Practice Areas - Bankruptcy
- Creditors
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Title Insurance
- Estate Planning
| - Banks and Banking
- Foreclosure Law
- Litigation
- Collections
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 618-242-0246
Fax: 618-242-1170
http://www.thesharplawfirmpc.com
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| Mailing Address | 105 North MainP.O. Box 906, Benton, Illinois, 62812 |
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| University | University of Illinois, B.S., 1970 |
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| Law School | University of Illinois, J.D., 1973 |
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| Admitted | 1973, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 2007, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois |
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| Memberships | Jefferson County Bar Association (President, 1975); Illinois State Bar Association; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. |
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| Military | 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 1965-1968 |
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| Born | Mt. Vernon, Illinois, July 28, 1944 |
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| Biography | Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1969; Certified Fraud Examiner, 1993. Voted Best Lawyer in Jefferson County Area, 2007. Author: "Bridging the Gap," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1978; "Do You Need Bankruptcy Advice?," Northwest Oil World, May, 1987; "The Chapter 12 Trustee, Agricultural Bankruptcy Practice - A Field of Transition," 1987, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education; "Make My Day: Ten Reasons Why a Banker Should Not Necessarily Fear a Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Proceeding," Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor, June, 1987; "Ten Reasons to Lessen the Fears of Ag Lenders About Chapter 12 Bankruptcy," The Journal of Commercial Bank Lending, August, 1987; "Defining Value," The Journal of Commercial Lending, January 1996. "Termite Traps for Homebuyers," Illinois Bar Journal, August, 2007. Instructor: Law and Banking, Rend Lake College, 1981. Lecturer: Chapter 12 Seminar, IICLE, 1986; Chapter 12, The Family Farmer Reorganization Act of 1986 Seminar, IICLE, 1987; Commercial Bankruptcy and Banking Seminar, IICLE, 1989. Southern Illinois Bankruptcy Institute Seminar, 1991—; Two Dozen Ways to Cut Bankruptcy Losses, Illinois Bankers' Association Annual Convention; Current Issues in Workouts and Bankruptcies, Illinois Bankers' Association Seminar. Host and Lecturer: Dealing with the Southern Illinois Debtors Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 and other Lending Issues, 2005. Life Insurance and Bankruptcy in Illinois, Financial Services Seminar, 2005. Planning Chairman: Secured Transaction Procedures in Illinois, Basic and Advanced Course, IICLE, 1988. Editor, Southern Illinois Bankruptcy Institute, 1991—. |
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| Reported Cases | In re Atchison, 925 F.2d 209 (7th Cir. 1991), US Cert. Den. 112 S.Ct. 178; In re Tomer, 128 B.R. 746 (Bankr. S.D. Ill. 1991); Hicks v. Midwest Transit, Inc., 531 F.3d 467 (7th Cir. 2008); Hicks v. Midwest Transit, Inc., 500 F.3d 647 (7th Cir. 2007); Hicks v. Midwest Transit, Inc., 479 F.3d 468, 67 Fed.R.Serv.3d 799 (7th Cir. 2007); Dunham v. Kisak, 192 F.3d 1104, Bankr. L. Rep. P78,003 (7th Cir. 1999); In re McDowell, 87 B.R. 554 (Bankr. S.D. Ill. 1988); Veath v. Specialty Grains, Inc., 190 Ill.App.3d 787, 546 N.E.2d 1005 (5th Dist. 1989); Home Federal Sav. & Loan Ass'n of Centralia v. Cook, 170 Ill.App.3d 720, 525 N.E.2d 151 (5th Dist. 1988); DuQuoin National Bank v. Vergennes Equipment, Inc., 234 Ill.App.3d 998, 599 N.E.2d 1367, 20 UCC Rep.Serv.2d 1440 (5th Dist.1992); Anna National Bank v. Prater, 154 Ill.App.3d 6, 506 N.E.2d 769 (5th Dist. 1987); In re Tomer, 147 B.R. 461 (S.D.Ill. 1992); In re Chenoweth, 132 B.R. 161 (Bankr. S.D.Ill. 1991), aff'd 143 B.R. 527 (S.D.Ill. 1992), aff'd 3 F.3d 1111 (7th Cir. 1993); Deason v. Gutzler, 622 N.E.2d 1276 (Ill.App. 5th Dist. 1993); Farm Credit Bank of St. Louis v. Dorr, 620 N.E.2d 549 (Ill. App. 5th Dist. 1993); Knight's Prairie Hunting Club, Inc. v. Holmes, 636 N.E.2d 29 (Ill.App.5th Dist. 1994); Hickox v. Bell, 195 Ill.App.3d 976, 552 N.E.2d 1133 (5th Dist. 1990); In re Diekemper, 2007 WL 3216626 (Bankr. S.D.Ill. 2007); Hall v. Triad Fin. Services, Inc., 2007 WL 2948405 (S.D.Ill. 2007); Robinson v. North Pond Hunting Club, 382 Ill.App.3d 888, 890 N.E.2d 535, 321 Ill.Dec. 813 (5th Dist. 2008); Mostardi-Platt Assoc., Inc. v. Czerniejewski, 399 Ill.App.3d 1205, 929 N.E. 2d 94 (5th Dist. 2010); Dobbs v. Wiggins, 401 Ill.App. 3d 367, 929 N.E. 2d 30 (2010). |
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| ISLN | 903813424 |
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