Michael J. O'Connor

Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, 1976; Distinguished Service Award, Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York 1988; President's Award for Pro Bono Services, New York State Bar Association, 1989 and 1998. Contributing Editor (N.Y.S. exemptions) of West's Bankruptcy Exemption Manual, 2003-2006. Lecturer: New York State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Seminars; National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee's, Capital Region Bankruptcy Bar Association Annual Seminars; New York State Credit Union League Bankruptcy Seminars; Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, 2003. Appointed: Chapter 7 Trustee Panel for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York, 1986; Northern District of New York Local Rules Revision Committee (1993 & 1997); Northern District Judicial Merit Selection Committee (Chairman, 1994); Committee on Character and Fitness for the Third Judicial District, 2009.