Commercial Litigation

Creditors' Rights

Bankruptcy

Corporate Entities

Manufacturing

Financial Institutions and Services

• Indiana

• The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law, J.D., 1985, with honors
• Wabash College, A.B., 1982, summa cum laude

Jim practices in the areas of business and banking litigation and financial restructuring representing creditors, debtors and committees. Jim has handled complex Chapter 7, 11 and 13 bankruptcy cases. He has substantial experience with relief from stay matters, use of cash collateral and adequate protection issues, claims analysis and litigation, preferential and fraudulent transfer claims, and plan confirmation issues. Jim's creditors' rights and commercial litigation practice encompasses mortgage foreclosure actions, repossession and replevin cases, UCC disputes, and general contracts and debt collection litigation.

• American Bar Association
• Indiana State Bar Association
• Indianapolis Bar Association
• Indiana Association for Corporate Renewal
• Saint Joseph County Bar Association

• Indiana Court Of Appeals Rules Receiver In Mortgage Foreclosure Action Cannot Make Private Sale Of Mortgaged Property Absent Consent Of Owner-Mortgagor
• Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Denial of Discharge of Debt Owed to Subcontractor by Bankrupt Officer of General Contractor Under Bankruptcy Code Section 524(a)(4)
• New Indiana Law Requires "Motor Vehicles Repossession Agent" to Furnish Sheriff With Certain Information in Connection With Repossession of a Motor Vehicle or Watercraft
• Bankruptcy Court Rules Indiana's Wage Garnishment Statute Affords Debtors With Limited Exemption

• South Bend Firefly Festival
• Indiana Opera North

“Reclaiming Goods in Debt Collection,” Lorman Education Services, 2007
"Judgment Enforcement In Indiana," Lorman Education Services, 2006

"The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005: A Review of Bankruptcy Law and Practice Post-BAPCA," Lorman Education Services, 2006