Legal Resume

Member, Johnson Legal Services, PLLC

Standing Chapter 13 Trustee for West Virginia

Experience-

2011-2022

2006-2011

2005-2006

2004-2006

2004-2005

2003-2004

2001-2003

2023-

2022-

2003-

Past Positions

Clerk of Court, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of West Virginia (2011-2022)

Career Law Clerk to the Honorable Patrick M. Flatley (2006-2011), U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D.W. Va.

Law Clerk to the Honorable Mary F. Walrath, (2005-2006), U.S. Bankruptcy Court, D. Del.

Law Clerk to the Honorable William L. Stocks (2004-2006), U.S. Bankruptcy Court, M.D.N.C.

Law Clerk to the Honorable Thomas W. Waldrep, Jr (2004-2005), U.S. Bankruptcy Court, M.D.N.C.

Law Clerk to the Honorable Jerry W. Venters (2003-2004), U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Mo.

Attorney-Advisor to the Honorable Clement J. Kennington, (2001-2003), U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges, Metairie, La.

Admitted State Jurisdictions

Ohio- active status, Admitted, S.D. Ohio

Pennsylvania - active status, Admitted, W.D. Pa.

West Virginia- active status, Admitted, N.D. W. Va & S.D.W. Va.

Missouri- active status

Inactive Status:

Louisiana (2001)

Kansas (2003)

North Carolina (2005)

Education -

1998-2001

1991-1997

1994-1998

Graduate Education

Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana

Juris Doctor, May 15, 2001

Honors

Recipient of the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence

Law Excellence Award in Community Property

Law Excellence Award in Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy

Law Excellence Award in Negotiable Instruments

Law Excellence Award in Taxation

Undergraduate Education

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

Bachelor of Arts in History, May 1997

Minor in Classical Studies, May 1997

Military Experience

Virginia Army National Guard, 11B

Practices-

Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy

Family Law

Immigration

Civil Litigation

Articles -

· Clerk Commentary, “Reservation of Assets Post-Closing,” 41-__ ABIJ (May 2022).

· Clerk Commentary, “Accepting Credit Card and ACH Installment Payments from Debtors,” 40-2 ABIJ 28 (2021)

· Clerk Commentary, “Stay Relief and Abandonment: Service Issues After December 1, 2019,” ABIJ (2020).

· Clerk Commentary, “Email Bounces and Service by NEF Under Civil Rule 5(b)(2)(E),” 40-1 ABIJ 50 (2019).

· Clerk Commentary, “24 Variations of a Reaffirmation Agreement and the Corresponding Actions Required by the Court,” 39-2 (2018).

· Clerk Commentary, “Bankruptcy Court Judgment Index,” 35-6 ABIJ 24 (2016).

· Clerk Commentary, “Venue Consent in Consumer Cases,” 34-9 ABIJ (2015).

· Clerk Commentary, “Three-Day Waiting Period and Its Proposed Elimination for e-Filers,” 34-7 ABIJ 30 (2015).

· “Bankruptcy Litigation in the Northern District of West Virginia,” West Virginia Lawyer. (April - June 2009).

· “Skirting Reaffirmations: Independent Post-Discharge Consideration,” 26-7 ABIJ 18 (2007).

· “BACPA: It’s No Gettysburg Address,” 25-10 ABIJ. J. 10 (2006).

· “Post-Discharge Demands for Mortgage Related Fees Assessed During a Chapter 13 Plan,” 25-4, 5, 6 ABIJ 40 (2006) (three-part series).

· “The Preservation of Substantive Consolidation,” 24-6 Am. Bankr. Inst. J. 44 (2005).

Continuing Legal Education Presentations -

· "Hot Topics in Chapter 13 Cases," 2024 WV Bankruptcy CLE

· “Bankruptcy Case Administration,” 2022 WV Bankruptcy CLE

· “Reaffirmation Agreements,” 2019 WV Bankruptcy CLE

· “Notice and Service in Bankruptcy Cases,” 2019, 2017 WV Bankruptcy CLE

· “The State of Bankruptcy,” Monongalia County Bar Association, March 15, 2016

· “New Bankruptcy Forms Webinar,” November 30, 2015.

· “Chapter 13 Practice,” WV School of Law, November 9, 16, 2015.

· “Chapter 7 Practice,” WV School of Law, September 21, 28, 2015.

· Various – presentation and training programs for the Court and Clerk’s Office for then Northern District of West Virginia, including, but not limited to issues involving workplace conduct, human resources, COOP, office reorganization, budgetary shortfalls, case processing issues,

· Produced many videos on bankruptcy law and practice for pro se parties and new attorneys.

· Guest Speaker, “A Guide to Pro Se Bankruptcy Clinics & Classes,” presented to Legal Aid of West Virginia. (2008).

Languages -

English: Native

Italian: Upper-Intermediate, B2 Certification Exam issued by Centro CILS, Centro di Ricerca e Servizi dell’Università per Stranieri di Siena (May 31, 2022)