Mr. Paul Hage

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Hon. Paul R. Hage</strong> is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit, sworn in on Sept. 30, 2024. Prior to his appointment to the bench, he was co-chair of the bankruptcy group at Taft, Stettinius &amp; Hollister, LLP, where he practiced for 18 years. Judge Hage serves on ABI’s Executive Committee as Secretary and as an Executive Editor of the <em>ABI Journal</em>. He is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and serves as co-director of the Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition. In 2017, Judge Hage was selected as a member of ABI’s inaugural “40 Under 40” class. He received his bachelor’s degree from James Madison College at Michigan State University, his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and his LL.M. in bankruptcy from St. John’s University School of Law.</p>