Mr. Lawrence G. McMichael

<p>Lawrence G. McMichael is chairman of Dilworth Paxson LLP in Philadelphia and a permanent member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He has practiced bankruptcy and commercial litigation for more than 45 years and is the former chairman of the firm’s Litigation Department and its Bankruptcy Group. Mr. McMichael has trial experience</p><p>in federal, state and bankruptcy courts and has served as lead counsel in many high-profile bankruptcy cases, civil and criminal cases and appeals. He is one of only a handful of attorneys in the U.S. to be elected as a Fellow of both the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American College of Bankruptcy. Mr. McMichael is a member of the American and Philadelphia Bar Associations and ABI. In</p><p>addition, he is a frequent lecturer for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section, and other organizations on litigation, nonprofit and fiduciary topics. He has recently published an article on nonprofit bankruptcies in the <em>Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice. </em>He also has authored papers for presentation at Pennsylvania Bar Institute programs and at ABI. Mr. McMichael received his B.A. summa cum laude from Duke, Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. from Duke University School of Law where he serves on the board of visitors. </p>