Lawrence S. Walter

Lawrence S. Walter is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Phio in Cincinnati, appointed in 2003. Previously, he was a partner with the law firm of Sebaly, Shillito & Dyer in Dayton,         Ohio, and headed the firm's bankruptcy and commercial law group. His primary practice was in chapter 11 reorganization cases representing both creditors and debtors. Judge Walter is a member of ABI, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and the American Bankruptcy Law Forum and is nation- ally certified by the American Board of Certification as a business bankruptcy specialist. He has been actively involved with local and national groups devoted to enhancing technological services for the federal judiciary and has continued to teach and write about bankruptcy issues for a variety of organiza- tions. Judge Walter is a contributing editor to Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice, 3rd Ed. (2008-13 Vols.), chair of the Technology Committee of and webmaster for the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, a member of the Information Technology Advisory Council of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, a member of the Steering Committee of Next Generation of Bankruptcy CM/ECF, a faculty member of the Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Institute and a member of the Local Bankruptcy Rules Committee for the Southern District of Ohio. He received his bachelor's degree with honors from the University of Kansas in 1972, his master's degree from the University of Michigan in 1973 and his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 1986.