John Stuart Kaplan

1993 Duke University School of Law JD - Juris Doctor 1987 University of Pennsylvania BS - Bachelor of Science

2012 Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights Laws, Best Lawyers in America 2012 America's Leading Lawyers, Chambers USA 2003 Rising Stars of Washington Law, Washington Law & Politics Magazine 2002 Rising Stars of Washington Law, Washington Law & Politics Magazine 2001 Rising Stars of Washington Law, Washington Law & Politics Magazine

2006 The Roles and Motivations of Key Players in Bankruptcy Cases, Aspatore Books "An Overview of the Twists and Turns of Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Reorganizing" 2003 Washington Secured Transactions Under Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: Forms and Practice Manual, Data Trace Publishing Company (updated annually) Book 1996 Washington Real Property Deskbook "Environmental Liabilities and Bankruptcy" 1995 Pacific Northwest Bankruptcy and Credit Seminar "Drafting Documents with an Eye Toward Bankruptcy" 1992 Alaska Law Review "The Mental Health Land Trust Litigation: State v. Weiss and its Aftermath"

2004 - Present CENTS (Consumer Education and Training Services) Fundraising chair 2000 - Present CENTS (Consumer Education and Training Services) Board of Directors American Bankruptcy Institute Turnaround Management Association Washington State Bar Association

2006 22nd Annual Conference of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA) Impact of BAPCPA Amendments on Business Bankruptcy Practices 2006 19th Annual Northwest Bankruptcy Institute Plenary Session II: Case Law Update 2005 National Bankruptcy Institute Article 9 of the UCC 2002 Washington Troubled Loans; CLE Effect of Bankruptcy 1998 King County Bar Association Debtor/Creditor Section Recent Washington State Decisions Affecting Debtor/Creditor Practitioners