Alexander F. Brougham
Alexander F. Brougham
Alexander F. Broughamis a Partner at Adelman & Gettleman, Ltd., in Chicago, where he focuses on business bankruptcy, restructuring, and commercial litigation. He is member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges’ Next Generation Program, Class of 2014, and has routinely received recognition as an Illinois Super Lawyer. Mr. Brougham received his BA from Colby College and his JD from the Northeastern University School of Law.
David R. Doyle
David R. Doyle
David R. Doyle is a Member at Cozen O’Connor in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on creditor’s rights, insolvency matters, and commercial litigation. He represents financial institutions and specialty lenders in workout scenarios, foreclosure cases, and bankruptcy cases. He also advises distressed companies and creditors in out-of-court restructurings and Chapters 7 and 11 bankruptcy cases. He represents receivers, assignees for the benefit of creditors, and bankruptcy trustees as general counsel or special litigation counsel. A significant part of his practice involves representing defendants in preference and fraudulent transfer adversary proceedings. Before private practice, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Carol A. Doyle (no relation), who was the Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Doyle received his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. cum laude at Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Tyler R. Ferguson
Tyler R. Ferguson
Tyler R. Ferguson is a Partner at Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in restructuring. He is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Ferguson received his B.A. from Elmhurst University and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Frederick C. Fisher
Frederick C. Fisher
Frederick C. Fisher is a Partner at Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago, where he is a Co-Leader of the Banking and Finance Practice, focusing on banking and finance. He is currently ranked in Chambers and has been recognized by Leading Lawyers and Illinois Super Lawyers. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association. Mr. Fisher received his B.S. from Miami University and his J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Rebecca Fruchtman
Rebecca Fruchtman
Rebecca Fruchtman is Counsel at Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on global trade finance. She is a member of the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade, the Institute of International Banking Law and Practice, and the Global Trade Review. Ms. Fruchtman received her B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University, her M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
Robert W. Glantz
Robert W. Glantz
Robert W. Glantz is a Principal at Much Shelist, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, corporate and financial law, real estate, and restructuring, insolvency, and special situations. A Certified Public Accountant, He has been an adjunct professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law and a frequent lecturer for the National Business Institute and IICLE^®. He has attained the AV Preeminent Rating. Mr. Glantz received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Thomas E. Howard
Thomas E. Howard
Thomas E. Howard is the founder of Collateral Base in Peoria, where he concentrates his practice in business contracts. He extensively represents secured creditors in various avenues of commercial loan enforcement through all aspects of litigation, from commercial workouts through enforcement of judgments. He often publishes in the area and sits on the Illinois State Bar Association Section Council for Cannabis Law. Since 2015, he has been named both an Illinois Super Lawyer Rising Star and an Illinois Leading Lawyers Emerging Lawyer. Mr. Howard received his B.A. from Illinois Wesleyan University and his J.D. from Marquette University Law School.
Andrew T. Jarmer
Andrew T. Jarmer
Andrew T. Jarmer is an associate at Sorling Northrup Attorneys in Springfield, where he practices in civil litigation, contracts, municipal law, real estate and other real property, transactions, and workers’ compensation. He is a member of the Illinois State and Sangamon County Bar Associations. Mr. Jarmer received his B.A. from the University of Illinois Springfield and his J.D. from the Southern Illinois University School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Journal’s Summer Survey issue and an associate justice of the Moot Court.
Jennifer Kratochvil
Jennifer Kratochvil
Jennifer Kratochvil is a Partner at Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on finance and banking and insurance finance. She serves on the Board of Directors of CARPLS and is a member of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation, Midwest Division. Ms. Kratochvil received her B.S.B.A. summa cum laude from Creighton University and her J.D. magna cum laude from Marquette University Law School, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Marquette Law Review and on the Dean’s List.
Cynde H. Munzer
Cynde H. Munzer
Cynde H. Munzer is a Partner in the Chicago office of Blank Rome LLP, where she practices in the corporate finance area. She has been recognized as an Illinois Leading Lawyer (2014 – Present) by Leading Lawyers magazine and has been named four times, most recently in 2024, to the Notable Women in Law list published by Crain’s Chicago Business. Ms. Munzer received her B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. with high honors from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
John F. Pollick
John F. Pollick
John F. Pollick is a Partner at Mason Pollick & Schmahl LLC in Chicago, concentrating in real estate, secured transactions, bankruptcy matters, and debtor and creditor rights. He has spoken at programs on commercial lending and bankruptcy and is an adjunct professor of bankruptcy law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is a member of the Illinois Leading Lawyers Network (Banking and Financial Institutions) and the Illinois State Bar Association. Mr. Pollick received his B.A. from Yale University and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
Mark L. Radtke
Mark L. Radtke
Mark L. Radtke is a Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in corporate reorganization, creditors’ rights, and bankruptcy. He advises debtors, boards of directors, indenture trustees and bondholders, Chapter 7 and liquidation trustees, state and federal receivers, assignees for the benefit of creditors, committees, financial institutions, secured and unsecured creditors, and interest holders on all aspects of in- and out-of-court restructurings including Chapters 7, 11, and 15 cases. He has litigated contested matters in state, federal, and appellate courts. He is the Chair (2023 – 2024) and former Vice Chair (2021 – 2022) of the Chicago Bar Association’s Bankruptcy and Reorganization Committee. He has been recognized by Chambers & Partners USA as an Up-and-Coming Lawyer (2021) and in Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2022 – 2023) and by Law Bulletin as an Illinois Emerging Lawter (2015 – 2016) and an Illinois Leading Lawyer (2018, 2021 – 2023). Mr. Radtke received his B.B.A. from the University of Iowa and his J.D. with high honors from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and was the Executive Articles Editor of the Chicago-Kent Law Review.
