Deborah L. Thorne is a lawyer practicing restructuring, sports, corporate and 22 other areas of law. Deborah received a M.A.T. degree from Duke University in 1976, and has been licensed for 43 years. Deborah practices at Barnes & Thornburg LLP in Chicago, IL.
We had the unfortunate experience of being forced to use Mrs Thorne. She “Represented” my family and she was supposed to protect us. She strung the whole event along, raised her hourly wage because 450$ an hour wasn’t enough, and spent over a year hiring experts and sucking what little we had in investments away into her own bank account resulting in almost decimating relatives, elderly people. A very dear African American couple was thrown into the streets and another aunt thrown out of her house into a welfare nursing home where she died of heartbreak. This person is the personification of a corrupt, dangerous Direction our country has taken. A total lack of regard for the people. She pocketed over a million dollars within a little over a year then when the money ran out, tried to sue my family and we fought tooth and nail to stay alive and we won. Because she is a liar and a thief. One of the scariest, most horrible time in our lives and the lives of our 7 children.
We had no choice using this unethical person. She was really good at spending all our money eat and absolutely destroying the lives of many old vulnerable people, She was supposed to protect the people not eviscerate them. We ended up having us hire another lawyer to fight a case we finally won. Not before she wiped us all out.
Ms. Thorne is included in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law, is recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Illinois and has been recognized by Illinois Super Lawyers every year since 2005.
Ms. Thorne is a past president of the Evanston United Way Board and past board member of the United Way of Suburban Chicago. She currently serves as chair of the board of Women Employed in Chicago.
Ms. Thorne received her B.A. in history from Macalester College, her M.A.T. from Duke University and J.D. with honors from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Kent College of Law. She is admitted to practice before all Illinois state courts, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois, the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, and Western District of Michigan.
Publications
11/29/2012, ABI Journal - "Are All Trusts Equal under § 523(a)(4)? An Examination of PACA and Other Statutorily Created Trusts"
11/9/2012, American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) - "Interrupted: Bankruptcy's Effects on Supply Chains"
7/1/2012, Business Credit - "The TOUSA Moral: Know Where Your Money Comes From"
5/24/2012, Business Credit - "Defense! Defense! Payments Made Under Assumed Supply Contract Terms Not Recoverable As Preference Payments"
3/5/2012, ABI Journal - "Recovery of LBO Fraudulent Transfers: Can § 546(e) Be Circumvented?"
12/1/2011, ABI Journal - "Third-Party Purchaser Payments to Seller's Unsecured Creditors: Recoverable as Preferential Transfers?"
11/1/2011, Business Credit - "Sellers Beware, As Debtors Continue the Challenge to Section 503(b)(9): Anticipate the Attack Through Terms and Conditions"
6/1/2011, Business Credit - "Looking at the Fine Print (and the Map): Who Owns the Preferences? Where Are You and What Did the Plan Say?"
05/01/2011, ABI Journal - Does "the Mortgage Follow the Note"?
Lessons Learned, Best Practices for Assignment of a Note and Mortgage
05/01/2011, Business Credit - "United States Supreme Court Lends Hand to Preference Defendants: Trustees Need to State a Case"
12/01/2010, ABI Journal - "Rule 4(m): An Impermissible Detour Around § 546's Statue of Limitations"
06/09/2010, UCC Law Journal - "Navigating Turbulent Economic Waters; Using the Uniform Commercial Code to Steady the Boat"
5/20/2010, Preference Defense Handbook: The Circuits Compared, 2d Ed.
