Hearings

Forum on: The Legal Implications of Detroit's Bankruptcy Filing

Location: Fellowship Chapel

Forum on: The Legal Implications of Detroit's Bankruptcy Filing

Hearing Documentation

Opening Statements

Statement of Hon. John Conyers, Jr.

[ Full text of Conyers' statement ]

Host

Hon. John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member

U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee

Moderator

Michael Eric Dyson

Professor, Georgetown University

Participants

Robert Ficano/Hester Wheeler, Wayne County Executive/Assistant

Wayne County, MI
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]

Hon. Coleman A. Young II, Senator

Michigan Senate, 1st District
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]

Hon. Bert Johnson, Senator

Michigan Senate, 2nd District
[ Press statement ]

Hon. JoAnn Watson

Detroit City Council
[ EM law analysis ]

Rev. Wendell Anthony, President

NAACP Detroit Chapter
[ Press statements ]
[ MI Chronicle - Anthony takes EM Orr to Task ]

Marcia L. Dyson, Political Strategist, Social Activist and Writer

[ Written statement not yet submitted ]

Al Garrett, President

AFSCME, Detroit Chapter
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]

Rose Roots, President

AFSCME Detroit Retiree Subchapter 98
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]

James E. Spiotto, Esq., Partner and head of Special Litigation, Bankruptcy and Workout Group

Chapman & Cutler, LLP
[ Full text of Spiotto statement ]
[ Testimony Appendix ]

John A. E. Pottow, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Professor

University of Michigan
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]

Melissa Jacoby, Bankruptcy Professor

University of North Carolina
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]

Krystal Crittendon, Former Corporation Counsel

City of Detroit
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]

Michael J. Steinberg, Legal Director

American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan
[ Press Release - Adkins et al. vs. Morgan Stanely ]

Julianne Malveaux, Ph.D., Author, Economist

[ Written statement not yet submitted ]

 


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