MEMBERS OF FIRM
B. Bruce Johnson (Member) born Seattle, Washington, December 19, 1945; admitted to bar, 1975, California; 1984, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: California State University at Dominguez Hills (B.A., 1972); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1975). Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; State Bar of California. [U.S. Marine Corps, 1965-1968]. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Manufactured Housing Law; Mobile Home Law; Civil Litigation; Personal Property; Business Formation; Business Litigation; Garnishments; Mortgage Foreclosure; Real Estate Foreclosure; Creditor Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Litigation.
Jamie E. Silver (Member) born Kingsport, Tennessee, June 25, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Tennessee; 2004, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., Business Administration, 1992; J.D., 1997). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Outstanding Achievement Certificate in Trial Competition, 1996; Certificate of Academic Excellence, Extraordinary Achievement in Constitutional Law II, 1997. Member: Dallas and Tennessee Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Reported Cases: Pokorne Private Capital Group, LLC v. 21st Mortgage Corp., 2008 Tex. App. Lexis 2618. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy; Foreclosures; Manufactured Housing Law; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; Personal Property; Business Litigation; Garnishments; Civil Litigation; Civil Appeals; Real Property; Commercial Litigation.
ASSOCIATE
Andrea F. Roosth (Associate) born Buffalo, New York; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas. Education: University of Texas, School of Humanities at Austin (B.A., Russian Language and Literature, cum laude, 1978; M.A., Russian Language and Literature, 1980); Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (J.D., 1997). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Professional Responsibility Award, Texas Wesleyan University of Law; Rank 1/11, Texas Wesleyan University of Law, Forth Worth, Texas. Author: "To 506(c) Or Not To 506(c)-That is the Question," State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Law Section Newsletter, Spring 2007. Speaker: "Selected Ethical Issues in Real Estate Title Law," National Business Institute, Troubleshooting Title and Title Insurance Problem, Dallas, Texas, June 2007; "From Across the Turnpike to Across the Pond Issues to Watch for in Small Business Cases," State Bar of Texas, International Bankruptcy Seminar, London, England, March 2007; "Fairness is as Fairness Does: 2005 Bankruptcy Amendments Affecting Real Estate Transactions," Real Estate Documents, Workouts and Closing Seminar, University of Houston Law Center, Dallas, Texas, April 2006. Co-Panelist and Panel, Bankruptcy Revisions, "From Main Street to Metropolis - Managing Your Risk the Texas Chapter of the Risk Management Association," 53rd Spring Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, April 20, 2006. Associate, Hon. John C. Ford, American Inn of Court. Law Clerk to the Hon. Donald R. Sharp, U.S. Chief Bankruptcy Judge Eastern District of Texas and Law Clerk to the Hon. Brenda T. Rhoades, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Eastern District of Texas, March 1, 1998 to August 31, 2004. Member: Dallas Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy and Commercial Sections); State Bar of Texas (Member, Bankruptcy Section). Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Consumer Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Tax.Email: Andrea F. Roosth