05/01/2010, Business Credit - "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Weighing the Exercise of Prudent Collection Techniques Against Future Preferential Exposure"
04/01/2010, ABI Journal - "Good as Gold: Obtaining and Retaining Perfected Security Interests in Borrower Bank Accounts"
11/01/2009, Business Credit - "Cash Collateral and DIP Financing Orders"
09/10/2009, Commercial Finance & Insolvency Bulletin - September 2009
09/01/2009, Business Credit - "What Credit Professionals Should Know About Liquidation and Restructuring Outside of Court"
08/05/2009, Business Credit - "Adequate Assurance and Anticipatory Repudiation in the Supply Chain"
06/12/2009, Business Credit - "Pay to Play: Liquidation of Assets Using Chapter 11 Should Provide Unsecured Creditors With a Share of the Proceeds"
05/01/2009, Business Credit - "Creditors Committees': What you should consider before deciding to serve"
04/01/2009, Business Credit - "Navigating Turbulent Waters: A Checklist of the Tools Provided by the Uniform Commercial Code"
03/01/2009, Business Credit - "Beware: How You Bill Goods and Services May Impact Your Right to Priority Payment"
11/01/2008, Business Credit - "Michigan Bankruptcy Court Upholds Rights of Sellers of Goods"
06/01/2008, ABI Journal - "Trouble for secure creditors: Avoiding the Traps of UCC Sec 9-503 and 9-506"
06/01/2008, Business Credit - "Out-of-Court Liquidation Pose Questions for Credit Professionals"
05/01/2008, Business Credit - "Anticipatory Repudiation: Is the Force With You?"
05/01/2008, Protocol Magazine - "A good credit application is a powerful tool"
04/01/2008, Business Credit - "Careless Clicking: The Consequences of 'I Agree'"
03/05/2008, Dow Jones Daily - "Reclamation, Administrative Claims Under 2005 Bankruptcy Reform Act"
03/01/2008, Business Credit - "The Equal Opportunity Credit Act: Avoid the Pitfalls"
02/01/2008, Business Credit - "Credit Applications: Useful Tools in Knowing Your Customer and in Binding Your Customer to Contractual Terms"
12/01/2007, ABI Journal - "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Provisional Liens on Deposits, Preference Liability and the Interconnection of UCC Section 4-210"
11/01/2007, ABI Journal - "Preference Litigation Run Amok"
11/01/2007, Business Credit - "Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors: Creditor Considerations"
10/31/2007, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 4 - October 2007
06/01/2007, ABI Journal - "Reclamation under the New §546(c)(1): Illusory Remedy as Ever"
06/01/2007, Business Credit - "Stoppage in Transit: Useful and Reliable Remedy for The Diligent Seller Facing The Insolvent Buyer"
05/01/2007, Business Credit - "Terms and Conditions: Don't Forget the Small Print!"
04/01/2007, ABI Journal - "The Courts Begin to Speak: Deciphering §546(c)"
04/01/2007, Business Credit - "Bailment versus Sale: Another View"
03/01/2007, The Credit Report - "Mystery Unfolds: Bankruptcy Courts Begin to Explain New Rights of Reclamation"
11/30/2006, Business Credit - "Lessons To Be Learned: Auto Supplier Industry Workouts Encourage Parties To Communicate"
10/15/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 5
10/01/2006, Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law - "Bankruptcy Briefs"
09/18/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 4
09/01/2006, Business Credit - "Critical Vendors And Essential Suppliers: New Meaning In The Auto Supply Business"
08/03/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 3
06/23/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 2
05/26/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 1
04/01/2006, ABI Journal - "Creditors' Committees? The Fallout from BAPCPA Changes to Section"
01/26/2006, ABI World - "Supreme Court Rules that Bankruptcy Courts Have Jurisdiction to Hear Avoidance Actions Brought Against States; Sovereign Immunity Not a Bar to the Bankruptcy Courts' in Rem Jurisdiction"
12/01/2005, ABI Journal - "Lenders Beware: Set-off and Recoupment Can Reduce Your Collateral Value"
05/01/2005, ABI Journal - "New Law Gives Trade Creditors Help"
12/01/2004, ABI Journal - "'Who's on First?': The Eighth Circuit Highlights the Interplay of 'Circular Priority' and Bankruptcy Law"
04/01/2004, ABI Journal - "Are All Creditor 'Animals' Equal?"
