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My main area of focus is banking litigation. I have extensive experience representing local and national commercial lenders in commercial foreclosures and other special asset litigation. I also represent secured creditors in Chapter 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcy actions. In addition, I have extensive experience representing court-appointed receivers in commercial foreclosure, eviction, and building/zoning litigation.Another area of my practice is devoted to helping clients victimized by failed digital transformations and software implementations. I have successfully litigated cases and resolved disputes involving some of the world's largest software and technology vendors.

I focus my practice on complex commercial litigation, employment litigation and insurance coverage litigation. I have extensive experience representing businesses, banks, insurance companies, and individuals in a wide array of complex commercial litigation, including contract actions, commercial mortgage foreclosures, business torts, and employment claims in state and federal courts, as well as NASD arbitrations.

CIVIL PROSECUTIONS UNIT, September 2006 - September 2007• Defend State agencies in administrative review and declaratory relief litigation as well as emergency injunctions and TRO proceedings • Brief and argue motions to quash subpoenas and vacate orders for non-party State agencies and officials in a variety of proceedings in Civil and Criminal Court LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT UNIT, November 2003-September 2007Prosecute violations of state labor laws and conduct written and oral discovery. Defend state agencies against claims of age, sex and race discrimination.

• Prepared various types of complaints for various cases in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.• Participated in the drafting of briefs for civil and criminal cases pending in the Seventh Circuit• Document review for various civil and criminal cases, in federal and state courts, including a civil RICO case pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois