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Practice Areas

Attorney Steven Weiss concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial and consumer bankruptcy, reorganization and litigation. Steve supervises the firm’s bankruptcy, reorganization and workout practice, represents creditors, debtors, and others in both commercial and consumer bankruptcy cases throughout Massachusetts, and has been a member of the private panel of Chapter 7 Trustees for the District of Massachusetts since 1987, and also serves as a Chapter 11 Trustee.

Education

Boston University, J. D., 1984
Michigan State University, B. A., 1980
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976-1977

Admitted

1985, Massachusetts
1986, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit

Memberships

Hampden County and Massachusetts Bar Associations
Commercial Law League of America, member
American Bankruptcy Institute, member
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, member

Biography

Of Counsel, 1994, and Partner, since 1995, Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C.
Massachusetts Super Lawyers, fields of Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, 2007 to present

Associate, Cooley Shrair P.C., 1986 -1991, Partner, 1991 – 1994
Law Clerk for the Hon. Arthur J. Spector, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of Michigan, Northern Division, 1984 -1986

Professional Community Activities

Standing Panel, Chapter 7 Trustees, District of Massachusetts, member, 1987 to present
Standing Committee on Local Bankruptcy Rules, member
Sinai Temple, former President, 2005 – 2007

Publications and Cases

“Alternatives to Chapter 11 Reorganization,” Business West, January 2011
Homestead Law, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Co-Authored (with David K. Webber) “Terminating an ERISA Retirement Plan: Can a Bankruptcy Trustee Serve Two Masters?”, NABTalk, Journal of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Fall 2010
“Undoing the IRS Wrongful Levy,” 106 Banking Law Journal 336 (July-August, 1989)
“Bankruptcy Court Power to Enjoin the Internal Revenue Service from Collecting the Debtors’ Taxes from its Officers: An Analysis of Recent Developments,” Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, 1986
Author: “Post-Petition Tax Claims,” Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor, Issue 7, July 1985

Published Opinions

In re McComber, __ B.R. __ (Bankr. D. Mass. 2010)
In re Fibercore, Inc. 391 B.R. 647 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2008)
In re Schlichtmann, 375 B.R. 41 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2007)
In re Lowenstein, 361 B.R. 326 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2007)
In re Chevalier, 330 B.R. 21 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2005)
In re T.A.C Group, Inc., 294 B.R. 199 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2003)
In re Thunderbolt Realty Trust, 199 B.R. 11 (Bankr. D. Mass. 1995)
In re Three Partners, Inc., 199 B.R. 230 (Bankr. D. Mass. 1995)
Piccicuto v. Dwyer (In re Dwyer), 39 F.3d 37 (1st Cir. 1994)
In re Apollo Molded Products, Inc., 83 B.R. 189 (Bankr. D. Mass. 1988)

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