Stuart Gold has devoted his practice to representing people and businesses in bankruptcy. From the firm’s Southfield, Michigan office, he has represented consumers and commercial debtors in many high-profile bankruptcy cases. Mr. Gold has also provided representation to creditors’ committees, bankruptcy trustees and secured creditors, and has served as a bankruptcy trustee since 1986. Mr. Gold received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan. In 1977, he was awarded his Juris Doctor by Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where he graduated with distinction. Admitted to practice in both Michigan and Florida, he is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit for the Eastern District of Michigan and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Mr. Gold is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, The Florida Bar, Federal Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, and the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees. He has served as an Arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau, on the Constitutional Law Committee – State Bar of Michigan, and the Local Rules Committee – Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division. In addition, he has served on the Board of Directors for the Detroit Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and is currently a U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee and mediator for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Mr. Gold is the past President of the Consumer Bankruptcy Association, co-chair of the Advisory Committee of the Eastern District of Michigan Bankruptcy Court and past chairman of the OCBA Bankruptcy Committee.

He is board certified by the American Board of Certification in both consumer and business bankruptcy law, a fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and has been appointed a Life Delegate by the Federal Court of Appeal for the Sixth Circuit and currently serves on its Board. He is currently serving as the Chair of the Advisory Education Board for the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Central States Conference, past Co-Chair of the ABI Ethics and Professional Compensation Committee, past Co-Chair for the Sixth Circuit Judicial Selection Panel and has been recognized for his pro bono services by the Federal, Oakland County and Macomb County bar associations. He frequently lectures for the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, American Bankruptcy Institute, Oakland University, and other professional organizations and is a co-editor of the ICLE publication, Handling Consumer and Small Bankruptcies in Michigan (2009) and co-author of the ICLE publication Bankruptcy and Insolvency in Divorce Cases, Michigan Family Law. Mr. Gold has been honored and recognized by his peers in various publications including Michigan Super Lawyer, DBusiness Top Lawyers, U.S. News Best Lawyers, and Best Lawyers in America.