Hon. Joel David Applebaum

Judge

Current Position

Member
Eastern District of Michigan
226 West Second Street
Flint, MI 48502
USA

Class: XXV (2014)Circuit: Sixth

Education

Michigan State University, B.A. (1975-79)
Ohr Somayach College of Judaic Studies, Non-Degree Program (1978-79)
Wayne State University Law School, J.D. (1980-83)

Professional Career

Member, Clark Hill PLC (2005-)
Partner/Associate, Pepper Hamilton LLP (1989-05)
Associate, Hertzberg, Jacob & Weingarten, P.C. (1986-88)
Judicial Clerk, Michigan Court of Appeals (1984-86)

Affiliations

State Bar of Michigan, Member; Past Co-Chair; Creditors' Rights Committee (1984)
State Bar of Washington (inactive status), Member (1983)
New York Bar Association, Member (2013)
Federal Bar Association

Publications

"Committees," Chapter 10 of Chapter 11 Theory and Practice: A Guide to Reorganization (LRP Publications)
"Drafting Liability Limiting Clauses: A Study in Unintended Consequences," published in the Michigan State Bar Journal Jun 2013
"Reimbursement of Committee Member Expenses May Also Include Member's Professional Fees," American Bankruptcy Institute Journal Winter/Spring 2000
"Obtaining Extensions of Time to Assume or Reject Non-Residential Real Property Leases: A Warning to Practitioners," Michigan Business Law Journal, Vol. XIX, No. 3 May 1999
"The Effect of the Bankruptcy Reform Act On Creditors' Committees," Understanding the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994 (LRP Publications) 1994
"Annual Survey of Evidence Law," 37 Wayne Law Review 819 Winter 1991
"The Ins and Outs of LBOs," for American Bankruptcy Institute Central States Bankruptcy Workshop Jun 2013
"Post-Petition Enforcement of Executory Contracts," for American Bankruptcy Institute Central States Bankruptcy Workshop Jun 2008
"Customer Insolvencies and Bankruptcies Under the Newly Amended Bankruptcy Code," for Lorman Education Seminars Apr 2006
"Selected Bankruptcy Issues in Mortgage and Land Contract Foreclosures," for Lorman Education Seminar May 2005
"Toto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore: An Introduction to Bankruptcy Jurisdiction, Wthdrawal of Reference, Abstention and Removal," for the National Association of Attorneys General Bankruptcy and Government Lawyers Training Seminar Mar 2011
"Through the Looking Glass: An Introduction to Bankruptcy Jurisdiction, Withdrawal of Reference, Abstention and Removal," for the National Association of Attorneys General Bankruptcy and Government Lawyers Training Seminar Mar 2000

Awards

Michigan SuperLawyers (2007-)
Dbusiness Magazine (2009-)
Best Lawyers in America (2011-)
Wayne State University Law School, Group Leader, Professionalism in Action Orientation Program (2013-14)