1 453 Law College Building, E. Lansing, MI 48824-1300 Phone: 517-432-6908 JD, Cum Laude, University of Michigan

ANNE LAWTON 453 Law College Building, E. Lansing, MI 48824-1300 E-mail Address: [email protected] Phone: 517-432-6908

EDUCATION J.D., cum laude, University of Michigan (joint J.D./M.B.A. program), 1986. • THE MICHIGAN JOURNAL OF LAW REFORM o Contributing Editor; Associate Editor • Book Award, ABA Section on Urban, State and Local Government, for paper on public control of land use. M.B.A., University of Michigan (joint J.D./M.B.A. program), 1986. A.B., with honors in History and with distinction, University of Michigan, 1982.

PUBLICATIONS 1. Lawton, MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY IN A NUTSHELL (forthcoming late 2020). 2. Lawton, What Problem? A Response to How Cities Fail: Service Delivery Insolvency and Municipal Bankruptcy, ___ MICH. ST. L. REV. ____ (forthcoming Spring 2020). 3. Lawton, BANKRUPTCY- GILBERT LAW SUMMARIES (2019) (major update of pre- BAPCPA edition by Ned Waxman) 4. Hynes, Lawton & Howard, National Study of Individual Chapter 11 Bankruptcies, 25 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE LAW REVIEW 61 (Winter 2017). • SSRN Top Ten Download list: • Empirical Studies eJournal, as of May 23, 2017. • Bankruptcy, Reorganization & Creditors eJournal, as of May 19, 2017. • LSN: Bankruptcy, as of April 15, 2017; as of April 11, 2017. • Household Finance eJournal, as of May 13, 2017; as of April 28. 2017 • Accepted for presentation at the 11th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (peer-review process), November 18-19, 2016, with presentation by Professor Richard Hynes. • Accepted for presentation at the Canadian Law and Economics Association Annual Conference, September 23-24, 2016, with presentation by Professor Richard Hynes. 5. Lawton, Individuals in Chapter 11: The National Study, ABI BANKRUPTCY BRIEF, April 14, 2017. 6. Lawton, Musings on BAPCPA and the Individual Chapter 11 Debtor, 90 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY LAW JOURNAL 307 (2016) (symposium issue on BAPCPA at Ten). 7. Lawton, The Individual Chapter 11 Debtor Pre- and Post-BAPCPA, 89 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY LAW JOURNAL 455 (2015) (double-blind peer-reviewed publication). 8. Lawton, Chapter 11 Reform Analysis: The Absolute Priority Rule Problem for Small Business Debtors, ABI BANKRUPTCY BRIEF, April 14, 2015. 9. Lawton, Will a Debtor with the Right to Appeal an Order Denying Confirmation of a Bankruptcy Plan be less Likely to Negotiate with Creditors? Justices Examine in Bullard, ABI BANKRUPTCY BRIEF, April 9, 2015.

