Commercial Law League of America

CLLA Eastern Region Conference

November 8-9, 2023

MANHATTAN PENTHOUSE, NEW YORK, NY

Commercial Law League of America

CLLA
Eastern Region Conference

November 8-9, 2023

MANHATTAN PENTHOUSE,
NEW YORK, NY

Wanda Borges, Esq.

Borges & Associates, LLC, Syosset, NY

Wanda Borges, Esq., Borges & Associates, LLC For more than forty years, Ms. Borges has concentrated her law practice on commercial litigation and creditors’ rights in bankruptcy matters, representing corporate clients and creditors’ committees throughout the United States in Chapter 11 proceedings, out of court settlements, commercial transactions, and preference litigation. She is a member and Past President of the Commercial Law League of America and has been an Attorney Member of its National Board of Governors, a Chair of the Bankruptcy Section and Creditors’ Rights Section as well as President of the Commercial Law League Fund for Public Education. She is a member of several bar associations, including the American Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. Ms. Borges serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Commercial Collectors, of which her firm is an associate member. She is an internationally recognized lecturer and author on various legal topics which impact trade creditors. She is the Vice-Chair of the Board of Associate Editors for the Commercial Law League of America’s “Commercial Law World” magazine and regularly contributes articles to that magazine as well as her column “Heard and Overheard.”

Her treatise Hidden Liens: Who is Entitled to What? was published in the Fall, 1998 Edition of the Commercial Law Journal. She has authored Antitrust, Restraint of Trade and Unfair Competition: Myth Versus Reality, published by the NACM and most recently updated in 2017. Ms. Borges is the lead author and Editor-in-Chief of Enforcing Judgments and Collecting Debts in New York, a treatise updated annually and published by Thomson West Publishing Company. She routinely publishes articles for the National Association of Credit Management “Business Credit” magazine and has published articles for its “Fraud Prevention News.” Upon the passage of the BAPCPA in 2005, Ms. Borges prepared and presents educational programs on this new legislation and co-authored The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 – An Overhaul of U.S. Bankruptcy Law, published by the NACM. Her article titled “Uniform Voidable Transactions Act” was published in Insolvency Intelligence, a law journal published by Thomson West in the UK. Ms. Borges has been included in the New York Super Lawyers – Metro Edition list (Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights) each year since 2009. In November 2010, Ms. Borges received the “Robert E. Caine Award for Leadership” from the Commercial Law League of America. She is listed in Who’s Who in America.

Conor A. Carman

Law Student/Intern, St. John’s University School

Conor A. Carman is a law student at St. John’s University School of Law and a J.D. Candidate 2025.  He is a staff member of the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, a staff member of the St. John’s Commercial Division Law Report, a student fellow at the Center for International and Comparative Law and a founding member of the Gaming Law Society.  In the summer of 2023, he served as the Summer Judicial Intern for the Honorable Felice J. Muraca, A.J.S.C. at the Supreme Court, Nassau County.  He is currently the Judicial Intern for the Honorable Elizabeth S. Stong, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of New York.  Conor obtained a Master of Arts, Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in 2016. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in 2014 from Suffolk University in Boston. 

Conor has served as a Special Advisory – Anti-Money Laundering in Antiquities from October 2020 to May 2022 at CINOA (Confédération Internationale des Négociants en (Euvres D’Art). He was an Advisory Associate with Gurr Johns, Inc. Brokerage Department from January 2020 to July 2020.  And, worked as an appraisal assistant for estates, appraisals & valuations from April 2017 to January 2020 at Christie’s New York. 

He has published “The War on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Extends to Art and Antiquities” and INCOA Submission for the US BSA Money Laundering Consultation.”

Sue Chin, Esq.

