• Representation of lenders, borrowers, sellers, purchasers, landlords, tenants and others in a broad range of financing, transactional, acquisition, real estate and financial matters.
• Representation of creditors and other non-debtor parties in business and consumer Chapter 7, 11 and 13 bankruptcy cases.
• Representation of business debtors in Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy cases.
• Bankruptcy litigation, including asset sale, financing, relief from stay, cash collateral, adequate protection, turnover, abandonment, landlord-tenant, executory contract, disclosure statement, plan, tax, lien priority, claim, reclamation, discharge, exemption and preference and fraudulent transfer matters, actions, contests and controversies.
• State court litigation, including asset recovery and collection matters.
• Out-of-court/out-of-bankruptcy business and loan reorganizations, workouts and restructurings.
• Acquisition and financing of troubled businesses inside and outside bankruptcy.
• Foreclosures, repossessions and liquidations.
• Representation of taxpayers before Internal Revenue Service and Virginia Department of Taxation.
• Formation of tax-exempt organizations and attaining recognition from Internal Revenue Service.

Representative clients include:

• Business, commercial and real estate entities and interests
• Institutional lenders
• Investor, purchaser and creditor groups and committees
• Governmental entities
• Bankruptcy trustees
• Religious institutions and non-profit organizations
• Individuals

Current Appointments include:

• Special bankruptcy counsel to the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In such capacity, Mr. Ruby has represented various departments, agencies, commissions and other state interests in large bankruptcy cases.
• Chapter 7 trustee in the Newport News Division of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Admitted to Practice:

• Virginia, 1983
• The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• The United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
• The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia

Professional Associations & Voluntary Bar Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Richmond Bar Association
• Virginia Bar Association, Chairman, Bankruptcy Law Section, 1994-96
• Virginia State Bar, Co-chairman, Local Rules Project Committee, Bankruptcy Law Section 1991-92
• Representative, Bankruptcy Bar Advisory Panels
• Eastern District of Virginia, Newport News/Norfolk Division, 2001-2003
• Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, 1992-94
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees

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• Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary, LL.M. in Taxation, 1987
• T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, J.D. , 1982
• Brandeis University, B.A. cum laude, 1977

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• Lecturer, Real Estate Lending Requirements and Loan Documentation in Virginia
  “Article 9 Issues; Bankruptcy Issues”
  Lorman Education Services Seminar, November, 2005
• Lecturer, Tax Issues for Tax-Exempt Organizations in Virginia
  “Forming and Maintaining Your Tax-Exempt Organization”
  Lorman Education Services Seminar, September 2005
• Lecturer, Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan Documentation in Virginia, “Lending to Troubled Borrowers; Article 9 Issues; Bankruptcy Issues”
  Lorman Education Services Seminar, November 2004
• Lecturer, Foreclosure and Repossession in Virginia
  “Impact of Bankruptcy,” Lorman Education Services Seminar, April 2003
• Lecturer, “Important Advice for Local Practitioners: Critical Mistakes and Their Consequences,” Tidewater Bankruptcy Bar CLE Program, June 2001
• Lecturer, “Keeping Your Business Clients Healthy: It’s Time for a Check-Up”
  Richmond Bar Association CLE Program, March, 2000
• Co-Author, "The Dark Side of the Moon: A Bankruptcy Primer for the Securities Arbitration Practitioner," Securities Arbitration 1996, (Practicing Law Institute 1996)
• Co-Author, "Tips for Protecting the Secured Creditor," The Virginia Lawyer (April, 1995)
• Adjunct Professor, Lawyering Skills
  T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, 1994-95
• Author, "Limited Liability Partnerships," 9 Virginia Lawyers Weekly 133 (July 11, 1994)
• Contributing author on business and corporate law topics, Disclosures (monthly publication of Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants), 1992-94
• Adjunct Professor, Business Law
  Virginia Commonwealth University, Spring 1991, Spring 1992
  

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• Temple Beth-El
  President, 1997-99, Member, Board of Governors, 1990 – present
• Richmond Jewish Community Center, Member, Board of Directors, 1987-90
• Richmond Jaycees
  Legal Counsel for National Convention, 1986-88
  Member, Board of Directors, 1984-86

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