Background
Flowers Conti, Joy was born on December 7, 1948 in Kane, Pennsylvania, United States.
Flowers Conti, Joy was born on December 7, 1948 in Kane, Pennsylvania, United States.
Duquesne University (Bachelor of Arts, 1970. Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1973).
Worked at Buchanan Ingersoll, Professional Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) specializing in Health Care, Creditors and DebtorsRights, Corporate, Bankruptcy. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Pennsylvania. 1976, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
1993, United States.
Supreme Court. Delta Theta Phi (Master Scholar, 1972-1973). Who"s Who in American Law.
Who"s Who in America. Best Lawyers in America.
Editor-in-Chief, Duquesne University Law Review.
Member, Order of the Barristers. Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law, 1976-1982. Author: "Automatic Stay & Section 105 Injunctions," Chapter 11 Theory and Practice: A Guide to Reorganization, Church
8 (LRP Publications, 1994).
Supp. (1995). Company-Author: "Claims Trafficking in Chapter 11, 9 Bankr. Development Journal, 281 (1992).
Author: "Statutory Close Corporations," Pennsylvania Business. Corporation Prac., Church
8 (PBI 1991); "An Analytical Model for Substantive Consolidation of Bankruptcy Cases," 38 Business Lawyer 855 (1983).
"Disciplining Physicians in Pennsylvania - Licensing Problems Involving Medicare Fraud Convictions," 18 Duq. L. Review 521 (1980); "The Role of Lawyers in the 1980"s and Beyond - An Essay on the Future of Lawyers," Pittsburgh Legal J. 8 (April 1980). Member, Search Committee for Liberal Arts Dean, Duquesne University, 1994-1995.
Chair, Bankruptcy Judge Selection Committee for the Western District of Pennsylvania, appointed by Third Circuit, 1987, 1995.
Member: Pennsylvania Futures Commission on Justice in the 21st Century, appointed by Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1995-1996.
Member, United States Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panels, Western District of Pennsylvania, appointed by United States. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1994-1995.
District Court Advisory Committee, appointed by United States.
District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1991-1993. Advisory Committee, Corporation Bureau, appointed by Governor of Pennsylvania, 1991. Member: Allegheny County (President, 1993.
Chairperson, Corporation, Banking & Business Law Section, 1987, 1988), Pennsylvania (Governor-at-Large, 1993-1995.
Member, House of Delegates, 1980. Corporation, Banking & Business Law Section, Chair, 1997.
Chair, Commercial Law Committee, 1989-1993. Fraudulent Conveyance Task Force, Chair, 1990-1993.
Insolvency Law Task Force, 1994.
Legal Opinions Drafting Committee, Chair, 1991-1994. Title 15 Revision Committee, Member, 1981) and American (Executive Council, National Conference of Bar President, 1993-1996. House of Delegates, Member, Representative of Allegheny County Bar Association, 1991.
House of Delegates, Member, Representing Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1981-1986.
Business Section; Member, Pro Bono Committee, 1993. Committee on Commercial Financial Services and Subcommittee on Creditor Rights, 1984.
Business Bankruptcy Committee-Member, Professional Ethics Subcommittee and Rules Subcommittee, 1990). Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Director, 1991-1997.
Member, Wester Pennsylvania Curriculum Planning Committee, 1986-1997).
American Bar Foundation (Chair of Pennsylvania Fellows, 1992-1996. Fellow, 1986); Executive Women"s Council, Greater Pittsburgh, Incorporated. (Member, 1994); International Women"s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (Member, 1994.
Chair, Tri-State Network, 1995-1996).
American College of Bankruptcy (Fellow, 1995). American Law Institute (Member, 1993).
The Historical Society of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (President, 1997). American Judicature Society (Director, 1982-1985.
Member, 1979); American Bankruptcy Institute (Member, 1990).
Commercial Law League (Member, 1984). Womens Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania (Member, 1990).
Member, Order of the Barristers. Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law, 1976-1982. Fellow, 1986); Executive Women"s Council, Greater Pittsburgh, Incorporated.
(Member, 1994).
International Women"s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (Member, 1994. Chair, Tri-State Network, 1995-1996). American College of Bankruptcy (Fellow, 1995).
American Law Institute (Member, 1993).
The Historical Society of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (President, 1997). American Judicature Society (Director, 1982-1985.
Member, 1979). American Bankruptcy Institute (Member, 1990).
Commercial Law League (Member, 1984). Womens Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania (Member, 1990).