Borges & Associates, LLC, Syosset, NY

Sue L. Chin, Esq. is an associate with Borges & Associates, LLC., a boutique law firm in Syosset, New York. She is admitted to practice in the Courts of the States of New York, New Jersey, and Texas as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Ms. Chin earned a juris doctorate at New York Law School in New York State in 2005 and was part of an award-winning team in the 2004 Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition. She was a John Marshall Harlan Scholar and on the Law School Dean’s List. She obtained her LL.M in Bankruptcy from St. John’s University School of Law in June 2012 where she received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Consumer Bankruptcy while maintaining a Dean’s Academic Scholarship. Prior to law school, Ms. Chin obtained her B.B.A from Baruch College in 2002 with a Minor in Law and was awarded the “Morton Wollman Medal for outstanding achievements in law”.

During her initial years in practice, Ms. Chin served as a Law Clerk to the Hon. Randolph Baxter, (Retired) U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Ohio. Prior to joining Borges & Associates, Ms. Chin was in private practice as an associate with law firms concentrating her practice on bankruptcy and commercial litigation matters in New York and Texas.

Since 2018, Ms. Chin has been a contributing author to Enforcing Judgments and Collecting Debts in New York published by Thomson West Publishing Company and updated annually.

Ms. Chin is a volunteer judge for the Duberstein moot court competition at St. John’s University.

Lisa Mirabile

Vertigo Media Group, Bohemia, NY

Lisa Mirabile is President and Founder of Vertigo Media Group in Bohemia, NY. A creative marketing executive with a focus in brand advertising, Mirabile is skilled in developing and executing innovative strategies that achieve results. Over the last 29 years, Mirabile has established herself as an award- winning brand strategist, including recognition as 40 under 40, Power Women of Long Island and Top 100 Businesswomen and a One Show Pencil. Her award-winning commercials for American Express were shot in Latin America were Lisa spent 4 years living in Brazil. In 1995 Lisa was inducted into the global team for Ogilvy and Mather and as such worked to create and launch a new brand for Sears which led to the global recognition with the tagline; “Come see the softer side of Sears.”

In 2004, Lisa Mirabile created Vertigo Media Group, to represent the true meaning of 360 degrees of your brand. Vertigo Media Group has evolved into a full-service agency enjoying 20 years of success. VMG operates as a boutique style agency that allows the company to work closely with clients to unearth its best opportunities. Vertigo’s focus for 2022 has been to leverage new technology and to continually upgrade its integrated services, as well engaging clients who are serious about communicating with a Spanish-speaking audiences.

Most recently, Ms. Mirabile revealed her latest creation in the form of internet radio to bring Women owned Businesses into the world of podcasting and instructional talk radio. It can be found across the internet and around the good as WOMP (putting woman on the map). Each show come with streaming video content. “As a female business owner and a single mom, I want to empower and educate other women. This was my opportunity to create what I want and let the voices of other women be heard no matter what the category.” Say Lisa. Lisa still claims her children to be her greatest accomplishment. She is the mother to Leo, her 23-year-old son and daughter Gianna, 20. Both are attending universities in New York.

Chris Nall

Case Master Pro, Gainesville, FL

Chris Nall is the President of Case Master, Inc., a dynamic legal software company whose core product, CMPOnline, is a cutting-edge solution tailored to law firms focusing on commercial collections, creditor’s rights, subrogation, and judgment enforcement. For two decades, Chris has worked hand-in-hand with his clients to develop a web-based software solution with an easy-to-learn yet advanced interface that fits the needs of both large and small firms. Using his expertise in software development and knowledge of the industry, Chris has built a world-class team that utilizes an Agile strategy to quickly build client-requested (and often government-mandated) features into their software product while still maintaining superior customer support that can quickly handle any firm question or issue. Under his leadership, Case Master, Inc. has emerged as an industry trailblazer, providing forward-thinking legal professionals with a comprehensive suite of software tools designed to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and optimize outcomes across various practice areas. The Case Master team works tirelessly to ensure that all client firms are provided with the best software on the market.
In his free time, Chris enjoys spending time with his wife, Cassie, and their son, Curtis (3), visiting Florida’s water parks and beaches and watching live music.

Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong

U.S. Bankruptcy Court – Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY

As of September 2, 2003, Judge Elizabeth S. Stong has been a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting in Brooklyn. Previously, she was a litigation partner and associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, litigation associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, and law clerk to U.S. District Judge David Mazzone in the District of Massachusetts.

Judge Stong is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Council of the American Law Institute, and the boards of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the Practicing Law Institute, the New York County Lawyers’ Association, and the New York Law Institute. She is a member of the Advisory Committee of Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought and the Advisory Board of P.R.I.M.E. Finance, an international dispute resolution and judicial training organization based in The Hague. She regularly serves as a delegate to UNCITRAL’s Working Groups on Arbitration and Conciliation and Insolvency and is an elected member of the European Law Institute. She is the Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education and holds leadership roles in the International Insolvency Institute, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the ABA Business Law Section, International Law Section, and Judicial Division. Judge Stong is an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School.

Her past positions include President of the Harvard Law School Association, Chair of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges International Judicial Relations Committee, Co-Chair of the New York Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, as well as Co-Chair of the New York City Bar’s Council on the Profession, Vice Chair of its Judiciary Committee, and Chair of its Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. She also served on the ABA’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, Standing Committee on the American Judicial System, Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements, Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education, Center for Innovation, Commission on Women in the Profession, and Commission on Homelessness and Poverty. In addition, she served as Vice President of the Federal Bar Council, Vice President of the board of directors of the New York City Bar’s Fund Inc. and City Bar Justice Center, the board of directors of the International Insolvency Institute, and an officer of the ABA Business Law Section. She was also a member of the board of MFY Legal Services, Inc., one of the largest providers of free legal services to low-income residents of New York City.

Judge Stong has trained judges in more than 25 countries on five continents, including North, Central and West Africa, Central Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, and South America with the U.S. Commerce Department Commercial Law Development Program, the World Bank, the ABA-Rule of Law Initiative, and INSOL, among other organizations. She has consulted with the Supreme Court of China and People’s High Courts in Beijing and Guangzhou, the Uganda Registration Services Bureau, and has recently led judicial workshops and consultations in Morocco, Bahrain, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, and Brazil, among other venues.

Judge Stong has received many recognitions for her work. These include the American Bar Foundation’s Outstanding State Chair Award, the ABA Glass Cutter Award, the NYIC Hon. Cecelia Goetz Award, the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors Judicial Service Award, the MFY Legal Services Scales of Justice Award, and the Brooklyn Bar Association’s Freda Nisnewitz Award for Pro Bono Service, among others. She received her A.B. magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Timothy Wan, Esq.

Smith Carroad Wan & Parikh, PC, Smithtown, NY

Timothy Wan, Esq. is Senior Partner and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Smith Carroad Wan & Parikh, a division of the Wan Law Group. Mr. Wan’s areas of expertise include managing the creditor’s rights and collection law practice, serving as General Counsel to various small businesses in the local business community, and spearheading practice in the area of entertainment law, music law, copyright, and intellectual property.

Tim was admitted to the New York State Bar in January 2001, after graduating from Brooklyn Law School for his Juris Doctor where he was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, and from Vassar College with a double B.A. in Political Science and Theatre in 1997.

As most of you know, Tim is a Past Chair of the Eastern Region of the Commercial Law League of America, a Past Chair of the CLLA Young Member’s Section, past member of the Board of Governors, and served as the first ever two-consecutive-term CLLA President from 2019-2021. He has also served as the President of the New York State Creditors Bar Association since 2010. Mr. Wan is a two-time Past President of the Infinite Exchange Chapter of BNI, and a member of the International Association of Commercial Collectors. Mr. Wan is a published author of the New York chapter of the textbook, Judgment Enforcement published by Wolters Kleuwer Publishing, and is a featured columnist and on the Board of Associate Editors for Commercial Law World. If you have never heard Tim speak, he apologizes in advance for any motion sickness, buckle up, and please keep your arms and legs inside the moving vehicle.

