Mr. Donald R. Lassman
Bio
Donald R. Lassman is a sole practitioner with the Law Office of Donald R. Lassman in Needham, Mass., concentrating in the areas of bankruptcy, insolvency and business reorganization since 1983. Mr. Lassman is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, the first recipient of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts Pro Bono Publico Award in 201 4 and the recipient of the 2019-2020 MCLE Scholar-Mentor Award. He received his undergraduate degree in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis and his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
He is a member of the bar of the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, the Boston Bar Association, the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees and ABI, and has been a member of the Panel of Chapter 7 Trustees for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts since 1995.
Mr. Lassman participates in many continuing legal education programs as chair and panelist and has written extensively on legal issues relating to insolvency and bankruptcy, including as a contributing author for Bankruptcy Practice in Massachusetts, published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Inc. in 2014, and Reaffirmation Agreements in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases,” first published by ABI in 2009 with a second edition published in 2010. He also co-authored Moving for Relief from the Automatic Stay in Bankruptcy published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Inc. in 2015.