| Biography | Alan K. Mills, a partner in the Indianapolis, Indiana office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, is a member of the firm's Litigation and Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Departments. He has served on the firm's Management, Recruiting, and Client Relations Committees. He formerly co-chaired the Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Department, and formerly chaired the Financial Institutions Practice Group. Currently, he is the Chair of the Firm's Special Servicer Team. He concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation and bankruptcy matters. Mr. Mills has represented numerous Fortune 500 companies in complex commercial litigation involving common-law fraud, mechanics' liens, construction disputes, lender liability, breach of contract, tort, premium recovery, RICO, conversion, product liability, and commercial fraud. He has also represented lending institutions in regulatory matters and secured or unsecured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings involving relief from the automatic stay, cash collateral and valuation disputes, and reclamation and preference claims. Mr. Mills also represents numerous special servicers throughout the United States. Mr. Mills currently serves as official financial institutions counsel to the government of Mexico. He is a former president of the Marion County Bar Association and a former chairperson of the Indiana State Election Board, which regulates Indiana campaign financing matters. Mr. Mills co-chaired the Marion County Judicial Study Commission, which evaluated the procedure for the selection of judges in Marion County. He was selected by the federal judges for the U.S. District Courts of the Southern District of Indiana to serve on the Commission on Local Rules and the Commission on the Civil Justice Reform Act. Mr. Mills chaired the Chapter 11 Task Force Subcommittee on General Bankruptcy Issues for the Southern District of Indiana. He is also on the board of directors for both the American Pianists Association and Starfish Initiative. In 2011, Mr. Mills was featured on the cover of Who's Who in Black Indianapolis and also wrote the foreword for the publication. He also was selected by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association in 2011 to be a featured minority RAINMAKER and appeared on the cover of the November/December 2011 edition of Diversity & The Bar magazine. He graduated magna cum laude in 1979 from Carthage College and received his J.D. summa cum laude from Indiana University School of Law in 1982, being awarded the Faculty Prize as the most outstanding graduate. Mr. Mills is a Harry S. Truman Scholar and a former note and development editor of the Indiana Law Review. He joined Barnes & Thornburg in 1982 and became a partner in 1990. Mr. Mills is admitted to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern District of New York, District of Delaware, and the Northern District of Illinois; the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado; and the Indiana federal and state courts. Publications 09/10/2009, Commercial Finance & Insolvency Bulletin - September 2009 04/01/2008, Indiana Business - Opportunities in Cuba? Fidel Castro's exit opens doors for Hoosier businesses 10/31/2007, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 4 - October 2007 10/15/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 5 09/18/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 4 08/03/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 3 06/23/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 2 05/26/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 1 Events 09/10/2009, Commercial Finance & Insolvency Bulletin - September 2009 04/01/2008, Indiana Business - Opportunities in Cuba? Fidel Castro's exit opens doors for Hoosier businesses 10/31/2007, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 4 - October 2007 10/15/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 5 09/18/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 4 08/03/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 3 06/23/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 2 05/26/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 1 |