Wanda Borges, Esq.

Borges & Associates, LLC,
Syosset, NY

Wanda Borges, Esq., Borges & Associates, LLC For more than forty years, Ms. Borges has concentrated her law practice on commercial litigation and creditors’ rights in bankruptcy matters, representing corporate clients and creditors’ committees throughout the United States in Chapter 11 proceedings, out of court settlements, commercial transactions, and preference litigation. She is a member and Past President of the Commercial Law League of America and has been an Attorney Member of its National Board of Governors, a Chair of the Bankruptcy Section and Creditors’ Rights Section as well as President of the Commercial Law League Fund for Public Education. She is a member of several bar associations, including the American Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. Ms. Borges serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Commercial Collectors, of which her firm is an associate member. She is an internationally recognized lecturer and author on various legal topics which impact trade creditors. She is the Vice-Chair of the Board of Associate Editors for the Commercial Law League of America’s “Commercial Law World” magazine and regularly contributes articles to that magazine as well as her column “Heard and Overheard.”

Her treatise Hidden Liens: Who is Entitled to What? was published in the Fall, 1998 Edition of the Commercial Law Journal. She has authored Antitrust, Restraint of Trade and Unfair Competition: Myth Versus Reality, published by the NACM and most recently updated in 2017. Ms. Borges is the lead author and Editor-in-Chief of Enforcing Judgments and Collecting Debts in New York, a treatise updated annually and published by Thomson West Publishing Company. She routinely publishes articles for the National Association of Credit Management “Business Credit” magazine and has published articles for its “Fraud Prevention News.” Upon the passage of the BAPCPA in 2005, Ms. Borges prepared and presents educational programs on this new legislation and co-authored The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 – An Overhaul of U.S. Bankruptcy Law, published by the NACM. Her article titled “Uniform Voidable Transactions Act” was published in Insolvency Intelligence, a law journal published by Thomson West in the UK. Ms. Borges has been included in the New York Super Lawyers – Metro Edition list (Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights) each year since 2009. In November 2010, Ms. Borges received the “Robert E. Caine Award for Leadership” from the Commercial Law League of America. She is listed in Who’s Who in America.

Conor A. Carman

Law Student/Intern,
St. John’s University School

Conor A. Carman is a law student at St. John’s University School of Law and a J.D. Candidate 2025.  He is a staff member of the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, a staff member of the St. John’s Commercial Division Law Report, a student fellow at the Center for International and Comparative Law and a founding member of the Gaming Law Society.  In the summer of 2023, he served as the Summer Judicial Intern for the Honorable Felice J. Muraca, A.J.S.C. at the Supreme Court, Nassau County.  He is currently the Judicial Intern for the Honorable Elizabeth S. Stong, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of New York.  Conor obtained a Master of Arts, Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in 2016. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in 2014 from Suffolk University in Boston.

Conor has served as a Special Advisory – Anti-Money Laundering in Antiquities from October 2020 to May 2022 at CINOA (Confédération Internationale des Négociants en (Euvres D’Art). He was an Advisory Associate with Gurr Johns, Inc. Brokerage Department from January 2020 to July 2020.  And, worked as an appraisal assistant for estates, appraisals & valuations from April 2017 to January 2020 at Christie’s New York.

He has published “The War on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Extends to Art and Antiquities” and INCOA Submission for the US BSA Money Laundering Consultation.”

Sue Chin, Esq.

Borges & Associates, LLC,
Syosset, NY

Sue L. Chin, Esq. is an associate with Borges & Associates, LLC., a boutique law firm in Syosset, New York. She is admitted to practice in the Courts of the States of New York, New Jersey, and Texas as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Ms. Chin earned a juris doctorate at New York Law School in New York State in 2005 and was part of an award-winning team in the 2004 Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition. She was a John Marshall Harlan Scholar and on the Law School Dean’s List. She obtained her LL.M in Bankruptcy from St. John’s University School of Law in June 2012 where she received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Consumer Bankruptcy while maintaining a Dean’s Academic Scholarship. Prior to law school, Ms. Chin obtained her B.B.A from Baruch College in 2002 with a Minor in Law and was awarded the “Morton Wollman Medal for outstanding achievements in law”.

During her initial years in practice, Ms. Chin served as a Law Clerk to the Hon. Randolph Baxter, (Retired) U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Ohio. Prior to joining Borges & Associates, Ms. Chin was in private practice as an associate with law firms concentrating her practice on bankruptcy and commercial litigation matters in New York and Texas.

Since 2018, Ms. Chin has been a contributing author to Enforcing Judgments and Collecting Debts in New York published by Thomson West Publishing Company and updated annually.

Ms. Chin is a volunteer judge for the Duberstein moot court competition at St. John’s University.

Lisa Mirabile

Vertigo Media Group,
Bohemia, NY

Lisa Mirabile is President and Founder of Vertigo Media Group in Bohemia, NY. A creative marketing executive with a focus in brand advertising, Mirabile is skilled in developing and executing innovative strategies that achieve results. Over the last 29 years, Mirabile has established herself as an award- winning brand strategist, including recognition as 40 under 40, Power Women of Long Island and Top 100 Businesswomen and a One Show Pencil. Her award-winning commercials for American Express were shot in Latin America were Lisa spent 4 years living in Brazil. In 1995 Lisa was inducted into the global team for Ogilvy and Mather and as such worked to create and launch a new brand for Sears which led to the global recognition with the tagline; “Come see the softer side of Sears.”

In 2004, Lisa Mirabile created Vertigo Media Group, to represent the true meaning of 360 degrees of your brand. Vertigo Media Group has evolved into a full-service agency enjoying 20 years of success. VMG operates as a boutique style agency that allows the company to work closely with clients to unearth its best opportunities. Vertigo’s focus for 2022 has been to leverage new technology and to continually upgrade its integrated services, as well engaging clients who are serious about communicating with a Spanish-speaking audiences.

Most recently, Ms. Mirabile revealed her latest creation in the form of internet radio to bring Women owned Businesses into the world of podcasting and instructional talk radio. It can be found across the internet and around the good as WOMP (putting woman on the map). Each show come with streaming video content. “As a female business owner and a single mom, I want to empower and educate other women. This was my opportunity to create what I want and let the voices of other women be heard no matter what the category.” Say Lisa. Lisa still claims her children to be her greatest accomplishment. She is the mother to Leo, her 23-year-old son and daughter Gianna, 20. Both are attending universities in New York.

Chris Nall

Case Master Pro,
Gainesville, FL

Chris Nall is the President of Case Master, Inc., a dynamic legal software company whose core product, CMPOnline, is a cutting-edge solution tailored to law firms focusing on commercial collections, creditor’s rights, subrogation, and judgment enforcement. For two decades, Chris has worked hand-in-hand with his clients to develop a web-based software solution with an easy-to-learn yet advanced interface that fits the needs of both large and small firms. Using his expertise in software development and knowledge of the industry, Chris has built a world-class team that utilizes an Agile strategy to quickly build client-requested (and often government-mandated) features into their software product while still maintaining superior customer support that can quickly handle any firm question or issue. Under his leadership, Case Master, Inc. has emerged as an industry trailblazer, providing forward-thinking legal professionals with a comprehensive suite of software tools designed to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and optimize outcomes across various practice areas. The Case Master team works tirelessly to ensure that all client firms are provided with the best software on the market.
In his free time, Chris enjoys spending time with his wife, Cassie, and their son, Curtis (3), visiting Florida’s water parks and beaches and watching live music.

Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong

U.S. Bankruptcy Court –
Eastern District of New York,
Brooklyn, NY

As of September 2, 2003, Judge Elizabeth S. Stong has been a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting in Brooklyn. Previously, she was a litigation partner and associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, litigation associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, and law clerk to U.S. District Judge David Mazzone in the District of Massachusetts.

Judge Stong is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Council of the American Law Institute, and the boards of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the Practicing Law Institute, the New York County Lawyers’ Association, and the New York Law Institute. She is a member of the Advisory Committee of Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought and the Advisory Board of P.R.I.M.E. Finance, an international dispute resolution and judicial training organization based in The Hague. She regularly serves as a delegate to UNCITRAL’s Working Groups on Arbitration and Conciliation and Insolvency and is an elected member of the European Law Institute. She is the Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education and holds leadership roles in the International Insolvency Institute, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the ABA Business Law Section, International Law Section, and Judicial Division. Judge Stong is an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School.

Her past positions include President of the Harvard Law School Association, Chair of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges International Judicial Relations Committee, Co-Chair of the New York Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, as well as Co-Chair of the New York City Bar’s Council on the Profession, Vice Chair of its Judiciary Committee, and Chair of its Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. She also served on the ABA’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, Standing Committee on the American Judicial System, Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements, Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education, Center for Innovation, Commission on Women in the Profession, and Commission on Homelessness and Poverty. In addition, she served as Vice President of the Federal Bar Council, Vice President of the board of directors of the New York City Bar’s Fund Inc. and City Bar Justice Center, the board of directors of the International Insolvency Institute, and an officer of the ABA Business Law Section. She was also a member of the board of MFY Legal Services, Inc., one of the largest providers of free legal services to low-income residents of New York City.

Judge Stong has trained judges in more than 25 countries on five continents, including North, Central and West Africa, Central Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, and South America with the U.S. Commerce Department Commercial Law Development Program, the World Bank, the ABA-Rule of Law Initiative, and INSOL, among other organizations. She has consulted with the Supreme Court of China and People’s High Courts in Beijing and Guangzhou, the Uganda Registration Services Bureau, and has recently led judicial workshops and consultations in Morocco, Bahrain, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, and Brazil, among other venues.

Judge Stong has received many recognitions for her work. These include the American Bar Foundation’s Outstanding State Chair Award, the ABA Glass Cutter Award, the NYIC Hon. Cecelia Goetz Award, the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors Judicial Service Award, the MFY Legal Services Scales of Justice Award, and the Brooklyn Bar Association’s Freda Nisnewitz Award for Pro Bono Service, among others. She received her A.B. magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Timothy Wan, Esq.

Smith Carroad Wan & Parikh, PC,
Smithtown, NY

Timothy Wan, Esq. is Senior Partner and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Smith Carroad Wan & Parikh, a division of the Wan Law Group. Mr. Wan’s areas of expertise include managing the creditor’s rights and collection law practice, serving as General Counsel to various small businesses in the local business community, and spearheading practice in the area of entertainment law, music law, copyright, and intellectual property.

Tim was admitted to the New York State Bar in January 2001, after graduating from Brooklyn Law School for his Juris Doctor where he was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, and from Vassar College with a double B.A. in Political Science and Theatre in 1997.

As most of you know, Tim is a Past Chair of the Eastern Region of the Commercial Law League of America, a Past Chair of the CLLA Young Member’s Section, past member of the Board of Governors, and served as the first ever two-consecutive-term CLLA President from 2019-2021. He has also served as the President of the New York State Creditors Bar Association since 2010. Mr. Wan is a two-time Past President of the Infinite Exchange Chapter of BNI, and a member of the International Association of Commercial Collectors. Mr. Wan is a published author of the New York chapter of the textbook, Judgment Enforcement published by Wolters Kleuwer Publishing, and is a featured columnist and on the Board of Associate Editors for Commercial Law World. If you have never heard Tim speak, he apologizes in advance for any motion sickness, buckle up, and please keep your arms and legs inside the moving vehicle.