George Pitts - Anchorage, AK

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1983
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Pennsylvania, 1977
    Ph.D.
  • University of Pennsylvania, 1975
    M.A.
  • Swarthmore College, 1972
    B.A.
    Honors: With High Honors

Pro Bono Activities

• Director’s Council, University of Pennsylvania Museum
• Council on Presidential Initiatives, Swarthmore College
• Past Member, Board of Directors, Virginia Opera

Representative Cases

• Handled bankruptcy cases in the bankruptcy courts of the states of New York, Delaware, Michigan, California, Texas, Nevada, Illinois, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, and the District of Columbia.
• Handled numerous matters in state and federal courts involving receiverships, mechanics’ liens, collections, foreclosures, and issues arising under the Uniform Commercial Code.
• Experienced in both jury and non-jury trials in the federal and state courts involving matters such as unfair competition, insurance, business torts, commercial disputes, truth in lending, fair credit reporting, partnership disputes, and real estate.
• Served as lead counsel in appellate matters, including reported cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the Supreme Court of Virginia.
• Some of the representations listed above were handled prior to joining Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot.

Published Works

Articles

• Four Questions You Should Ask Before You Sign an Engagement Agreement Bloomberg BNA’s Corporate Counsel Weekly, March 20, 2013
  
• More Than Was Dreamt of in Your Philosophy: Recent Developments and Familiar Principles in Chapter 11 Cases From Inside the Minds: Creditors’ Rights In Chapter 11 Cases-Leading Lawyers on Identifying and Protecting the Rights of Secured and Unsecured Creditors During Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases, 2010
  
• The Triumph of Hope over Experience: Identification of Commingled Funds Financier Worldwide, November 2006
  
• Through a Balance Sheet Darkly: Viewing ‘Deepening Insolvency’ Face to Face Financier Worldwide, October 2005
  
• Rights to Future Payment as Property of the Estate under Section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code The American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Winter 1990
  
• Barratry as a Covered Risk in Marine Insurance: Problems and Perspective Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, April 1983

Bar Admissions

• California
• District of Columbia
• Virginia
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia