Administrative Litigation

JAMES M. McARDLE

**** ******** **** • Howell, MI 48843 • 734-***-**** • *********@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

More than twenty-seven years legal experience handling diverse issues arising in bankruptcy cases.

A skilled communicator able to synthesize and deliver complex information to a diverse audience

Fluent in Spanish – translated in administrative hearings for chapter 7 panel trustees

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2018-2020 STROBL SHARP PLLC, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Associate

Represented debtors and creditors in chapter 11 proceedings and receiverships;

Drafted pleadings in federal and state appeals;

Represented financial institutions in consumer bankruptcies.

2015– 2018. LAW OFFICES OF KILPATRICK & ASSOCIATES, Auburn Hills, MI

Associate

Successfully appealed two bankruptcy court orders to district court

Represented major automobile maker in transnational insolvency proceeding and receiverships

Represented three chapter 7 panel trustees

Routinely handled chapter 11 cases for major automobile maker

2013 – 2015 LAW OFFICES OF JAMES M. McARDLE, Howell, MI

Responsible for advising and representation of debtors and clients in court proceedings and administrative hearings in all chapters of bankruptcy.

2011 - 2012 DAVID M. SIEGEL & ASSOCIATES, Wheeling, IL

Responsible for advising and representing debtors in court proceedings and administrative hearings;

Primary liaison with Panel Trustees and United States Trustee; and

Handled Spanish-speaking clients in all phases of firm’s representation of clients.

2009 - 2011 PITTACORA & CROTTY, Chicago, IL

Responsible for advising and representation of debtors in court proceedings and administrative hearings and attend hearings in commercial litigation;

Primary liaison with Panel Trustees; and

Handle Spanish-speaking clients in all phases of firm’s representation of clients.

2004 – 2008 SCOTT & KRAUS, LLC, Chicago, IL

Represented financial institutions and two Panel Trustees in all phases of bankruptcy cases under chapters 7, 11 and 13;

Represented municipality in United Airlines bankruptcy, secured lenders in single-asset case and secured creditor in food supplier case, municipality and trade

creditor in Neumann Homes chapter 11 bankruptcy;

Responsible for omnibus cases involving preference and fraudulent conveyance actions;

Conducted commercial litigation and prosecuted foreclosures; and

Translation of documents (Spanish).

2000 - 2004 UNGARETTI & HARRIS, Chicago, IL

Responsible for representation of creditors in bankruptcy cases under chapters 7, 11 and 13;

Negotiated settlement of gap reclamation claim and preference demand in Quality Stores chapter 11;

Represented two Panel Trustees;

Commercial litigation; and

Translation of documents and in negotiations (Spanish).

1997 - 2000 LAW OFFICES OF PETER FRANCIS GERACI, Chicago, IL

Responsible for representation of debtors in court proceedings and administrative hearings;

Primary liaison with Panel Trustees; and

Handled Spanish-speaking clients in all phases of firm’s representation of clients.

1995 - 1996 MINCHELLA & PORTER, Chicago, IL

Represented debtors in court proceedings and administrative proceedings and handled Spanish-speaking clients in all phases of firm’s representation of clients.

1990 - 1994 LAW OFFICES OF MELVIN J. KAPLAN, Chicago, IL

Represented debtors in bankruptcy cases under chapters 7 and 13;

Primarily responsible for defending clients in dischargeability proceedings and solely responsible for representing firm’s Spanish-speaking clients.

Additional experience includes:

Lavelle Legal Services, bankruptcy, immigration and commercial litigation

Routinely handles cases in chapters 7, 9, 11, 12, 13 and 15

Successfully authored two appeals of bankruptcy court order and argued appeal before District Court

Routinely handles motion calls

Speaker at professional seminars

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

DePaul University College of Law, J.D. 1989

University of Iowa, M.A. in Spanish Language and Literature, 1986

University of Illinois, A.B. Spanish and Philosophy (double major), 1983

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SKILLS

Licensed in Michigan and Illinois

Admitted in all districts of Michigan, Illinois and Indiana federal courts and Western District of Wisconsin federal court

Former member, American Bankruptcy Institute

Fluent in Spanish, taught Spanish at two major universities

Dual citizenship (U.S./Ireland)

Experienced with document review contract position including one in 2009 in Chicago, Illinois (three months) and three projects in Detroit, Michigan between 2014 and 2015 (two of four months’ duration and one of three months’ duration).

References are available upon request

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