10. Lawton, Who Gets Funds Held by Ch. 13 Trustee When Case Converts to 7? Supreme Court Looks to Policy, Equity and the Code During Oral Argument, ABI BANKRUPTCY BRIEF, April 7, 2015. 11. Lawton, Supreme Court, Advocates Struggle with Dewsnup at Oral Argument on Lien Stripping, ABI BANKRUPTCY BRIEF, March 31, 2015. 12. Lawton, Commission Comparison: Filing of an SME Petition and Document Deadlines, ABI BANKRUPTCY BRIEF, March 10, 2015. 13. Lawton, Looking Under the Hood of the Commission’s Recommendations on SMEs: Simple, Speedy and Effective, ABI BANKRUPTCY BRIEF, February 24, 2015. 14. Lawton, House Subcommittee Spars Over Asbestos Claim Transparency Legislation, ABI BANKRUPTCY BRIEF, February 5, 2015. 15. Lawton, Bankruptcy Rules Advisory Committee Holds Hearings on Mandatory National Chapter 13 Plan Form, ABI BANKRUPTCY BRIEF, January 27, 2015. 16. Lawton, An Argument for Simplifying the Code’s “Small Business Debtor” Definition, 21 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE LAW REVIEW 55 (2013). 17. Lawton, Chapter 11 Triage: Diagnosing a Debtor’s Prospects for Success, 54 ARIZONA LAW REVIEW 985 (2012). 18. The Honorable Scott Dales, Anne Lawton, Greg Luyt, and Michelle Wilson, So you want to get paid? How to get your fees paid without running afoul of the Court, the law or the rules of ethics, Twenty-Third Annual FBA Bankruptcy Conference, Western District of Michigan, July 2011 (short seminar materials of 10 pages or less). 19. The Honorable Scott Dales, Anne Lawton & Lori Purky, Exemption Issues Materials, Twenty-First Annual FBA Bankruptcy Conference, Western District of Michigan, July 2009 (short seminar materials of 10 pages or less). 20. Lawton & Oswald, Scary Stories and the Limited Liability Polluter in Chapter 11, 65 WASHINGTON & LEE LAW REVIEW 451 (2008). 21. Lawton, Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Perils of Reporting Sexual Harassment, 9 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW 603 (Spring 2007). 22. Lawton, The Bad Apple Theory in Sexual Harassment Law, 13 GEORGE MASON LAW REVIEW 817 (Summer 2005). • Cited in annotations to 29 C.F.R. § 1604.11 Sexual Harassment 23. Lawton, Operating in an Empirical Vacuum: The Ellerth and Faragher Affirmative Defense, 13 COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF GENDER AND LAW 197 (Spring 2004). • Cited in Aguas v. New Jersey, 220 N.J. 494, 540-41 (2015) (Albin, J., dissenting). 24. Lawton, The Cultural Myth of Meritocracy, 2 EMPLOYEE RIGHTS QUARTERLY 57 (Winter 2002). 25. Lawton, Tipping the Scales of Justice in Sexual Harassment Law, 27 OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 517 (2001) (symposium). 26. Lawton, The Meritocracy Myth and the Illusion of Equal Employment Opportunity, 85 MINNESOTA LAW REVIEW 587 (December 2000). 27. Lawton, The Emperor’s New Clothes: How the Academy Deals with Sexual Harassment, 11 YALE JOURNAL OF LAW AND FEMINISM 75 (1999). 28. Lawton, The Frankenstein Controversy: The Constitutionality of a Federal Ban on Cloning, 87 KENTUCKY LAW JOURNAL 277 (1998-99). • Cited in Report for Congress, Substantive Due Process and a Right to Clone, CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE (May 21, 2002).

• Outstanding Paper Award, Tri-State Regional Business Law Association, Inc., November 1997 29. Lawton, Regulating Genetic Destiny: A Comparative Study of Legal Constraints in Europe and the United States, 11 EMORY INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW 365 (1997). 30. Lawton, Using a Management Driven Model to Teach Business Law, 15 JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES EDUCATION 211-235 (Summer 1997). • Selected for inclusion in launch of EduRN, SSRN’s new Education Research Network (April 2018). Included in EduRN: Legal Scholarship Education (LSN) 31. Lawton and Oswald, Teaching the Doctrine of Precedent Through Simulations, 13 JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES EDUCATION 121-146 (Winter/Spring 1995). 32. The Honorable James D. Gregg and Anne Lawton, Bankruptcy Ethics: The Attorney-Client Privilege and The Duty of Confidentiality re: Client Communications, FOURTH ANNUAL MIDWESTERN BANKRUPTCY CONFERENCE 213 (Prentice Hall Law & Business 1994) (seminar materials). 33. Lawton and Oswald, The Use of Simulated Hearings in Business Law Courses, 11 JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES EDUCATION 103-126 (Winter/Spring 1993). 34. Lawton, Pyramid, Columbia Business School, 1993 (published case study). • Runner-Up Award, Albert Sussman Ethics in Real Estate Competition, Columbia Business School, 1993.

COMMENTARY, TESTIMONY, AND REPORTS 1. Reporter, Local Rules Revision, Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan, 2016-18. Final Rules Report submitted Summer 2018. 2. Letter opposing proposed revision to Standard 403 submitted July 10, 2017 (with Professors Barnhizer, Candeub, and Kuykendall). 3. Individuals in Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, American Bankruptcy Institute, preliminary report submitted March 18, 2016 (with Richard Hynes, University of Virginia School of Law, and Margaret Howard, Washington & Lee School of Law). 4. Short report for American Association of University Women of Michigan on state equal rights amendment, June 2016. 5. Research Report for ACLU of Michigan on federal causes of action related to Flint water crisis, submitted February 29, 2016. 6. Commentary on Proposed Official Bankruptcy Forms, Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, Judicial Conference of the United States, submitted February 16, 2015. 7. Chapter 11 Assets and Liabilities Report (2007), American Bankruptcy Institute Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11, submitted September 9, 2014. 8. Chapter 11 Assets and Liabilities Report (2004), American Bankruptcy Institute Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11, submitted July 17, 2014. 9. Written testimony advocating several small-business reforms, American Bankruptcy Institute Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11, submitted for Field Hearing held in Atlanta, Georgia, November 1, 2013. 10. Report on proposed small-business reforms, Governance and Supervision of Chapter 11 Cases and Companies Committee, American Bankruptcy Institute Commission to Reform Chapter 11 (Summer 2013).

