Washington University Journal of Law & Policy

Article Title

Barry Schermer: His Consumer Bankruptcy Greatest Hits

Authors

Wendell J. Sherk
Kathy A. Surratt-States, Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Publication Title

Washington University Journal of Law & Policy

Abstract

This Article reflects on major decisions given by Judge Barry Schermer in the field of consumer bankruptcy. Sherk and Surrat-States focus on In re Copman, In re Wilmsmeyer, In re Mitchell, and In re Long, and how Judge Schermer’s decisions and influence were helpful within and beyond the Eastern District of Missouri Bankruptcy Court. The Article concludes Judger Schermer has had an important role in shaping the niche are of consumer bankruptcy law over his thirty years of tenure.

Recommended Citation

Wendell J. Sherk and Kathy A. Surratt-States, Barry Schermer: His Consumer Bankruptcy Greatest Hits, 55 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 013 (2017),
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_journal_law_policy/vol55/iss1/9