Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor; Business Law; Corporate Law; Civil Litigation.

Admitted: 1995, Georgia, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

Law School: Georgia State University, J.D., 1995

College: Appalachian State University, B.A., 1992

Member: National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (Member, Board of Directors, 2003-; Secretary, 2007-2008; NewTAC Committee Chair, 2002-2003); State Bar of Georgia (Bankruptcy Section, Legislative Liaison, 2006-2007, Treasurer, 2007-2008; National Moot Court Committee, 1998); Atlanta Bar Association (Bankruptcy Section, Board of Directors, 2003-, Treasurer, 2006-2007, Secretary, 2007-2008); American Bar Association; Georgia Association of Women Lawyers; Hispanic Bar Association.

Biography: Member: Moot Court Board; Saul Lefkowitz Trademarks Moot Court Competition Team, 1995. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Litigation. Co-Author: "Bankruptcy Crimes and Bankruptcy Practice," American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, Winter 1998; "A Collision of Policy: Chapter 13 and Taxes," South Carolina Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 2, Winter 1999. Speaker: "Consumer Bankruptcy Highlights" seminar, Atlanta Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section, May 4, 2000. Co-Chair: "Survival Guide to the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005," seminar, Bankruptcy Law Section, Atlanta Bar Association, September 8, 2005; "ECF For the Life of Your Asset Case," Annual Convention, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Washington, DC, September 2003; "The Brave New World: Electronic Case Filing and the Paperless Trustee," Annual Seminar, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Vail, Colorado, August 2002; "ECF Relief: The Answers to Your Prayers (and Questions)," Annual Seminar, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2004. Co-Instructor: Bankruptcy and Tax seminar, Georgia State University College of Law, 1998. Member, Chapter 7 Trustee Panel, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, 1998-. Representative to local Bankruptcy Rules Committees, State Bar of Georgia. Member, Region 21 Trustee Association, 2000-).

Languages: Spanish

Born: Bogotá, Colombia