Last week, an incident was reported in Above the Law, that most entertaining blawg which calls itself “A Legal Tabloid.” William P. Smith, head of the bankruptcy department at the huge international firm of McDermott, Will & Emery, appeared before Bankruptcy Judge Laurel Isicoff of the Southern District of Florida. Judge Isicoff appears to be newly appointed, but a veteran of 20 years of sophisticated insolvency practice.
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