Bankruptcy

ALFN BANKRUPTCY COMMITTEE
The ALFN Bankruptcy Committee focuses on recent cases, bankruptcy rules changes and other issues affecting mortgage servicers. The committee focuses on national, industry-wide issues, local bankruptcy rules and rule changes, new debt collection strategies, standing, and MERS, among others. The committee meets quarterly by teleconference and may schedule other calls as needed. The committee is responsible for coordinating ALFN webinars on Bankruptcy topics; hosting one guest speaker teleconference; and authoring/coordinating a BK insert in the Winter ALFN ANGLE digital magazine and contributing other legal updates for distribution. 

ALFN INTERSECT: FORECLOSURE + BANKRUPTCY
The ALFN Bankruptcy Committee assists in planning the Bankruptcy content for our annual Intersect event each Fall. Click here to learn more about Intersect. 

Click here to join the Bankruptcy Committee (website login required).
 
Bankruptcy Leadership Team:
  • Chair (Attorney-Trustee member, must be an Attorney)
 
  • Vice Chair (Attorney-Trustee member, must be an Attorney)
    • Christopher DeNardo, Esq. – LOGS Legal Group – cdenardo@logs.com (term ends 12/31/25, then moves to Chair for a 2-year term that ends 12/31/27)
 
  • Servicer Chair (Servicer/GSE, can be an Attorney or non-Attorney)
 
  • Chair Emeritus (immediate past Chair) (Attorney-Trustee member, must be an Attorney)
     
Appointed Leadership Positions – Not Members of the Committee’s Leadership Team:
  • Secretary (Attorney-Trustee member or Associate Member, can be an Attorney or non-Attorney)
    • Kristin Zilberstein, Esq. – ZBS Law – kzilberstein@zbslaw.com (term ends 12/31/25, may be re-appointed for another 2-year term or may run for leadership team after term ends)
 
  • Events, Content & Social Media Subcommittee – 2 Co-Chairs (Attorney-Trustee member, must be an Attorney)
    • Mary Thieme, Esq. – Randall S. Miller & Associates – mthieme@rsmalaw.com (term ends 12/31/25, may be re-appointed for another 2-year term or may run for leadership team after term ends)
    • Joseph J. Tirello, Jr.- Steele LLP - jtirello@steelellp.com (term ends 12/31/25, may be re-appointed for another 2-year term or may run for leadership team after term ends)


Click here to join the ALFN Bankruptcy Committee (website login required).
PRIMARY CONTACTS

ALFN Staff Liaison
Susan Rosen
ALFN

srosen@alfn.org

Chair
Mike McCormick, Esq.
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce

michael.mccormick@mccalla.com

Vice Chair
Christopher DeNardo, Esq.
LOGS Legal Group

cdenardo@logs.com