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 Jaffe Partner Paul Hage Honored by American Bar Association

The American Bar Association Business Law Section has awarded Paul Hage, a partner at full-service business law firm Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, P.C., with the Kathryn R. Hedit Memorial Award. 

Each year, the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the Business Law Section nationally recognizes one young lawyer who has made outstanding contributions within the business bankruptcy community. The Kathryn R. Hedit Memorial Award is the highest recognition given by the organization, and is in memory of Hedit, a former chair of the Business Bankruptcy Committee.
 
A member of Jaffe’s Insolvency and Reorganization Practice Group, Hage represents asset purchasers, creditors’ committees, debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, and trustees in bankruptcy proceedings nationwide.

A frequent writer and speaker in the area of bankruptcy law, Hage contributes to both the academic and practical debate of today’s most important bankruptcy topics. He currently serves as newsletter editor of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) Unsecured Trade Creditor’s Committee, a coordinating editor for the ABI Journal, a member of the editorial advisory board for the Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law & Practice and a contributing editor for both the Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law and the Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice 3d treatise.

Hage is currently serving as president of the Michigan Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association and is the co-chair of the Claims and Priorities Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Business
Bankruptcy Committee.

Hage earned his bachelor’s degree from James Madison College at Michigan State University and his juris doctorate from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Upon completion of law school, Hage continued his education and earned his master of laws in bankruptcy from St. John’s University School of Law.
 
 

Japanese judge to speak at free Wayne Law seminar Nov. 13

 
Japanese Judge Naoki Takaishi will present a free seminar Wednesday, Nov. 13, comparing American and Japanese criminal procedure, one of several events planned at Wayne State University to celebrate International Education Week. The seminar will take place from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in the third-floor faculty lounge at Wayne State University Law School, 471 W. Palmer St. Lunch will be provided. To RSVP, email brianna.fritz@wayne.edu. Parking will be available for $6.50 in Structure 1 across West Palmer Street from the law school.

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