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DEBORAH S. ASHEN is a partner in the Law Offices of Deborah S. Ashen, Ltd., in Chicago. Her principal areas of practice include business and commercial litigation and collection litigation. Ms. Ashen is a member of the Commercial Law League, Equipment Leasing Association and Lease Enforcement Attorney Network, and the Chicago and Illinois State bar associations. She is admitted to practice in Illinois and before the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Ms. Ashen earned her B.S. degree from Arizona State University and her J.D. degree from DePaul University. MATTHEW T. GENSBURG is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig's Chicago office, where he focuses his practice on financial services. He is an experienced commercial litigator representing secured and unsecured lenders, landlords, creditors' committees, and debtors in all phases of corporate reorganizations, debt restructuring, and the purchase and sale of assets. Mr. Gensburg is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and a past instructor at the American Bankers Association's National Commercial Lending School and Commercial Lending Graduate School, as well as the National Business Institute. He is a frequent lecturer, instructing loan officers and attorneys on the Bankruptcy and Uniform Commercial codes. Mr. Gensburg is co-author of "Seventh Circuit Holds That Free and Clear Sale Plan Cannot Be Confirmed Without Preserving Secured Creditors' Credit Bidding Rights: Ruling Creates Circuit Split," Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law, 2011. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute, as well as chairman of the Pro Bono Bankruptcy Committee. Mr. Gensburg was selected by Super Lawyers magazine, 2005-2011. He earned his B.B.A. degree at the University of Michigan and his J.D. degree at Emory University School of Law. Mr. Gensburg is admitted to practice in Illinois. BRUCE N. MENKES is a partner in the Chicago law firm of Mandell Menkes LLC, where he represents businesses, including some of the nation's largest retailers, consumer lenders, hospitals and other health care providers. He has handled co-brand and other credit card agreements for retailers. Mr. Menkes defends consumer class actions, including suits alleging violations of the Consumer Fraud Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Truth in Lending Act. He negotiates and documents lending, real estate, corporate, health care, and other transactions; and forms and advises captive insurance companies and purchasing groups. Mr. Menkes earned his B.A. degree, highest honors, from William & Mary and his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago. LARRY J. MEYER is the owner and sole proprietor of his own firm and concentrates in the area of collections and evictions. He is a member of the Illinois Creditors Bar Association (secretary). Mr. Meyer is author of the chapter on evictions in the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Handbook on Creditors Rights, 2007 edition. He earned his B.S. degree from the University of Illinois-Urbana and his J.D. degree from John Marshall Law School. WILLIAM G. SCHUR is a sole practitioner in Chicago, IL, where his main areas of practice are commercial litigation, civil litigation, commercial collections, enforcement of foreign judgments, and debtor and creditor. He is a member of the Chicago, Illinois State and American bar associations; Commercial Law League of America; and Decalogue Society. Mr. Schur earned his A.B. degree, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College and his J.D. degree from Cornell University.
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