Christina M. Sanfelippo
Christina M. Sanfelippo
Christina M. Sanfelippo is an associate at Cozen O’Connor in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on bankruptcy and financial restructuring. She is a member of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, for which she serves as Chair of the Chicago Network and Vice Director of the International Board of Directors. She is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, for which she serves as Co-Chair of the Young & New Members Committee and as a Contributing Editor of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal. Ms. Sanfelippo received her B.S. from the University of Minnesota and her J.D. cum laude from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Michael M. Schmahl
Michael M. Schmahl
Michael M. Schmahl is a Partner at Mason Pollick & Schmahl LLC in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on bankruptcy and commercial litigation. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Schmahl received his A.B. cum laude with Departmental Honors in Government and Legal Studies and his J.D. from University of Wisconsin Law School.
Sean T. Scott
Sean T. Scott
Sean T. Scott is a Partner at Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago, where he is Leader of the Restructuring Practice. He has extensive experience in insolvency matters, in which he regularly represents administrative agents, lenders, and lender syndicates in Chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court restructurings and recapitalizations involving billions of dollars of assets and liabilities. Mr. Scott received his B.A. with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, from Washington University and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame Law School, where he was Articles Editor of the Notre Dame Law Review.
Brian L. Shaw
Brian L. Shaw
Brian L. Shaw is a Member of Cozen O’Connor in Chicago, where he practices in bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, and attendant litigation. He has authored and coauthored numerous articles in publications such as the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Law360, the Norton Bankruptcy Law Letter, and The Bankruptcy Strategist and previously served as a Contributing Editor of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal. He has served as the President and Chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute as well as the Co-Chair of both the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Chicago Conference and its Inaugural Professional Development Program. He is also a Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Bankruptcy and Reorganization Section and a Fellow and the Seventh Circuit Regent of the American College of Bankruptcy. Mr. Shaw received his B.A. cum laude from Tufts University and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Howard J. Swibel
Howard J. Swibel
Howard J. Swibel is a Senior Partner at Saul Ewing LLP in Chicago, where he has developed substantial expertise in both the corporate transactional and litigation areas over a legal career spanning nearly 50 years. He has spoken on a broad range of topics related to the corporate and litigation areas, including for the American and Chicago Bar Associations. He has served for many years as an Illinois Commissioner to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and as a Trustee of the Uniform Law Foundation. In 2007, he completed his service as president of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. He serves as an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers, hearing complex claims. He also serves as Chair of the Executive Committee of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. Mr. Swibel received both his A.B. and his J.D. cum laude from Harvard University.
Stephen A. Tagge
Stephen A. Tagge
Stephen A. Tagge is a Senior Attorney at Sorling Northrup Attorneys in Springfield, where he concentrates his practice in transactions, banking, bankruptcy (creditor), and commercial and farm real estate. He has participated as a lecturer and author in continuing legal education courses in banking, secured transactions, mortgage foreclosure, creditors’ rights, and environmental duties of buyers and sellers of real estate for numerous organizations. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Illinois State Bar Association. Mr. Tagge received his B.A. from Knox College and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Jason M. Torf
Jason M. Torf
Jason M. Torf is a Partner at Tucker Ellis LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. He has authored materials and been a speaker for numerous organizations, including IICLE^® and the American Bar Association. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Torf received both his B.S. and his J.D. from the University of Illinois.
Michael L. Weissman
Michael L. Weissman
Michael L. Weissman is retired from Levin Ginsburg in Chicago, where he focused his practice on commercial law and banking, including the structuring of a wide variety of financing transactions. He has frequently published articles in journals devoted to banking and commercial finance, has lectured for numerous diverse groups, and has been a panelist for countless seminars. He served on the Board of Directors of IICLE^®from 1990 to 2003 and was awarded the Addis Hull Award in 2018. He was a Fulbright Senior Specialist at the School of Business Administration, Turiba, in Riga, Latvia, in 2006; a Fulbright Senior Specialist at the National University in Vientiane, Laos, in 2008; an instructor in the American Bar Association’s International Senior Lawyers Project in Capetown, South Africa, in 2009; and taught for the African Centre for Legal Excellence in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and in Kampala, Uganda. Mr. Weissman received his J.D. from Harvard Law School, was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Sydney (Australia) Faculty of Law, received his M.B.A. from the Wharton Graduate Division of the University of Pennsylvania, and received his B.S. in Economics from Northwestern University.

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Alexander F. Brougham

David R. Doyle

Tyler R. Ferguson

Frederick C. Fisher

Rebecca Fruchtman

Robert W. Glantz

Thomas E. Howard

Andrew T. Jarmer

Jennifer Kratochvil

Cynde H. Munzer

John F. Pollick

Mark L. Radtke

Christina M. Sanfelippo

Michael M. Schmahl

Sean T. Scott

Brian L. Shaw

Howard J. Swibel

Stephen A. Tagge

Jason M. Torf

Michael L. Weissman

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