GRANTS AWARDED 1. Predicting Successful Reorganization for Small Business Debtors in Chapter 11, seed grant from Center for Business and Social Analytics, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University (with Dr. Anjana Susarla and Professor Adam Candeub). 2. Associate Investigator, National Study of Individual Chapter 11 Bankruptcies, funded by the Anthony H.N. Snelling Endowment Fund, American Bankruptcy Institute (with Professor Margaret Howard, Washington & Lee University School of Law, and Professor Richard Hynes, University of Virginia School of Law). a. Final report published in AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE LAW REVIEW

UNPUBLISHED ARTICLES AND PAPERS 1. Lawton, The Faculty: A Field Guide 2. Lawton, The Committee 3. The Institutional Economics of U.S. Bankruptcy Law (with Dr. Eric Scorsone and Dr. David Schweikhardt). (Paper presented by Dr. Eric Scorsone at World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research, September 11, 2014.

SCHOLARLY, ACADEMIC AND OTHER TEACHING POSITIONS A. Bankruptcy Related 1. Robert M. Zinman Resident Scholar, American Bankruptcy Institute, Spring Term 2015. 2. Member, Individual Chapter 11 Task Force, American Bankruptcy Institute. 3. Consultant to Governance and Supervision of Chapter 11 Cases and Companies Committee, American Bankruptcy Institute Commission to Study the Reform Chapter 11.

B. Law School 1. Michigan State University College of Law, Professor of Law, July 2013 to Present • Courses taught: Advanced Contracts (UCC & negotiation course), Chapter 7 Practicum (course with externship), Contracts (as 6-credit, two semester course and as 4-credit, one semester course), Basic Bankruptcy, Commercial Transactions, Consumer Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 Reorganization, Legal Research & Writing (with Contracts emphasis), Sales and Leases, Sales and Secured Transactions 2. Michigan State University College of Law, Associate Professor (with tenure), Fall 2008-June 2013 (see supra for courses taught) 3. Michigan State University College of Law, Visiting Associate Professor, Fall 2007 4. University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Visiting Associate Professor, 2005-2006. 5. Ralph R. Papitto School of Law, Roger Williams University, Associate Professor, 2002-2008. (Awarded tenure at Roger Williams) 6. Pettit College of Law, Ohio Northern Univ., Visiting Assistant Professor, 2000-2001 7. The Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Adjunct Professor, 1994 (co-taught Bankruptcy Reorganization Workshop with the Honorable James D. Gregg)

C. Business School 1. Assistant Professor, Miami University School of Business, 1995-2000. 2. Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Business, May 1990- May 1993.

D. Other Teaching Experience 1. Visiting Professor, China University of Politics and Law, Beijing, China, May 1993. 2. Instructor: Prison Paralegal Program, Scott Correctional Facility, Michigan.

E. Bar Review 1. Themis Bar Review since 2011: Creditors’ Rights; Michigan Contracts Distinctions

TEACHING AWARDS & RECOGNITION 1. Campbell Teaching Award, Michigan State University College of Law, 2017 2. Professor of the Year, 2006-2007 Academic Year, Ralph R. Papitto School of Law, Roger Williams University. • Voted on by third-year graduating class. 3. Professor of the Year, 2004-2005 Academic Year, Ralph R. Papitto School of Law, Roger Williams University. • Voted on by third-year graduating class. 4. Teaching Award Nominee, Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration, Miami University, 1999 5. Lilly Teaching Fellow, Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration, Miami University, 1996-1997 Academic Year. 6. Teaching Award Nominee, Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration, Miami University, 1996.

CLERKSHIPS 1. Law Clerk, The Honorable David McKeague, United States District Court, Western District of Michigan (subsequently elevated to the Sixth Circuit), 2001-2002. 2. Law Clerk, The Honorable James D. Gregg, United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Michigan, 1993-1995. 3. Law Clerk, The Honorable James Brickley (deceased), The Michigan Supreme Court, 1986-1988. • Clerk assigned to Smith v. Dep’t of Public Health, 428 Mich. 540 (1987), aff’d sub nom. Will v. Michigan Dep’t of State Police, 491 U.S. 58 (1989).

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE 1. Corporate Associate, Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer, Boston, MA, August 1988- August 1989. 2. Summer Associate, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC, May-June 1985 (split summer). 3. Research Assistant, Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Ann Arbor, MI, Summer 1984. 4. Summer Associate, Shook, Hardy and Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Summer 1983. 5. VISTA, Columbus Tenants’ Union, Columbus, OH, 1979-1980.

WEB PAGES • https://www.msu.edu/~alawton/ o Created web site describing commercial law course offerings for MSU law students

BANKRUPTCY AND GENERAL NEWS MEDIA A. Bankruptcy Interviews 1. Retail Bankruptcies Leave Consumers Paying Thousands for Nothing, Bloomberg Law News, April 30, 2020 (Interview by Leslie Pappas) 2. Interviewed by Ryan Dattilo and Jon Ferro, legal counsel for Senator Grassley on the Senate Judiciary Committee and Representative Collins on the House Judiciary Committee, respectively, on small business bankruptcy bill, July 16, 2018. 3. Looking at Limited Liability Partnerships in Bankruptcy, Host of Podcast featuring Professor Christine Hurt of BYU Law, featured on ABI Website (Episode 161). 4. Latest ABI Podcast Examines Issues Surrounding Litigation and Liquidation Trusts, Host of podcast featuring David Bart of McGladrey LLP, Daniel Doyle of Lashly & Baer PC, and Michael Reed of Pepper Hamilton LLP, featured on ABI Website (Episode 160). 5. Latest ABI Podcast Looks at CFPB’s Proposed Regulations on Payday and Vehicle Title Loans, Host of podcast featuring Jon Pearson of Ballard Spahr LLP, featured on ABI Website (Episode 159). 6. Bankruptcy Judge and Scholar Debate Professional Fee Issue Currently Before Supreme Court, Host of podcast featuring the Honorable Judith Fitzgerald and Professor Larry Ponoroff of the University of Arizona College of Law, featured on ABI Website (Episode 158). 7. Examining “Bankruptcy Survival Calculator,” Host of podcast featuring Professor Lynn LoPucki and Professor Joseph Doherty of the UCLA School of Law, featured on ABI Website (Episode 157). 8. Examining Oral Argument in Wellness Case, Host of podcast featuring National Bankruptcy Conference conferees Jonathan Landers, Brady Williamson, and Professor S. Elizabeth Gibson, featured on ABI Website (Episode 156). 9. Examining Controversial National Chapter 13 Plan Form Proposal, Host of podcast featuring the Honorable Brian Lynch, Chief Bankruptcy Judge, Western District of Washington, and the Honorable Rebecca Connelly, Chief Bankruptcy Judge, Western District of Virginia, featured on ABI Website (Episode 155). 10. Commission Hears Testimony on CROs, Trustees and Management Retention, XXXII ABI JOURNAL 10, 90-93 (December 2013) (excerpt from testimony on page 92) 11. Podcast on chapter 11 small business reforms, August 2013 (interview by Professor Kara Bruce, ABI Resident Scholar). 12. Are polluters using the Code to dump on taxpayers? in February 26, 2008, edition of Bankruptcy Court Decisions: Weekly News and Comment (vol. 49, Issue 12) (interview for cover story).

B. Newspaper Articles, Interviews, and Editorials 1. Interview with Melinda Cross on sexual harassment prevention for Zurich Risk Management, May 13, 2019. 2. Interview with Samantha Stevenson, Managing Editor, Ball Bearings, May 22, 2018

3. Interview with Barbara Frankel, Executive Editor, Working Mother Research Institute on sexual harassment and #MeToo movement, May 16, 2018 4. Why should law schools have to require LSAT or GRE? Law deans ask the question, ABA JOURNAL, July 13, 2017 (portion of letter opposing proposed revision to Standard 403 quoted in article). 5. Law profs: Feds overstep grounds in sex assault policies, DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 21, 2016 (interviewed by reporter David Jesse). 6. Experts say 11th Circuit case on fee reimbursement likely to have limited effect, The Deal Pipeline (March 12, 2015) (quoted in article by Andrew Hedlund). 7. Capitol Bancorp tries new strategy, LANSING STATE JOURNAL (May 19, 2013) 8. In Bankruptcy, Knowing is only Half the Battle: Firm keeps fee from voided garnishment, MICHIGAN LAWYERS WEEKLY, vol. 24, No. 22 April 12, 2010 (interview about decision in In re Jackson, ED Michigan). 9. Tennessee May Strengthen Auto Dealer Protection, THE TENNESSEAN, May 19, 2009 (quotation in article by Colby Sledge). 10. Advantages in Chapter 11, THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 8, 2009, at 12 (editorial – revised version of It’s Bankruptcy Time infra). 11. It’s Bankruptcy Time, LANSING STATE JOURNAL, Sunday, March 22, 2009, at 9A (editorial). 12. Branching Paths, TRIBUNE CHRONICLE, March 15, 2009 (interview by business reporter Larry Ringler on prospect and consequences of GM bankruptcy).

