Howard Kevin Stern

Howard Kevin Stern born November 29 1968 is an American attorney based in California He is specialized in the fields of bankruptcy law and criminal law Stern is primarily known in bankruptcy law as the estate executor and the petitioner in the landmark Supreme Court case Stern v Marshall 564 US 462 2011 The decision fundamentally altered bankruptcy jurisdiction by limiting the authority of nonArticle III bankruptcy judges to enter final judgements on certain state law counterclaims The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court order in an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts It is a landmark Supreme Court case frequently included in legal textbooks particularly those focusing on bankruptcy law federal courts and constitutional law Stern was born and raised in Van Nuys Los Angeles California He attended Ulysses S Grant High School in Van Nuys where he played football for the school team Lancers He graduated with a BA degree from the University of California Berkeley in 1990 and received his Juris Doctor JD degree from the University of California Los Angeles He was admitted to the State Bar of California on February 25 1994