Admitted: 1983, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio;1985 Northern District of Ohio; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Law School: The Ohio State University, J.D. 1982
College: Miami University, B.A., cum laude, 1979
Member: Dayton (Chairman, Debtor/Creditor/Bankruptcy Committee, 1994-1995), Ohio State (Member, Bankruptcy Subcommittee) and American Bar Associations; Commercial Law League of America; National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees; American Bankruptcy Law Forum; American Bankruptcy Institute.
Biography: Chapter 7 Panel Trustee, Dayton, Ohio, 1997-. Member, Local Rules Committee, United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2008-. Trustee, American Bankruptcy Law Forum, 2008-. Finalist, Bankruptcy Judge Position, 2007. Author and Lecturer: Bench-Bar Conference of Dayton Bar Association, Dayton, Ohio, 2007; Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2007; National Business Institute, 1994, 1996 and 1997. Author of articles on creditors' rights topics, Dayton Business Reporter, 1996. Member, Planning Committee of Bankruptcy Bench-Bar Conference, 2008.
Born: Cleveland, Ohio, June 5, 1957
Cases: Spaeth v. Countrywide Home Loans Inc. (In re Highland), 2010 Bankr. LEXIS 2473 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 2010), aff'd at 3:10-cv-00120 (S.D. Ohio 2010); Spaeth v. Day Air Credit Union (In re Motorwerks Inc.), 2008 Bankr. LEXIS 3038, 50 Bankr. Ct. Dec. 250 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 2008); Rieser v. Brownmor Co. (In re Pyper Constr. Co.), 2007 LEXIS 1642, 58 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d (MB) (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 2007); In Re Hurst, 308 B.R. 298 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 2004); Spaeth v. Heckenkamp (In re Heckenkamp), 2007 WL 188570 (S.D. Ohio 1/22/07); State Bank & Trust Co. v. Spaeth (In re Motorwerks, Inc.), 371 B.R. 281 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 2007); In re Federated Dept. Stores, 114 B.R. 501 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 1990), rev'd and rem. 44 F.3d 1310 (6th Cir. 1995).