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Hon. William C. Hillman

US Bankruptcy Ct

Boston, MA, USA


William C. Hillman is a Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts and also serves on the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit. He was originally appointed to the bankruptcy bench in 1991 and reappointed in 2005. Prior to his appointment he practiced for more than thirty-three years in the areas of commercial and insolvency law. He is a graduate of Boston University where he received his J.D. (cum laude) and LL.M. degrees and was Note Editor of the Law Review. He is the author of five books on bankruptcy and commercial law subjects, including Documenting Secured Transactions (2d ed.). He is also the author of more than thirty articles on legal subjects and is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy and business law issues, and a member of the American College of Bankruptcy as well as a Life Member of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. He also teaches at Northeastern University Law School.
Hon. William C. Hillman is associated with the following items:
Treatise  Treatise Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation
Treatise Chapters  Treatise Chapters Introduction - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Collateral Description--In General - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Pleading and Proving a Prima Facie Case - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Collateral Description--Security Agreement - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Scope - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Collateral Description--Financing Statement - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
The Basics - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Index to Documenting Secured Transactions - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
The Documents - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Preface to the Second Edition; And Preface; And Potential Coming Attractions - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Required (If Desired) Provisions - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Authorization; Signatures - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Table of Authorities - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Subordination - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Future Advances - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Priorities - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Secured Party's Name - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Identifying and Describing the Debtor - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Continuations - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Crops As Collateral - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Debtor's Address - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
After-Acquired Collateral - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Amendments; Corrections - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Secured Party's Address - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Subsequent Changes by the Debtor - Documenting Secured Transactions: Effective Drafting and Litigation , Thursday, May 23, 2002
Answer Book  Answer Book Personal Bankruptcy Answer Book
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