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Chapter 7 bankruptcy and Chapter 13 bankruptcy
Diane Brazen Gordon has twenty years of experience concentrating in consumer bankruptcy law and civil litigation. Ms. Gordon has represented numerous debtors, creditors, and a Chapter 7 bankruptcy Trustee. Currently Ms. Gordon exclusively represents debtors in both chapter 7 and chapter 13 consumer bankruptcy cases.
Legal Areas
- Bankruptcy law and related litigation
- Consultation to financial professionals and family law attorneys regarding bankruptcy law issues
- Speaking and writing regarding bankruptcy issues as they relate to divorce.
Honors/Distinctions
- Phi Beta Kappa, University of Illinois
- Associate Editor, Iowa Law Review
Membership & Affiliations
- Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
- National Association of Women’s Business Owners (NAWBO)
- Vice-Chair of the Bankruptcy Committee, American Bar Association Section of Family Law; speaker at the ABA Section of Family Law 2009 Fall CLE Conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on “Bankruptcy and Marital Debts – Is it Enforceable or Dischargeable?”
- Federal Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Member of the Bankruptcy Committee of the Family Law Section, American Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Texas Bar Association
- Lake County Women Attorneys Association
- National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
Legal Experience
- Wenzel, Piersall & Riccolo, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Law Clerk to Honorable Gerald D. Fines, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of Illinois
- Jackson & Walker, Houston, Texas
- Farnsworth & vonBerg, Houston, Texas
- Prairie State Legal Services, Waukegan, Illinois
- Leibowitz Law Center, Waukegan, Illinois
Diane Brazen Gordon has an office in Lincolnshire, and provides compassionate guidance and over twenty years of legal experience to people contemplating bankruptcy. She can be reached at (847) 383-5647 or by email at Diane@brazengordon.com.