C. Radio Interviews 1. WILS-AM (Lansing), July 20, 2009 (interview with morning show host Walt Sorg about GM restructuring). 2. WPHM-AM (Port Huron, MI), June 4, 2009 (interview with morning show host Paul Miller on Chrysler and GM). 3. Bankruptcy Doesn’t Mean Chrysler is Shutting Down, KUHF-FM, National Public Radio (Houston), June 1, 2009 (interview with Ed Mayberry). 4. WWJ 950 Newsradio (Detroit), April 30, 2009 (interview with Roberta Jasina on GM and Chrysler). 5. WILS-AM 1320 (Lansing), Ebling and You, April 9, 2009 (interview on GM and bankruptcy). 6. WOOD NewsRadio 1300 AM (Grand Rapids), March 10, 2009 (auto suppliers and bankruptcy). 7. KOA-AM (Denver) morning show, Friday, March 6, 2009 (on possibility of GM bankruptcy). 8. Wood NewsRadio 1300 AM (Grand Rapids), November 11, 2008 (on bankruptcy). 9. Radio interview on economic crisis and Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, Friday, September 19, 2008.

D. Television Interviews 1. WILX Channel 10, Lansing, May 27, 2009 (interview with Tiffani Teasley on GM bankruptcy prospects). 2. WLNS Channel 6, Lansing, May 15, 2009 (on-air interview with anchor Sheri Jones on closing of Chrysler dealerships). 3. WLNS Channel 6, Lansing, April 15, 2009 (interview with Katherine Jones on bid for Saturn). 7

• GM Gets Another Bid for Saturn posted on WLNS Channel 6 website (summary posted by WLNS) 4. WLNS Channel 6, Lansing, April 13, 2009 (interview with Stephanie Kolp about GM bankruptcy preparations and impact on bondholders). • Government to GM: Prepare for Bankruptcy posted on WLNS Channel 6 website (summary posted by WLNS) 5. WILX Channel 10, Lansing, April 13, 2009 (interview with Jamie Edmonds on GM bankruptcy). • Bankruptcy Effects on GM Workers posted on WILX Channel 10 website (summary posted by WILX) 6. WILX Channel 10, Lansing, November 19, 2008 (interview with Jamie Edmonds on GM bankruptcy). • What if GM Goes Bankrupt? posted on WILX Channel 10 website (summary posted by WILX)

PROFESSIONAL AND SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS AND MEETINGS A. Invited Participant 1. The Individual Chapter 11 Study’s Findings and Conclusions, American Bankruptcy Institute 34th Annual Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, April 16, 2016. 2. BAPCPA at Ten, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Miami, Florida, September 29, 2015. 3. The Primerus Law Firms, April 28, 2015 4. Testimony before the American Bankruptcy Institute Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11, Field Hearing, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1, 2013. 5. The Hurst Seminar, The University of Florida Graduate School of Business, February 1998. 6. The Council of Europe’s Third Symposium on Bioethics, Strasbourg, France, December 1996.

B. Panel Moderator or Discussant 1. Discussant, Home Ownership and Bankruptcy Panel, 13th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, University of Michigan, Nov. 9, 2018 (discussant panel – John Pottow, Jared Elias, Anne Lawton). a. Discussant for Asset Exemptions and Consumer Bankruptcies: Evidence from Individual Filings by Nathaniel Pattison & Richard M. Hynes 2. Moderator, Issues Involved in Ratification or Implementation of CEDAW, Symposium on Whether the U.S. Should Become a Party to the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women, Michigan State University College of Law, November 8, 2013. 3. Moderator, So you want to get paid? How to get your fees paid without running afoul of the Court, the law or the rules of ethics, Twenty-Third Annual Federal Bar Association Bankruptcy Conference, Western District of Michigan, July 30, 2011 (also listed supra under Publications). 4. Moderator, Mortgage/Real Property Issues, Twenty-Second Annual Federal Bar Association Bankruptcy Conference, Western District of Michigan, July 23, 2010.

5. Moderator, Exemptions Issues, Twenty-First Annual Federal Bar Association Bankruptcy Conference, Western District of Michigan, July 24, 2009 (also listed supra under Publications). 6. Discussant, Proposing Solutions to the Financial Crisis, MSU College of Law, March 4, 2009, sponsored by MSU Law and Economics Society. 7. Chair, Federal Regulatory Law Panel, Midwest Business Administration Association, Chicago, Illinois, March 1997. 8. Discussant, The Role of Law in Business and Business Education in the 21st Century, Midwest Business Administration Association, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1997. 9. Discussant, Bankruptcy Amendments of 1994: Consumer Bankruptcy Issues, Federal Bar Association, Western Chapter of Michigan Bankruptcy Section, December 1994.

