Patrick E. Mears is a Contributing Author to the treatise, Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide, and is the Chairperson of the Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Department of Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, resident in its Grand Rapids, Michigan office. Mears is an elected member of the American Law Institute and an elected fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Mears has authored numerous articles and treatises on insolvency and creditors’ rights law during his 33 years of practice. He and his colleague, John T. Gregg, are the principal authors of the treatise, Auto Supplier Insolvencies and Bankruptcies: Issues for Suppliers and Customers of Financially Troubled Auto Suppliers, published by the American Bankruptcy Institute in 2006.