Navigating Financial Challenges With Experience And Compassion
Biography
Professional Experience
Thomas Springer was appointed to the Panel of Chapter 7 Trustees for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, by the United States Trustee for Region 11 in 2000 and has been serving since that time. His law practice has concentrated exclusively in the area of Bankruptcy on behalf of debtors, creditors, and trustees in chapters 7, 11, and 13 since 1991.The law firm concentrates in all chapters of bankruptcy and bankruptcy-related law: Chapter 7, 11 and 13 debtor and creditor representation; commercial bankruptcy representation; bankruptcy and commercial litigation; commercial and consumer work-outs and structured settlement; assignments for benefit of creditors; bankruptcy appeals; and bankruptcy trustee representation, with special emphasis on collar-county and Chicago suburb legal needs.
Recent News
- Tom Springer is serving as Court appointed Receiver and Assignee and is available to discuss and serve in both State and Federal Insolvency Estates.
- Tom Springer has again been named as an Illinois Super Lawyer for 2022 and continues to be available for bankrupcty, debt related and Trustee representation matters.
- Tom Springer has been a speaker at U.S. Trustee Region 11 seminars in Chicago and has been a speaker at American Bankrupcty Institute seminars and events.
Education
- DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois
- J.D. - 1991
- Law Journal, DePaul Business Law Journal, Articles and Notes Editor Board, Member
- Purdue University
- B.A. - 1984
- Law Journal: DePaul Business Law Journal, Articles and Notes Editor Board, Member
Bar Admission
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Classes & Seminars
- Contributing Author and Speaker: DuPage County Bar Association
- Contributing Author and Speaker: Kane County Bar Association
- Speaker and Moderator: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
- Region 11 United States Trustee Conferences
- Illinois Credit Union League
- USFN Legal Issues Seminar
- REOMAC Annual Bankruptcy and Practice seminar
Published Works
- "Administering, Monitoring, And Facilitating The Consumer Bankruptcy Process From The Perspective Of The Chapter7 Trustee"--Strategies for Consumer Bankruptcy Trustees. 2012 Thomson Reuters/Aspatore.
Professional Associations
- Kane County Bar Association
- DuPage County Bar Association
- National Association of Bankruptcy, Trustee
- Northern District Illinois Bankruptcy Court Liaison Committee, Trustee
- Advisory Committee, Northern District Illinois
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- American Bar Association
- Past Chair: DuPage County Bar Association, Bankruptcy Committee
Languages
- English