Courtesy of Faceoff.com:
A court jester with smarts"Along the way, the 61-year-old has had a hand in writing the Czech Republic's bankruptcy code and authored several books, including one on Arizona collection law and another on Arizona civil remedies. He has also penned multiple articles for legal journals and given speeches all across the American southwest on an array of topics, from commercial law to litigation to foreclosures.
Judge Baum was listed among the top 10 outstanding bankruptcy judges by Turnarounds & Workouts, a respected bankruptcy publication, which described his experience this way: "Excellent practical experience in large cases; consensus builder, but makes tough rulings to break deadlocks; great rapport with practitioners."Some interesting credentials, a sound grasp of common sense and a very dry wit.
Let's hope this jurist can pick through all the nonsense and render a meaningful decsion that can bring resolution to this fiasco.