John A. E. Pottow

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John Anthony Edwards Pottow

UNCITRAL)[2] and the State Department's Advisory Committee on Private International Law.[6]

Early life and education

Pottow was born in Canada.

crew team and student conductor of the Harvard University Band.[9][11] As a freshman, Pottow attended the last lecture ever delivered by B. F. Skinner.[7] Pottow was interested in psycholinguistics and studied under social psychologist Roger Brown, who encouraged Pottow to pursue the practice of law.[12][13] He was also a student under professor Elizabeth Warren, which later developed into a professional collaboration.[14]

From 1993 to 1994, Pottow worked at Eos Partners, LP, a private equity hedge fund in New York, as chief financial officer.[12][15]

Pottow earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was treasurer of the Harvard Law Review, in 1997.[3][7] At Harvard Law School, Pottow was a National Scholar.[9] Between his first and second years of law school, Pottow was a research assistant to Professor Arthur R. Miller on the supplement to Federal Practice and Procedure, co-authored by Miller, Charles Alan Wright, and Edward H. Cooper.[9][15]

Career

Pottow served as a

Hill & Barlow in Boston from 1999 to 2002,[9] and then as of counsel at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York from 2002 to 2003.[3][10][15]

Pottow joined the Michigan Law faculty in 2003 and received

Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and TARP.[15][18]

Pottow has written on the "

stickiness of default rules,"[19] on elder bankruptcy,[20] and on the effects of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, which significantly revised the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.[21] He has critiqued the nondischargeability of student loan debt in personal bankruptcy proceedings.[10][22] Pottow has also written extensively on international business law issues.[10] He was elected to the International Insolvency Institute in 2010 and won the Institute's first annual prize for international insolvency research.[3][23][24]

Pottow co-authors a leading bankruptcy textbook, The Law of Debtors and Creditors (8th edition, Wolters Kluwer 2021), along with Elizabeth Warren, Jay Lawrence Westbrook, and Katie Porter.[25] His pro bono litigation includes the successful representation of the respondent in Executive Benefits Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Arkison before the Supreme Court of the United States.[26]

Pottow has provided commentary on legal issues in a variety of forums including

visiting professor at Harvard in fall 2008.[15]

Pottow was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts (in 1999) and Michigan (in 2011).[1][3][31] He is also a licensed barrister and solicitor in Ontario.[3]

Pottow is an occasional contributor to Credit Slips, a scholarly blog on credit, finance, and bankruptcy.[3][32]

Pottow is an elected member of American Law Institute,[33] American College of Bankruptcy,[34] and International Insolvency Institute.[35]

Personal life

Pottow is married to

European Union citizenship.[7]

Pottow is a political

independent.[37] He speaks American Sign Language and French.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b John Anthony Edwards Pottow—P74675 Archived 2013-04-15 at archive.today, State Bar of Michigan.
  2. ^ a b c "Pottow, John A. E." Michigan Law Faculty Biographies.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m John A. E. Pottow, University of Michigan Law School.
  4. ^ "In Re: John Robert Shek" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Matter of Benjamin".
  6. ^ "Committee Members, Meetings and Advisory Reports". FACADatabase.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Sheila Pursglov. Professor helps students to tame the 'Wild West' of bankruptcy law (June 7, 2012). Legal News.
  8. ^ Announcements, Old Times 35 (Summer/Fall 2010).
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Faculty, Law Quadrangle Notes (summer 2002).
  10. ^ a b c d e f Promotion Recommendation: The University of Michigan Law School (approved by the Regents on May 15, 2008).
  11. ^ Maya E. Fischhoff, Housing Lottery Randomizes 12% (Apr. 4, 1992), Harvard Crimson.
  12. ^ a b Mike Murphy and Matt Nolan, "Our Neighbor from the North: A Chat with Professor Pottow, Eh? Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine," Res Gestae, Vol. 55, No. 16 (Apr. 12, 2005).
  13. ^ Correspondence between Brown and Pottow is included in the Papers of Roger W. Brown, 1954-1997, Box 18, at the Harvard University Archives.
  14. The Republican
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  15. ^ a b c d e f g John A. E. Pottow - Biography[permanent dead link], International Insolvency Institute.
  16. Medical Debt
    : Is Our Healthcare System Bankrupting Americans?     (July 28, 2009).
  17. ^ Testimony Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine and video Archived 2011-08-13 at the Wayback Machine before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start (Oct. 20, 2009).
  18. ^ Congress Oversight Panel: April Oversight Report (Apr. 14, 2010). Government Printing Office.
  19. ^ Omri Ben-Shahar & John A. E. Pottow, On the Stickiness of Default Rules Archived 2012-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, 33 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 651 (2006).
  20. ^ John A. E. Pottow, The Rise in Elder Bankruptcy Filings and Failure of U.S. Bankruptcy Law, 19 Elder L.J. 119 (2011).
  21. ^ Robert M. Lawless, Angela K. Littwin, Katherine M. Porter, John A. E. Pottow, Deborah K. Thorne, & Elizabeth Warren, Did Bankruptcy Reform Fail? An Empirical Study of Consumer Debtors, 82 Am. Bankr. L.J. 349 (2008); John A. E. Pottow, The Totality of the Circumstances of Debtor's Financial Situation in a Post-Means Test World, 71 Mo. L. Rev. 1053 (2006).
  22. New America Foundation
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  23. ^ Pottow, John A. E. Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, International Insolvency Institute (accessed Nov. 10, 2012).
  24. ^ Faculty[permanent dead link], L. Quad. Notes (spring 2006). The prize was for the paper, Greed and Pride in International Bankruptcy: The Problems of and Proposed Solutions to "Local Interests", 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1899 (2006).
  25. ISBN 9781454893516
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  26. ^ "Executive Benefits Insurance Agency v. Arkison". SCOTUSBlog.
  27. ^ Ken Belson and Alison Leigh Cowan, Mets Owners Hope Courts Will Limit Liability, N.Y. Times (Feb. 28, 2011).
  28. ^ Dennis Cauchon, Bankruptcy a Reprieve For Some Companies, USA Today (Jan. 22, 2012).
  29. ^ E.g., interview Archived 2013-04-14 at archive.today on Washington Journal, C-SPAN.
  30. ^ ABI Law Review Advisory Board Archived 2013-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, American Bankruptcy Institute (accessed Nov. 10, 2012).
  31. ^ Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers - Attorney Lookup Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine (search for "John Pottow").
  32. ^ Posts by John A. E. Pottow, Credit Slips: A Discussion of Credit, Finance, and Bankruptcy.
  33. ^ "Professor John A. E. Pottow". ALI Members.
  34. ^ "Prof. John A.E. Pottow". American College of Bankruptcy Directory.
  35. ^ "John Pottow". International Insolvency Institute.
  36. ^ "Reshma Jagsi". spi.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  37. ^ Elizabeth Warren & LTV Steel, Credit Slips (Oct. 4, 2012 9:34 PM); Bankruptcy and Politics: Junior Senator from Massachusetts Edition, Credit Slips (Nov. 11, 2012, 4:08 PM).
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