C. Presentations to Academic Faculty, Professionals, and Students 1. Section 363: How it worked in the GM and Chrysler Bankruptcies, Weekend MBA Program, Broad School of Business, Michigan State University, February 12, 2010. 2. Bankruptcy Basics, Executive MBA Program, Broad School of Business, Michigan State University, February 21, 2009. 3. Sexual Harassment Law, Law and Gender course, Michigan State University College of Law, September 24, 2008. 4. Sexual Harassment Law, The American Association of University Women Rhode Island Local Chapter, Bristol, Rhode Island, April 10, 2007. 5. The Bad Apple Theory in Sexual Harassment Law, The University of Pittsburgh Law School, co-sponsored by the Feminist Law Forum and the Women’s Studies program, January 25, 2006. 6. The Bad Apple Theory in Sexual Harassment Law, Presentation to Roger Williams University Law School faculty, April 15, 2005 [presentation of work on article subsequently published in the GEORGE MASON LAW REVIEW]. 7. The Four C’s: Cars, Contractors, Computers & Other Consumer Law Issues, Feinstein Institute Brown Bag lunch, October 6, 2004, Roger Williams University. 8. The Affirmative Defense in Sexual Harassment Law, Presentation to Women’s Law Association, Roger Williams University School of Law, September 2003. 9. Supervisory Harassment and the Affirmative Defense, Presentation to Roger Williams University Law School faculty, February 5, 2003 [paper renamed Operating in an Empirical Vacuum: The Ellerth and Faragher Affirmative Defense and subsequently published in the COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF GENDER AND LAW]. 10. Sexual Harassment Law: Looking Back and Moving Forward, THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL LAW REVIEW SYMPOSIUM: SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE: FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER MERITOR SAVINGS BANK, Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Pettit College of Law, March 16, 2001. 11. The Meritocracy Myth, RACE AND GENDER: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM, Miami University, March 24, 2000 [paper renamed The Meritocracy Myth and the Illusion of Equal Employment Opportunity and published in the MINNESOTA LAW REVIEW]. 12. The Frankenstein Debate: The Constitutionality of a Federal Ban on Cloning, 1997 Meeting of the Tri-State Academy of Legal Studies in Business [presentation of work on article subsequently published in the KENTUCKY LAW JOURNAL]. 13. Disposition of Fertilized Ova Upon Death or Divorce of Gamete Donors, 1997 Meeting of the Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business.

14. The Case of the Student with Special Needs, Lilly-West Teaching Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA, March, 1997 (co-presented with Dr. Daria Mauer). 15. Regulating Genetic Destiny: A Comparative Study of Legal Constraints in Europe and the United States, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, National Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, August, 1996 [presentation of work on article subsequently published in the EMORY INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW].

D. Professional and Scholarly Meetings Attended 1. 33rd Annual Spring Meeting, American Bankruptcy Institute, April 2015, Washington, DC (while at American Bankruptcy Institute). 2. Public forum on adoption of Official Form 113 (proposed form for chapter 13 plans), Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, Judicial Conference of the United States, Jan. 23, 2015, Washington, DC (while at American Bankruptcy Institute). 3. PBGC 40th Anniversary Forum, Jan. 12, 2015, Washington, DC (while at American Bankruptcy Institute).

CERTIFICATION Member of the Bar, State of Michigan, since 1987. Member of the Bar, State of Massachusetts, since 1988.

SERVICE A. Community 1. Meals on Wheels, Bristol, RI, April 2020 – present; May 2014-December 2014; May- August 2013; May-August 2012 2. Volunteer Attorney, ACLU Eastern Michigan, February 2016 • Research memo on remedies related to Flint water crisis 3. Volunteer Attorney, Rhode Island ACLU • Research memo on suspicion-less school searches • Research memo on Providence anti-panhandling ordinance 4. State Bar of Michigan, Law Practice Economics Survey/Smith v. Khouri Work Group 5. Call for Action, Channel 12, Providence, RI, 2002 to 2004: consumer complaint line; mediated disputes between consumers and businesses.

B. Law School MSU College of Law: 1. Member, Curriculum Committee, Spring 2020 2. Chair, Appointments Committee, 2018-19, 2017-18 • Successful searches both academic years 3. Member, Tenure Advisory Committee, David Blankfein-Tabachnick, 2017-20 • Co-Chair, Spring 2020 • Awarded tenure Spring 2020 4. Member, Appointments Committee, 2016-17. 5. Member, Academic Standards Committee, 2016-17. 6. Member, Appointments Committee, Spring 2016. 7. Mentor to Tiffani Darden, Lilly Teaching Fellowship Program, 2014-15. 8. Chair, Appointments Committee, 2013-2014. 10

9. Member, Tenure Policy Committee, Fall 2013. 10. Member, Appointments Committee, 2012-2013. 11. Member, Curriculum Committee, 2012-2013; 2008-2010 Academic Years. 12. Member, Academic Standards Committee, 2011-2012. 13. Law College Representative, MSU Faculty Council and Academic Council, Spring 2010. 14. Member, Tenure Advisory Committee, Tiffani Darden, 2009 to tenure. • Professor Darden awarded tenure. • Committee Chair for 2012-2013 academic year • Committee Chair for 2010-2011 academic year 15. Member, Tenure Advisory Committee, Sean Pager, 2008 to tenure. • Committee Co-Chair, 2013-2014 academic year; Professor Pager awarded tenure. • Committee Chair for 2011-2012 academic year.

