Lecturer Bios
Matthew D. Green, Esq.
• Member with Williams Kastner PLLC
• Represents businesses and individuals in all facets of collections, including prejudgment and post-judgment remedies
• Frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars on debtor-creditor rights and remedies
• Retained as an expert witness in litigation involving collection issues
• Graduate, Seattle University Law School
Elizabeth R. Hebener, Esq.
• Attorney with Williams Kastner PLLC
• Practices in general civil litigation including representing businesses and individuals in all aspects of collection, including prejudgment and post-judment remedies
• J.D. degree, University of Arizona, Rogers College of Law
• B.A. degree in government, Georgetown University
Thomas S. Linde, Esq.
• Member of Schweet Rieke & Linde, PLLC
• Concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate law, and creditors’ rights and remedies
• Frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars relating to creditors’ rights and remedies
• Past chair of the Washington State Bar Association CLE Committee and the King County Bar Association Bankruptcy Section
• J.D. degree, with honors, University of Washington School of Law
• B.A. degree, magna cum laude, University of Washington
William F. Malaier Jr
• Attorney with the creditor-debtor firm Nagler & Associates
• Practice includes aiding debtors with all aspects of Chapter 7, 11 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy filings, representing individual creditors and helping clients with out-of-court financial workouts
• Recently elected by his peers to the executive board of the Bankruptcy Section of the King County Bar Association
• Assists the Seattle University School of Law’s Bankruptcy Clinic, mentoring law students interested in the field of insolvency
• Regular presenter at CLE seminars and recently co-edited the bankruptcy chapter of the Washington State Bar Association’s Family Law Deskbook
• J.D. degree, University of Arizona
• Graduate, summa cum laude, Providence College
Shawn K. Mercalde, Esq.
• Shareholder with Carney Badley Spellman, P.S.
• Concentrates her practice in the areas of civil litigation, collections and creditors’ rights, commercial litigation and construction litigation
• Named a Rising Star by Washington Law & Politics magazine for 2006 and 2007
• Written several publications relating to her areas of expertise
• J.D. degree, Seattle University School of Law
• B.A. degree, cum laude, University of Pittsburgh
Laurin S. Schweet, Esq.
• Founding member of Schweet Rieke & Linde, PLLC
• Practice is limited to the areas of creditors’ rights, creditor representation in bankruptcy, commercial litigation and foreclosure
• Frequent speaker on all aspects of creditors’ rights
• Member of the Federal Bar Association, the Eastern and Western Districts, and the King County Bar Association
• Past chair of the Bankruptcy Section of the King County Bar Association
• J.D. degree, with distinction, Seattle University; and B.S. degree, cum laude, University of Kentucky