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Experience
Mr. Sherman has an international practice focused on the representation of creditors and debtors in bankruptcy, reorganization and insolvency proceedings. For more than 25 years, he has represented debtors, creditors, creditor’s committees, and parties affected by bankruptcy proceedings, including landlords, insurers, defendants in actions brought by a trustee, purchasers of assets from a bankruptcy estate, etc., and previously served as a bankruptcy trustee. Mr. Sherman has appeared in Bankruptcy Courts throughout the mid-Atlantic region and around the country. He is also a Bankruptcy Court-appointed mediator, as well as a CLE lecturer and author on bankruptcy and reorganization.
Mr. Sherman achieved an A/V® rating from Martindale Hubbell®, the highest possible peer review rating for ethics and legal ability.
Admitted
1984, Texas
1983, New York
1982, Virginia
1981, District of Columbia
Education
George Washington University School of Law ( J.D., with honors, 1981)
University of Essex, Colchester, England
Queens College of the City University of New York (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978)
Affiliations, Associations & Special Achievements
American Bankruptcy Institute
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas
U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Fifth Circuits
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Author: West’s Legal Forms 2d, Annual Supplements, 1980-1989
Author: "Expanding Chapter 13 Eligibility," 1 Bankr. Dev. J. 1, 1984
Author: "Involuntary Petitioning Creditors and Relief from the Automatic Stay," Commercial Law Journal, 1984
Author: "Inside the Minds: Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Settlements and Negotiations: Leading Lawyers on Debtor/Creditor Relations, Litigation Issues, and Bankruptcy Proceedings," Aspatore, 2006.
Instructor: Southern Methodist University, Paralegal Instruction, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights, 1985-1986
Instructor: George Washington University, Paralegal Certification Program, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights, 1989-1996
Instructor: Georgetown University Law Center/D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education, multiple courses on basic, advanced and topic-specific aspects of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, 1989-1997, 2002-2003.
Instructor/Program Chair: D.C. Bar Bankruptcy Pro Bono Training, Instructor, 2003-Present, Program Chair, 2007-Present
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