Other Service Activities at MSU: Scholarly Student Activities 1. Coach, Duberstein Bankruptcy Competition, 2018-19 academic year. Competition held in Spring 2019. 2. Coach, inaugural Shapero Cup Regional Moot Court Competition, 2018-19 academic year • One MSU team advanced to semi-finals round, Detroit, Spring 2019 3. Nominated Nicholas Binder for 2019 Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar Distinguished Law Seminar Award. • Mr. Binder won the award in Spring 2019. 4. Expert reader, Beating a Dead Horse, Again – Spanish Peaks’ Reinvigoration of the Precision Industries Debate: A Look at Rejection and Rejecting the Debate over whether Sections 363 and 365 Conflict, Law Review Note by Nick Binder, 2017-18. • Took third prize in American Bankruptcy Institute Annual Student Paper Competition 5. Expert reader, Unringing the Bell: In re Ozenne as Case Study on Judicial Self-Correction in the Face of Potential Constitutional Questions of Non-Article III Jurisdiction, Case study by Alexander Schmidt, Spring 2017. • Published by NORTON BANKRUPTCY LAW ADVISOR 6. Expert reader, Attorney Fees and the Chapter Thirteen Payment Plan: In or Out?, Law Review note by Ryan Coy, 2016-17 academic year 7. Expert reader, On the Defensive: The Value of a Nominative Fair Use Affirmative Defense in Trademark Law, Law Review note by A. Joseph Juszak, 2016-17 academic year 8. Expert reader, Student note by Steve Simmons, 2015-16 academic year 9. Independent study, Absolute Priority Rule: The Effect on Individual Business Debtors, Joshua Trombley, Spring 2014. 10. Expert reader for the following King Scholars seminar papers, Spring 2014: • A Method of Protecting Pensions in Chapter 9: Defining the Interest as a Property Right, Thomas J. Kelly o Publication citation: 89 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY LAW JOURNAL (2015) • When Plans Go Unpaid: A Look at the Defalcation Exception as Applied to Pension-Plan Sponsors and Underfunded Plans, Rachael Roseman

11. Faculty Advisor, JOURNAL OF BUSINESS & SECURITIES LAW, Fall 2009 through Spring 2013. 12. Expert Reader for Leah Stirling’s King Scholars seminar paper, Spring 2013. 13. Expert Reader for Luke Shaw’s directed study on individual Chapter 11 debtors, Fall 2012. • Satisfied Upper-Level Writing requirement 14. Expert Reader for Kevin Hogan, law review note on student loan non- dischargeability, 2012-2013 academic year. • Satisfied Upper-Level Writing requirement 15. Expert Reader for Michael Strach’s paper on §502(b)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code for King Scholars Seminar, Spring 2012. Published article citation: • Michael J. Strach, Rejection of Long-Term Lease Obligations: Compensation for Actual Harm, 86 AM. BANKR. L. J. 569 (2012). • The AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY LAW JOURNAL is a peer-reviewed publication. 16. Expert Reader, Holding Debtors’ Freedom for Ransom? Ransom v. FIA Card Services, paper by third-year student Cory Coe, King Scholars Seminar, Spring 2011. Published article citation: • Cory Coe, Holding Debtors’ Freedom for Ransom? Ransom v. FIA Card Services, 11 J. BUS. & SEC. LAW 161 (2011). • Article also accepted for publication by NORTON ANNUAL SURVEY OF BANKRUPTCY LAW. • Satisfied Upper-Level Writing requirement 17. Expert Reader, Exemptions “In Kind”? Preventing Debtors from Gaining a Head Start, paper by third-year student Tom Rheaume. 18. Expert Reader, Law Review Note of James Leiby on §523(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code, addressing the undue hardship test for discharge of student loan debt, 2009- 2010 Academic Year.

