Not admitted in NC
Bar Fellowship
Duke University School of Law, 1994—. Partner and Head of the Creditor's Rights Department with Coudert Brothers; New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., San Francisco, San Jose, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Paris, London, Brussels, Moscow, 1989-1992. Partner and Head of the Creditor's Rights Department with Graham and James; New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Palo Alto, Raleigh, London, Milan, Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong, 1986-1989. Lead Counsel for the F.D.I.C., in VMS National Properties. Lead Counsel for the Industrial Bank of Japan , in re Student Loan Debenture Litigation. Counsel to various lenders in the Bankruptcy Proceedings of Eastern Airlines, Pan American Airlines, Insilco Corp., De Laurentis Enterprises, and Fairfield Communities. Counsel to the Landlords in the Bankruptcies of Continental Airlines. Counsel to Bank of China on several collection and bankruptcy matters. Counsel to China International Trust. Chapter 7, 11 Trustee, Examiner or Receiver in various Courts.
Chairman/CEO of Provect Technologies, Inc., a Detroit based software company providing enterprise level, employee time and attendance tracking (2002—). Director, President U.S. Operations, Ezenet Corp. (EZE on the Toronto Exchange), Core processing software for financial institutions (1999-2001). Chairman of the Board of Directors, ValueNet International, ltd., (VNE on the Alberta Exchange) Toronto based inter-net related business (1998-2001). Chairman/CEO of Divi Hotels, Inc., (Formerly, NYSE - DIVI) owner and operator of seventeen hotels, casinos and timeshare clubs in the Caribbean. (1992-1995). Chairman/CEO of Rebel Asset Management, ltd. Operator of companies in financial distress including operation on behalf of Courts, Investors, and/or Creditors:
290 room hotel, night club facility in Grand Cayman , Cayman Islands
279 room hotel, condominium, casino facility in the Turks and Caicos Islands
250 room hotel, golf course facility in Nassau , Bahamas
55,000 bbl/day oil refinery in Long Beach California
500 Store Restaurant Chain (company owned and franchised) in California, Nevada, Hawaii, Japan, Indonesia
Electronics Manufacturer producing $100,000,000.00 per year in sales
Research and Development of Laser Products for Military Applications
Construction of Condominium Projects in California and Aruba
Shopping Malls in Aruba and Southern California.