Mid-Year Bankruptcy Review:
Filing Trends, Supreme Court Rulings and Congressional Updates

John served as Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee (1995-2001). He advised Chairman Grassley (R-IA) on various policy matters, including the last comprehensive re-write of the nation’s bankruptcy laws. After leaving the Hill, Mr. McMickle served for a decade as a partner in a major international law firm's government affairs department and then as President of a boutique public strategies consulting firm. Mr. McMickle received a B.A. from the University of Tennessee in 1989 and a J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law in 1994. McMickle is also a published author and a frequent panelist on bankruptcy policy issues.

Clifford J. White III is Senior Advisor - Bankruptcy Compliance at AIS and assists clients in effectively administering their portfolios of default loans and implementing systems that meet the highest standards of excellence and legal compliance. For 17 years, White led the United States Trustee Program (USTP), the Department of Justice's "watchdog" of the bankruptcy system. He retired March 2022, after 42 years of federal service. He is the recipient of two Presidential Rank Awards - the highest recognition accorded to senior career executives - by President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama. As Director of the USTP, his accomplishments include the implementation of key provisions of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 and the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019.