REVIEW 386 (Fall 2003) Author, Lying and Lawyering: Contrasting American and Jewish Law, 77 NOTRE DAME 6 LAW REVIEW 937 (March 2002) Author, Lying and Lawyering: An Honest Perspective, DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC AFFAIRS QUARTERLY (Autumn 2001), pp. 7-20 Author, The Attorney-Client Relationship: A Jewish Law Perspective, 14 NOTRE DAME JOURNAL OF LAW, ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY 349