Litigators: Welcome to Article III and Jury Trial

American Bankruptcy Institute Journal

October 2011

Samuel Israel and William Stassen outline several reasons as to why a jury trial might be preferable to trying a dispute in front of a bankruptcy judge. They discuss recent cases such as Stern v. Marshall and the Innovative Communications Corp. and Jeffrey Prosser bankruptcy cases, which may help provide some insight into whether practitioners should consider polishing their jury trial skills.