James L. Tatum

James L. Tatum III is Director of Financial Planning and Analysis in Wayne County’s Department of Management and Budget. He is also Principal and Owner of River Park Consultancy, LLC. In addition to his public and private sector experience, he is an academic. His research on debt and pensions, insolvency and Chapter 9 bankruptcy has been published in trade, law and peer-reviewed journals.

Educational Background

• MPA, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 2017
• BS, in Political Science, Eastern Michigan University, 2014

Professional Affiliations

• Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, University of Michigan
• Center for Local Government Finance and Policy, Michigan State University

Recent Publications

• A City Disappeared (J. of Gov’t Fin. Mgmt. 2023).
• But What If a Pension Fund is Overfunded (Gov’t Fin. Rev. 2023)
• Cities, Economic Distress, and Dissolution (Alb. Gov’t L. Rev. 2022)
• Managing Volatility (Gov’t Fin. Rev. 2021)
• Detroit’s Bankruptcy and Market Reentry (Emory Bankr. L. Dev. J. 2020)
• To Disappear a City (Syracuse L. Rev. 2019)
• Monetizing Masterpieces in Detroit’s Bankruptcy (Urb. Law. 2017)
• State Sanctioned Fraud (Bus. & Bankr. L. J. 2017)
• The Debt is Not Payable (Harv. J. of Legis. 2016)
• Central Falls’ Bankruptcy and the Principle of Shared Pain (Pub. Fin. & Mgmt. 2016)

Contact Information

Email: [email protected]