David Leibowitz

Current

• Partner at Lakelaw - Kenosha
• Managing Member at Lakelaw - Leibowitz Law Center
• Chapter 7 Trustee at United States Department of Justice

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Past

• Partner at Freeborn & Peters
• Partner at Schwartz Cooper Kolb & Gaynor

Education

• Loyola University Chicago School of Law
• Northwestern University

Recommended

11 people have recommended David

Connections

72 connections

Industry

Law Practice

Websites

• Lakelaw
• Lakelaw Bankruptcy Center
• KRM Bankruptcy

David Leibowitz’s Summary

Av (highest possible) rated Attorney specializing in representation of people and business in financial matters since 1974. We are the leading financial service firm in Lake County, Illinois and intend to become the leading financial service firm in the area north of Chicago and south of Milwaukee. To that end, we have established Lakelaw/Kenosha in 2006 and plan to open Lakelaw/McHenry soon.

Only lawyer in Northern Illinois or Southern Wisconsin board certified in both business and consumer bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification.

Licensed in Illinois and Wisconsin

Designated as a "Super Lawyer" in Illinois in the field of bankruptcy, 2007, 2008

Led World Bank project instituting modern bankruptcy laws in Mongolia in 1999

David Leibowitz’s Specialties:

Bankruptcy and insolvency, predatory lending defense, business organizations, estate planning, probate administration, guardianships and elder law. In addition, we handle civil litigation involving financial matters including mortgage foreclosures (both for creditors and defense), consumer protection matters including Fair Debt Collection Practice Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Lemon Law.

David Leibowitz’s Experience

• Partner

  Lakelaw - Kenosha

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Law Practice industry)

  2006 — Present (2 years)

  Partner of Financial Services firm Serving Kenosha, Racine and Walworth Counties in Southeast Wisconsin. Also with offices in La Crosse Wisconsin serving the 7 Rivers Region.

• Managing Member

  Lakelaw - Leibowitz Law Center

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Law Practice industry)

  May 1999 — Present (9 years 1 month)

  Organized as a solo practice in 1999, we have become the leading financial service law firm in Lake County, Illinois providing downtown sophistication and home-town service. With 5 attorneys in Lake County and and affiliated offices in Kenosha, Wisconsin and La Crosse, Wisconsin, Leibowitz Law Center/Lakelaw represents people and business in financial matters from Chicago to Milwaukee in Cook, Lake and McHenry Counties in Illinois and Kenosha, Racine, Walworth and Milwaukee Counties in Wisconsin.
  
  Lakelaw has also established a new office in Chicago, across the street from the Federal Court House to better serve our clients.

• Chapter 7 Trustee

  United States Department of Justice

  (Government Agency; Myself Only; Government Administration industry)

  1990 — Present (18 years)

  Serving as a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee in Cook County, Illinois, under the direction of the United States Trustee Program, a division of the United States Department of Justice since 1990. Administered thousands of insolvent estates and recovered many millions of dollars for creditors in cases which had originally been filed as "no-asset" cases. Participated in many criminal prosecutions, identifying and bringing to justice people who have committed bankruptcy fraud.

• Partner

  Freeborn & Peters

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Law Practice industry)

  1991 — 1999 (8 years)

  Organized and led the bankruptcy practice group. Handled many successful chapter 11 reorganization cases for debtors and creditors committees. Successfully represented mortgage lenders in complex real estate reorganization cases. Represented chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees, including myself, in thousands of liquidation cases.

• Partner

  Schwartz Cooper Kolb & Gaynor

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Law Practice industry)

  1976 — 1991 (15 years)

  Represented banks and secured creditors in bankruptcy and civil cases. Developed expertise in real estate transactions. Participated in purchase and sale of several Chicago loop office buildings and numerous real estate financing and syndications. Developed expertise in appellate practice successfully arguing cases in Illinois Appellate and Illinois Supreme Court and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

David Leibowitz’s Education

• Loyola University Chicago School of Law

  JD, cum laude, Law, 1971 — 1974

  Activities and Societies:

  Note Editor of Loyola University of Chicago Law Review
  Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society

• Northwestern University

  BA, Economics, 1966 — 1970

Additional Information

David Leibowitz’s Websites:

• Lakelaw
• Lakelaw Bankruptcy Center
• KRM Bankruptcy

David Leibowitz’s Interests:

Best practices, knowledge management, codification of practices, consumer protection law, financial services law, bankruptcy, insolvency, mortgage foreclosure, fraud, predatory lending, lemon law, business organizations, estate planning, probate administration, asset protection

David Leibowitz’s Groups:

American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Wisconsin Bar, American Bankruptcy Institute, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Commercial Law League of America, Lake County Bar Association, Kenosha County Bar Association

• Forbes.com Entrepreneurs member

David Leibowitz’s Honors:

2007 Award for Pro Bono Service by the Volunteer Legal Program of the Lake County, Illinois Bar Association

2006 Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Service awarded by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Federal Bar Association

David Leibowitz’s Contact Settings

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