Mr. Powers represents banks, financial institutions, business organizations, Creditors Committees and trustees on a wide range of commercial matters, including out of court workouts and in bankruptcy courts across the country.

• President, Holy Cross General Alumni Association (2009-2010);
• Past President, The Holy Cross Club of Greater Worcester;
• Lay Advisory Board, St. Joseph’s Abbey, Spencer, Massachusetts;
• Former Co-Chair, Bankruptcy Law Section; Worcester County Bar Association
  

Mr. Powers has published articles on bankruptcy, real estate and foreclosure law for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE) and lectures frequently on commercial and bankruptcy-related issues. Recent publications and panel presentations include:

Directors & Officers Liability Insurance Policies before the New England Corporate Counsel Association, Inc. - Waltham, MA, June 2, 2010

Emerging From Bankruptcy: Sales of Assets Under Section 363(f)(5), Advising Businesses on Bankruptcy & Restructuring: Charting the Road Forward, MCLE (May 2009)

Commercial Leases and Foreclosures, Massachusetts Mortgages, Foreclosures and Workouts, MCLE (Fall, 2008)

Panel Member: Subprime Issues, Sponsored by the Worcester County Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Law Section (May, 2008)

Client Alert: Treat Your Customers in a Commercially Reasonable Manner - Or Else! analysis of The Renovator's Supply Co., Inc. v. Sovereign Bank, 72 Mass. App. Ct (September, 2008)

Panel Member: Bench Meets Bar, Sponsored by the Worcester County Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Law Section (May, 2006)