Certified Specialist, Business Bankruptcy Law, American Board of Certification, 2016
Certified Specialist, Bankruptcy Law, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization, 2016
One of only six bankruptcy attorneys chosen by the Arizona federal judges to serve a three year term as a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference
The Best Lawyers in America® "Lawyer of the Year"
(Phoenix), Bankruptcy Litigation, 2023
The Best Lawyers in America®: Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Bankruptcy Litigation, 2020-present
Super Lawyers (Bankruptcy Law), 2020-present (Rising Stars, 2014-19)
AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated™, Martindale-Hubbell®, 2016-present
Phoenix
Magazine “Top Lawyer” (Bankruptcy Law), 2022-present
Bankruptcy Mortgage Modification Mediation Rules Committee, Co-Chair 2022
Arizona Bankruptcy American Inn of Court 2011-23: Barrister
State Bar of Arizona: Bankruptcy Law Advisory Commission, 2016-19
Maricopa County Bar Association: Bankruptcy Section Chair, 2016; Board, 2014-17
American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
Community Legal Services’ Volunteer Lawyers Program
"Understanding Bankruptcy: Issue Spotting and Choosing a Chapter," Volunteer Lawyers Program, January 2024
"Subchapter V Bankruptcies," State Bar of Arizona, August 2023
"Hot Topics in Chapter 11 Subchapter V," District of Arizona Annual Conference, May 2023
"What Financial Advisors Need to Know About Bankruptcy Sales," Sonoran Capital Advisors, March 2021
"What Labor and Employment Attorneys Need to Know About Bankruptcy," Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., December 2020
"Bankruptcy Trustee Hot Button Issues," Arizona Consumer Bankruptcy Counsel, May, 2020
"Bankruptcy: Protecting Your Clients and Your Firm," Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University alumni group, March 2020
"Consumer Cases in the Headlines," American Bankruptcy Institute Southwest Bankruptcy Conference, September 2019
"Automatically Perfected Liens and Their Danger to Post-Bankruptcy Lenders," American Bankruptcy Institute Secured Credit Committee Newsletter, October 2017
"Code Section 523 Nondischargeability and Trial Issues," Maricopa County Bar Association, May 2016
"Recent Developments in Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Law," Maricopa County Bar Association, February 2015
"An Overview of Fraudulent Transfers and Preference Actions," Bankruptcy Ambush Series, May 2014
"Ethics for the Bankruptcy Practitioner," State Bar of Arizona Annual Convention, June 2013
Judicial Extern, Hon. James A. Teilborg, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 2008
J.D., Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, 2009: Business Editor, Arizona State Law Journal, 2008-09
B.A., Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, 2006