About
Bankruptcy Bill and all of its related content is the creation of Steven Horowitz and professional illustrator Gideon Kendall. They can be contacted by e-mail at: bill [at] bankruptcybill.us.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Steven Horowitz
Steven is a former bankruptcy attorney who enjoys coming up with creative and interactive communications that entertain, explain and help build community (e.g., the Bankruptcy Ballot Archive). He’s also kind of fluent in Japanese, having taught English there on the Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) Program after college and subsequently spending time studying Japanese consumer bankruptcy law issues at Waseda University in Tokyo and working for two different Japanese law firms. He served for 6 years as the Newsletter Editor for the JET Alumni Association’s New York Chapter (JETAA NY), created the JetWit.com site to serve as an interactive resource for the JET alumni community and currently serves as the Professional Outreach & Development Chair for JETAA NY. A graduate of Duke Law School and the University of Pennsylvania, he lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife Wynne and daughter Helen and is an avid ultimate frisbee player.
Memberships/Associations
- National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) – Member of the Web Committee
- American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)
- New York Institute of Credit (NYIC) – Member of the Future Leaders Event Planning Committee
- Turnaround Management Association (TMA)
Japan Exchange Teaching Alumni Association of New York (JETAA NY) – Member of the Board of Directors; Professional Outreach & Development Chair
Speaking Engagements/Workshops
- Keynote speaker – National Conference for the JET Alumni Association of Canada (Toronto, Canada; May 2009)
- Invited speaker – JET Returners Conference (Tokyo, Japan; March 2010)
Invited speaker – JET Alumni Technology Regional Conference (Portland, OR; January 2010)- “Learn to Blog” Workshop for Lawyers (New York, NY; Summer 2009)
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Gideon Kendall (www.gideonkendall.com)
Gideon is a professional illustrator with a versatile portfolio ranging from children’s books to Cartoon Network shows to commissioned paintings and commercial work.
Book illustration work includes:
- The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep
- DinoPets
- DinoPets at School (coming soon)
- Rabbits Rabbits Everywhere
- The Caveman’s Pregnancy Companion: A Survival Guide for Expecting Fathers
- The Caveman’s Guide to Baby’s First Year
- Littlebat’s Halloween Story
Cartoon show work includes:
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Code Name: Kids Next Door
- Pepper Ann
Born and raised on a commune in West Virginia, Gideon began drawing at age one-and-a-half and never stopped. He’s also the founder of several bands and music projects, including having written and performed an entire rock opera. Gideon is an avid ultimate frisbee player, a diehard Philadelphia Eagles fan and lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife, Julie, and his son, Milo.
To see more of Gideon’s uniquely fantastic and versatile work, go to his website at www.gideonkendall.com or his drawing blog at gideonkendall.squarespace.com/journal.
(Note: Apologies to anyone who has sent an e-mail to us at our previous email address bankruptcybill [at] zoho [dot] com and did not receive a response. Zoho apparently shut down its email at some point without letting its us know.)