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Dennis J. Kish
Called to the Bar: 2005
Phone: 905-452-6876
Email: click here
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Dennis Kish is an associate in Lawrences' Bankruptcy & Insolvency Group. He has comprehensive knowledge of Canadian and U.S. insolvency and creditors' rights, having practiced law in both the U.S. and Canada. Dennis has significant experience representing both debtors and creditors, and has managed insolvency files for a firm of bankruptcy trustees. He has also represented most of the largest financial institutions in the U.S., protecting their creditors' rights in U.S. insolvency proceedings.
SIGNIFICANT CASES
On behalf of a firm of bankruptcy trustees, successfully managed a large portfolio of Division I proposals and ordinary administration bankruptcies, including those of small corporations, owner-managed businesses, doctors, dentists, accountants and many other professionals with complex financial situations. Regularly attended before the Registrars and Justices of the Superior Court of Justice.
On behalf of a U.S. bank, set aside a judgment that avoided the bank's security in real property under the "Strong Arm" provisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, thereby allowing the bank to make an insurance claim with its title insurance carrier and settle the matter at no loss to the bank.
On behalf of a U.S. bank, drafted the appellate materials in the successful appeal to the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Michigan of a Bankruptcy Court decision, thereby allowing the bank to receive the funds it was entitled to receive in a U.S. insolvency proceeding.
On behalf of a bankrupt, conducted extensive legal research and uncovered case law that was pivotal in winning an adversary proceeding to set aside a foreclosure sale and allow the bankrupt to retain her residence in a U.S. bankruptcy proceeding.
PUBLICATIONS
Co-author, "Annulment of Consumer Proposals Made Under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act: A Renaissance of the Division I Proposal?" National Creditor Debtor Review, Vol. 19, No. 4, December 2004.
Co-author, "A Practical Guide for the Insolvency Practitioner" The Six Minute Lawyer, February 2005.
"Insolvency and the Dental Practitioner" Tri Society News (Windsor, Sarnia, Chatham), Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2006.
SPEAKING/TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law - Review of Pre-Bankruptcy Transactions [Fraudulent Conveyances, Settlements, Preferences and Reviewable Transactions], March 2, 2009.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Peel Law Association
Ontario Bar Association
Articling Member of the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals (CAIRP)
Law Society of Upper Canada
Federal Court, Western District of Michigan
Federal Court, Eastern District of Michigan
District of Columbia Bar
EDUCATION
CAIRP - completing the National Insolvency Qualification Program toward a trustee in bankruptcy licence
Called to the Ontario bar 2005
Admitted to the bar of the Federal Court for the Western District of Michigan 1999
Admitted to the bar of the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 1997
Admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia 1997
JD, Michigan State University College of Law, 1996
Honours BA, University of Windsor, 1991
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Men's Hockey League, Town of Whitby
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