Saint Louis University School of Law,
J.D., cum laude, 1983
Managing Editor, Saint Louis University Law Journal
Saint Louis University,
B.S. in B.A., 1980
Illinois
Missouri
US Ct Appeals, 7th Circuit (Covers IL, IN, WI)
US Ct Appeals, 8th Circuit (Covers AR, IA, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
Missouri USDC, Eastern District
Missouri USDC, Western District
Illinois USDC, Northern District
Illinois USDC, Central District
Illinois USDC, Southern District
Indiana USDC, Northern District
American Bar Association
American College of Bankruptcy
Chicago Bar Association
Bankruptcy Committee, Vice Chair, 2014-present
Liaison Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2014-present
Commercial Law League of America
Executive Council, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section, 2006-present
The Missouri Bar
Chair, Commercial Law Committee, 1997-2000
Illinois State Bar Association
The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Co-Chair, Bankruptcy Committee, 1989-1990
Bankruptcy Practice Memorial Fund, Eastern District of Missouri
Chair, 2005-2007
Ag Star Financial Services Corporation
First American Commercial Bancorp, Inc.
First Bank
Key Equipment Finance
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
PNC
SunTrust Bank
U.S. Bank National Association
Wintrust Financial Corporation
Director, American College of Bankruptcy, 2013-Present
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2007-Present
Listed in Illinois Super Lawyers, 2005-2007, 2011-Present
Top 100 in Illinois, 2012-2014
Named Lawyer of the Year for Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights in Chicago by Best Lawyers, 2011
Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy, 2006
2001 Michael R. Roser Excellence in Bankruptcy Practice Award
Awarded by the Missouri Bar
Thompson Coburn LLP
Partner, 1992-Present
Inaugural Managing Partner Chicago Office, 2007-2013
Associate, 1985-1991
Hon. J.D. Trabue, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Illinois
Law Clerk, 1983-1985
Chicago Center for Music Education
President, 2013-Present
Junior Achievement of Chicago
Board Member, 2012-Present
Alexandra Ballet Company
Member, 2003-Present
Vice President, 2004-2005
United Way of Greater St. Louis
Day Care Allocations Panel, 1997-2000
Frank is a longtime advisor to financial service providers who assists with insolvency and restructuring matters, loan enforcement, and a host of other business issues.
He counsels the Firm’s clients and publishes and conducts seminars on numerous bankruptcy and creditors’ rights issues, including replevin, foreclosure under the Uniform Commercial Code, executions, enforcement of secured claims and environmental and real estate issues in bankruptcy proceedings.
He has represented lenders and creditors bankruptcy and insolvency cases and in repossession and foreclosure matters involving all types of personal property and real property. He has successfully orchestrated numerous replevin actions throughout the Midwest, recovering machinery, equipment, farm implements and inventories of metal goods and marine products. Frank has extensive experience in representing lenders to motor vehicle dealers in replevin cases and self-help repossessions, as well as Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. He has supervised and conducted the repossession and foreclosure of vehicles from single location dealers, as well as multiple location "mega" dealers. Additionally, Frank has counseled floorplan lenders concerning the disposition of motor vehicle inventory through private or public sale.
“Secured Claims in Bankruptcy”;
5 Mo. Bankruptcy Practice (MoBar), 1992
“The Missouri Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act”;
50 J. Mo. Bar 89, 1994
"Fraudulent Transfer Avoidance, Corporate Dissolutions and Receiverships to Satisfy Creditors’ Claims and Lis Pendens”;
7 Mo. Creditors’ Remedies (MoBar 5th ed. 1999)
“Creation of Security Interests”;
29 Commercial Law and Practice Guide (Mathew Bender & Co., 1999)
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