Cindy M. Johnson
Member
Email: CJohnson@JNLegal.net

Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Commercial Collections; Bankruptcy Litigation.

Admitted: 1988, Illinois; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1988

College: University of Chicago, B.A., with honors, 1985

Member: Illinois State Bar Association (CLE Coordinator, Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Section, 2008-2010); Illinois Creditors Bar Association (President, 2003-2005; Executive Vice-President, 2002-2003; Secretary, 1999-2000; Board Member, 1999-); American Bankruptcy Institute.

Biography: Author: Chapter, "Creditors' Rights in Bankruptcy," chapter of Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Publication, Creditors Rights in Illinois, 2004 and 2009; "Why File Involuntary Bankruptcy?", Furniture Manufacturers Credit Association Beacon, 2008; "A Creditor's Lawyers Guide to Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors," Illinois Bar Journal, December, 1997; "Bankruptcy Practice: It's a Jungle Out There," Chicago Bar Association, Record, February/March 1995. Co-Author: "Enforcement of Judgments," chapter of Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Publication, Creditors Rights in Illinois, 1995. Lecturer: "Collecting and Protecting in Tough Economic Times", Chicago Bar Association Corporate Law Departments Committee, 2009; "Bankruptcy's Effect on Foreclosures", 31st Annual Attorneys Conference for Attorneys Representing Financial Institutions, Illinois Credit Union League, 2008; Lien Avoidance, Reaffirmation and Redemption; 30th Annual Attorneys Conference for Attorneys Representing Financial Institutions, Illinois Credit Union League, 2007 and at Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education Seminar Entitled Consumer Bankruptcy, 2007; "Representing Creditors in Bankruptcy Proceedings," Illinois State Bar Association annual meeting, 2002 and mid-year meeting, 2005; "Practical Tips for Basic Enforcement of Judgments," Illinois State Bar Association solo and small firm conference, 2005; "Creditors' Issues," Bankruptcy Reform in Practice: The Lessons So Far seminar, Illinois State Bar Association, 2005; "Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy" Basic Enforcement of Judgments: Enforcement and Collection seminar, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2007, 2008, 2009 and at 27th and 29th Annual Attorneys Conference for Attorneys Representing Financial Institutions, Illinois Credit Union League, 2004, 2006; "Collecting from a Defendant Who has Filed Bankruptcy," Yearly 1996-2005, Collection of Judgments Seminar, Chicago Bar Association and at Judgment Enforcement in Illinois Seminar; "Automatic Stay," Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education Seminar, entitled Consumer Bankruptcy Essentials of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13, 2003 and at 30th Annual Attorneys Conference for Attorneys Representing Financial Institutions, Illinois Credit Union League, 2007 and at Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education Seminar Entitled "Consumer Bankruptcy," 2007. Panel Member: "Did Reality Meet the Hype of BAPCPA? Where Creditors in Bankruptcy Stand More than a Year After Implementation of the New Act," Illinois Creditors Bar Association, 2007; "The Legal Issues-How the Courts Have Dealt With BAPCPA in Consumer Cases," Avoiding BAPCPA's Traps seminar, Chicago Bar Association, 2006; "Creditor's summit on Consumer Bankruptcy Reform," American Conference Institute, 2006; "Bankruptcy Law/Collection Law," Basic Skills for the New Attorney seminar, Chicago Bar Association, 2006; "Post Judgment Collection Procedures" at the Cook County First Municipal District's Training/ProBono Program, 2005. (Managing Partner)

Reported Cases: Logemann Holding, Inc. v Lieber, 341 Ill.App.3d 689, 793 N.E.2d 135 (1st Dist. 2003); In re Dobek, 278 B.R. 496 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2002).

Born: Oak Park, Illinois

ISLN: 913494620