Jonathan Rea Email & Phone Number

Flint, Michigan

Grand Rapids

- Conducted initial consultation with approximately 300 potential clients - Made recommendations to potential clients of available bankruptcy and debt relief solutions after evaluating individual circumstances- Collected approximately $30,000 from clients who signed retainer agreements based on their initial consultation with me- Executed retainer agreements with approximately two hundred clients- Drafted approximately two hundred bankruptcy petitions for attorney review prior to filing for clients located in Michigan and Illinois - Represented clients during approximately one hundred Section 341 meetings in Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids- Collected and submitted all documents necessary for Section 341 meetings for all Michigan clients

- Reviewed all incoming post-petition Chapter 13 Plan Modifications and identified which of those could cause harm to our client's interest- Recommend objections to managing Bankruptcy partner based on any potentially damaging Plan modifications- Drafted resopnses to approximately ten Objections to Claim filed against our clients- Read and summarized all published Eastern and Western District of Michigan Bankruptcy Decisions for later cataloging in firm database- Drafted responses to Final Cure Notices and other Motions- Created approximately one hundred Proofs of Claim which were later filed with the Eastern District of Michigan Bankruptcy court

Office Of U.S. Trustee Patrick Layng

- Appeared in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois on behalf of U.S. Trustee Patrick Layng using Illinois Supreme Court Rule 711 License for Senior Law Students. - Attended daily meetings with staff attorneys where relevant court hearings were outlined and planned for.- Fact-checked extensive free application for institutional Chapter 11 debtor.

- Assisted eight to twelve potential debtors daily in determining their ability to file consumer bankruptcy cases - Assisted debtors in completing bankruptcy forms, including entire Voluntary Petition and Means Test- Assisted in addressing potential debtor’s questions by outlining the debtor’s financial situation for the supervising attorney

- Conducted reviews of approximately fifty debtor files per week in search of possible grounds to support a Motion To Dismiss - Wrote and submitted a Motion for Summary Judgment and accompanying brief to the local Circuit Court- Wrote and filed approximately five Motions to Dismiss with the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan- Accompanied Trustee to section 341 meeting of creditors and Chapter 13 confirmation hearings, assisting him with the retrieval of debtor history and plan information using Pacer and ECF software programs

Juris Doctor

B.A., Economics And Business

Activities and Societies: 4-year member of varsity Football team, studied abroad in Madrid, SpainEconomics & Business

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International Study Abroad, 1 semester June 2007

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