Edward A. Keirn is special counsel for Commercial Transactions and Consumer Financial Services, in the Indianapolis, Indiana office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP. His practice is devoted to matters and issues involving the debtor-creditor relationship, both with respect to large, complex, commercial financing transactions and to the myriad of consumer financial products offered by retail lending institutions and other consumer financial services providers.
Mr. Keirn has represented commercial lenders and large commercial borrowers in connection with a wide variety of commercial financing transactions.
Mr. Keirn also represents banks, bank holding companies, thrifts, mortgage companies, consumer finance companies, and credit card issuers in connection with a variety of financial products offered to Indiana consumers. His experience as a financial institutions examiner with the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions and later as that agency's chief legal advisor on consumer credit compliance matters has provided him with unique insight into the regulatory environment of financial institutions.
Mr. Keirn is a frequent lecturer at seminars and meetings and is an active member of several bar association sections and committees.
Mr. Keirn is a summa cum laude graduate of both Indiana Wesleyan University (B.S. 1973) and the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D. 1983) and holds a masters degree in public administration from Ball State University (M.P.A. 1979). His publications include The Indiana Uniform Consumer Credit Code Compliance Manual, which is currently used by the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions in conducting consumer credit compliance examinations, and Indiana Secured Transactions Under Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: Forms and Practice Manual (Data Trace Publishing, 2002), a comprehensive practitioner's guide to secured transactions under Indiana law.
Publications
09/10/2009, Commercial Finance & Insolvency Bulletin - September 2009
10/01/2006, Navigating the Consignment Rules under UCC Article 9
07/10/2002, Indiana Secured Transactions Under Revised Article 9 of Uniform Commercial Code Forms and Practice
06/11/2002, Indiana Secured Transactions Under Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code
Events
· Hot Topics Concerning the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act
· Indiana and Federal Lending Mortgage Laws
· Fair Credit Reporting Act: Update on Revised Statute & Recent Cases