Externships 1. Bankruptcy Externship with the Honorable John Gregg, Western District of Michigan • Spring 2017 (one student) 2. Created Bankruptcy Externship with the Honorable Jeffrey R. Hughes, Western District of Michigan • Spring 2011 (two student externs) • Spring 2010 (four student externs)

Panels and Presentations at the Law College 1. Phi Alpha Delta, Dinner with a Professor, host Spring 2019 2. Phi Alpha Delta, Dinner with a Professor, host April 5, 2018 2. Arranged for the Honorable Scott Dales, Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Michigan, to speak to Basic Bankruptcy class, March 29, 2018 3. Panel Participant and Professor for Mock Contracts Class, MSU Prospective Students’ Day, March, 25, 2017 4. Panel participant, MSU Prospective Students’ Day, February, 24, 2017. • Reception and Dinner, MSU Prospective Students’ Day, February 24, 2017. 5. Panel participant, MSU Law Preview Day, October 14, 2016. 12

6. Panel participant, Admitted Students Event, March 19, 2016. 7. Participant, Admitted Students Event, Reception, February 26, 2016. 8. Panelist, Meet the Professors, MSU College of Law Black Law Students Association, September 3, 2015. 9. Organized panel entitled The Nuts and Bolts of Starting Your Own Law Practice, MSU College of Law, March 21, 2012. 10. Sponsored Professor Jason Kilborn, John Marshall Law College, to present his paper Foundations of Forgiveness in Islamic Bankruptcy Law, February 1, 2012. 11. Sponsored the Lansing motion day for the Honorable James Gregg, former chief judge for the bankruptcy court for the Western District of Michigan, October 10, 2013. 12. Nottingham University Law School exchange program, hosted Professor Rebecca Parry, including visit with bankruptcy judges for Western District of Michigan, Fall 2010. 13. Student Bar Association, Presentation on required and recommended commercial l aw courses, April 19, 2010. 14. Faculty Panel, Admitted Candidate Visit Program, Saturday, March 21, 2009.

Other 1. Rumble in the Jungle, Judge, March 26, 2019 2. Rumble in the Jungle, Judge, March 2018 3. Dinner with a Professor, Spring 2019 4. Dinner with a Professor, Spring 2018 5. Dinner with a Professor, Spring 2016 6. Initial screening judge for student paper competition, American Bankruptcy Institute, Spring 2015. 7. With Tina Casoli, created MSU College of Law Faculty Scholarship Drive as part of 2009 MSU All University Giving Campaign. Co-Chair (with Frank Ravitch), Spring 2009 Campaign.

Roger Williams University (RWU) Committees: 1. Chair, Academic Standards Committee, Spring 2008. 2. Member, Honors Program Committee, 2006-2007 Academic Year. 3. Member, Admissions Committee, 2004-2005 Academic Year. 4. Member, Honor Board, Fall Semester 2004. 5. Member, Hiring Committee, 2003-2004 Academic Year. 6. Member, Faculty Development Committee, 2002-2004 Academic Years.

Other Service Activities at RWU: 1. Faculty Advisor, First-year law students, 2006-2007 academic year. 2. Arranged for visiting scholars Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic to present their work to RWU faculty in fall of 2006. 3. Arranged for visiting scholar Lu-in Wang to present her work to RWU faculty during 2004-2005 academic year. 4. Created Thomas J. Lawton Memorial Scholarship for second- and third-year RWU law students. 5. Faculty Advisor, Law Review Student Note by Alicia Byrd on revised §2-207, 2003- 2004 Academic Year. 13

6. Sales and Secured Transactions Bar Review Class for RWU Law Students, June 26, 2004. 7. Moderator, Non-Traditional Careers Panel, Preparing for Professionalism through Networking, Spring 2003.

University of Pittsburgh 1. Co-Chair, Feminist Law Forum, Fall Semester 2005.

C. Other Professional Service 1. Arranged with the Honorable Scott Dales for FBA Section meeting to be held at College of Law on Revisions to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure Effective 12/1/17, November 2, 2017 2. Arranged for Professor Naveen Khanna, MSU Broad School of Business, to make keynote address, Twenty-First Annual FBA Bankruptcy Conference, July 25, 2009. 3. Brief grader, 2008 National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition 4. Faculty Host, AALS Women in Legal Education Hospitality Suite, 2005 Faculty Recruitment Conference 5. Staff Editor, JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES EDUCATION, 1995-2001. 6. Drafted questions for Academy of Legal Studies in Business proposed national assessment exam. 7. The Human Genome Project and the Courts: A Fundamental Difference between Birth and Conception, Faculty Advisor for Honors Thesis for Kimberly Mendenhall, Miami University, 1998. 8. Reviewer for: • AMERICAN BUSINESS LAW JOURNAL, 2000 to 2001. • Best Paper Award, Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 1998. • 1997 Proceedings of the Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business. • Textbook: MANN & ROBERTS, BUSINESS LAW AND THE REGULATION OF BUSINESS (5th ed. 1997). • Textbook: RONALD TAYLOR, CONTEMPORARY LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS, Chapters 11-20 (completed in 1995).