10/10/2002, ABI Journal - "Bank's Security Interests in Checking Accounts and Checkkiting Schemes"
07/11/2002, Starting Points: The Fundamentals of Practice in Illinois 2001 Edition
Events
2/6/2013, National Associations of Credit Management's (NACM) Audio Teleconference
10/11/2012, Midwest NACM Credit Conference / "Bankruptcy for Beginners" Webinar
7/19/2012, "Breaking Through the Dark Side of Bankruptcy: How to Mitigate Your Risk"
6/14/2012, Navigating Turbulent Waters: Using the Uniform Commercial Code to Protect Sellers of Goods
6/11/2012, National Association of Credit Management's 116th Credit Congress
5/20/2011, Barnes & Thornburg's Day at the Park - CLE Lunch and Social Event
2/8/2011, "A Closer Look at Bankruptcy"
10/07/2010, Attorney Presentation - A Preference Update and Proposed Legislative Changes to the Bankruptcy Code
06/10/2010, Attorney Presentation - Bankruptcy: Trade Creditors' Rights
05/16/2010, Attorney Presentation - 2010 Credit Congress and Exposition
01/11/2010, Attorney Presentation - The Latest on 503(b)(9)
06/14/2009, Attorney Presentation - NACM Credit Congress 2009
03/05/2009, Economic Shakeout: How to Prepare for the Storm?
12/30/2008, Attorney Presentation - Fifty Ways to Leave Your Debtor Utilizing the UCC Laws
12/04/2008, Debbie Thorne Participates in the "Great Debates" at the ABI's 2008 Winter Leadership Conference
10/02/2008, Attorney Presentation - Bankruptcy Law
09/19/2008, Attorney Presentation - Deb Thorne Presents on Reclamation and 20-Day Administrative Claims
09/18/2008, Attorney Presentation - Driscoll Presents Mock Preference Case Before NACM Members
07/01/2008, Debbie Thorne Participates in Teleconference, Discusses "Assignments for Benefit of Creditors"
06/10/2008, Debbie Thorne Presents at LaFarge Corporation's Annual Meeting of Credit Managers
05/14/2008, Debbie Thorne Gives Multiple Presentations Throughout May 2008
03/25/2008, Debbie Thorne Teaches Economics Class at Macalester College; Presents on Bankruptcy and Insolvency
02/15/2008, Debbie Thorne Makes Presentation to the Midwest National Association of Credit Management
12/06/2007, American Bankruptcy Institute Winter Leadership Conference
08/21/2007, Debbie Thorne Presents at Home Centers Industry Group
06/05/2007, Doing Business in China: Risk vs Opportunity
05/17/2007, Debbie Thorne Discusses Recent Bankruptcy Law Developments
04/01/2007, Fifty Ways to Leave your Debtor: Lesser-Known Remedies for Jilted Creditors
12/12/2006, Supply Contracts in Chapter 11 Cases
11/17/2006, Group of Attorneys Present at National Japanese Organization
10/26/2006, Debbie Thorne & Kevin Driscoll Speak at Credit Management Conference
10/26/2006, Kevin Driscoll and Debbie Thorne Speak at Credit Management Meeting
10/05/2006, How to Deal with the Financially Troubled Auto Industry
02/01/2006, Deborah Thorne Presents at Industry Group Events
11/09/2005, Effects of the Hurricanes on Credit
07/02/2005, Debbie Thorne Presents at Credit Managers Group
06/15/2005, Business Bankruptcy Webinar - featuring Deborah Thorne
04/30/2005, Debbie Thorne Delivers Presentation on Bankruptcy Code
03/23/2005, Essential Issues for Creditors
02/23/2005, Essential Issues for Creditors
01/19/2005, Bankruptcy: A Comprehensive Updated Study of Bankruptcy Materials and Legal Information
08/27/2003, Bankruptcy: A comprehensive study of bankruptcy issues and strategies
07/23/2003, Bankruptcy: A comprehensive study of bankruptcy issues and strategies
05/28/2003, Bankruptcy: A comprehensive study of bankruptcy issues and strategies
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