Blanche D. Smith

Conflict, Mediation
2015 Crocker Street
Houston, Texas 77006


Conflict

Admitted

1992, Texas; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Law School

South Texas College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1992

Law School Graduation Year

1992

College

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., with distinction, 1988

Memberships

Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas.

Biographical

Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Lytae. Member: South Texas Law Review (Articles Editor, 1990-1991); American Bankruptcy Institute (Associate editor on Web Site Editorial Board, 1999-—); National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees; National Registry of Who's Who (2000). Author: First Amendment Freedom of Association: Destruction by the Supreme Court's New Stare Decision Doctrine? South Texas Law Review, Vol. 33, No. 2, July 1992; Property of the Estate: To Be or Not To Be - That is the Question the Trustee Asks of Thee, published in South Texas Bankruptcy Law Conference, April, 11-12, 2002; ABI Journal, Vol. XXI, No. 10, Dec./Jan. 2003 and Vol. XXII, No. 1, Feb. 2003; NABTalk, Vol. 18, No.4, Winter 2002-2003. Co-Author: Modern Fee Applications and the Art of Defining 'Reasonable' Compensation, NABTalk, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1994. Author of numerous articles for ABI Website-Cracking the Code, including: Section 550 Transferees and the 'Conduit' Theory: Where Does the Buck Stop? ABI Website - Cracking the Code (September 3, 1999); The Stymieing Preference Dance of Circuit Courts: Are They Emasculating the Trustee's Avoidance Powers? ABI Website -Cracking the Code (August 4, 2000); The Right to Convert: To Be or Not To Be 'Absolute', ABI Website - Cracking the Code (October 6, 2000); The Clashing of the Titans: The Debtor-in-Possession v. The Creditors' Committee, ABI Website - Cracking the Code (July 13, 2001); Soliciting a Reorganization Plan: What are the Boundaries of 'Good Faith' Solicitation? ABI Website, Cracking the Code, October 11, 2002.

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