Jeffrey E. Altshul
Jeffrey E. Altshul
Jeffrey E. Altshul practices at Carlson Dash, LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses on commercial finance, transactions, workouts, and bankruptcy. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, American Bar Association, and Wisconsin State Bar Association. Mr. Altshul received his undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his J.D. from Drake University Law School.
Paul J. Catanese
Paul J. Catanese
Paul J. Catanese is an associate at McGuireWoods LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on restructuring and insolvency, commercial litigation, and financial services litigation. Following law school, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Stephen C. St. John, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia. He is a member of the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. Mr. Catanese received his B.A. from Boston College and his J.D. cum laude from the University of Richmond School of Law, where he was Lead Articles Editor of the University of Richmond Law Review.
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.
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.
Robert M. Fishman
Robert M. Fishman
Robert M. Fishman is a Member of Cozen O’Connor in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of business bankruptcy and insolvency. Mr. Fishman has been an author and lecturer on a variety of business bankruptcy topics for numerous organizations, including the American Bankruptcy Institute, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. He is listed in the Guide to the World’s Leading Insolvency Lawyers, the Guide to Leading U.S. Insolvency Lawyers, and the Best Lawyers in America. He has also been selected as one of Illinois’ leading business bankruptcy attorneys by Leading Lawyers and Super Lawyers. Mr. Fishman is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute (former President, Chairman of the Board, and member of the Executive and Management Committees and winner of the ABI Lifetime Achievement Award) and of the American Bar Association. A Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, Mr. Fishman received his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from George Washington University Law School.
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.
Stephanie C. Gratton
Stephanie C. Gratton
Stephanie C. Gratton is an associate at McGuireWoods LLP in Chicago, where she handles restructuring and insolvency matters on behalf of creditors and lenders. Ms. Gratton received her B.A. with high honors from the University of Iowa and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, during which time she interned for Prairie State Legal Services and for the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration.
Timothy J. Howard
Timothy J. Howard
Timothy J. Howard is a Member of Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC in Peoria, where he concentrates his practice in business and commercial litigation, bankruptcy, real estate, and trust litigation. He has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer in 2007 – 2016 and an Illinois Leading Lawyer in 2003 – 2016. He is admitted to both the Illinois and Michigan Bars. He is a member of the Illinois State (Senior Lawyer Section Council Secretary 2015 – 2016) and Peoria County Bar Associations (President 2015 – 2016); a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation; and a member of the American Bar Association, the American Agricultural Law Association, and the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Howard received his A.B. from Princeton University and his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School.
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.
Richard J. Mason
Richard J. Mason
Richard J. Mason is a Principal at Mason Pollick & Schmahl in Chicago, concentrating his practice in business insolvency and debtor-creditor relations. He has written numerous articles for continuing legal education programs and law journals and has spoken at programs sponsored by, among others, the International Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the American Bar Association. Mr. Mason is former Chair of the American Bar Association Business Bankruptcy Committee on Use and Disposition of Property and is a longtime Fellow of the College of American Bankruptcy and the International Insolvency Institute, both invitation-only organizations. He is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations, the Commercial Law League of America, and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He has served as an adjunct professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law every year since 1983 and has been a delegate to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law at various times from the early 2000s. Mr. Mason received his B.A. with honors from the University of Illinois, his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, and his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School.
Gregory E. Moredock
Gregory E. Moredock
Gregory E. Moredock isa Senior Associate at Sorling Northrup in Springfield, where he concentrates his practice in family law and commercial litigation. He is the Illinois State Bar Association Civil Practice and Procedure Chair (2020 – 2021). Mr. Moredock received his B.S. cum laude from the University of Dayton as a John W. Berry Sr. Scholar and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he worked as a Fellow with the Ohio Innocence Project, was Senior Articles Editor of the Human Rights Quarterly, and served as an extern for the Honorable Judge Sandra Beckwith of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
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.
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.
Robert N. Sodikoff
Robert N. Sodikoff
Robert N. Sodikoff is a Member of the Chicago firm Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa, focusing his practice on real estate and commercial law matters. He has taught courses on the Uniform Commercial Code and the introduction to law. He has been recognized as an Illinois Leading Lawyer in Banking and Financial Institutions Law (2004 – Present) and is AV Peer Reviewed. He is a member of the American Bar Association and Chicago Bar Associations. Mr. Sodikoff received his B.A. with honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. cum laude from Northwestern University Pritzker School 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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Jeffrey E. Altshul

Paul J. Catanese

David R. Doyle

Frederick C. Fisher

Robert M. Fishman

Robert W. Glantz

Stephanie C. Gratton

Timothy J. Howard

Thomas E. Howard

Richard J. Mason

Gregory E. Moredock

Cynde H. Munzer

John F. Pollick

Mark L. Radtke

Sean T. Scott

Brian L. Shaw

Robert N. Sodikoff

Howard J. Swibel

Stephen A. Tagge

Jason M. Torf

Michael L. Weissman

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