Faiq Mihlar

Faiq Mihlar UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION Southeast Missouri State University Bachelor of Science, Economics 1993 summa cum laude LEGAL EDUCATION Southern Illinois University Juris Doctor 1998 PROFESSIONAL Admitted to Missouri Bar, 1998; Admitted to Illinois Bar, 2001; U. S. District Courts of the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois; U. S. District Court of the Western District of Missouri; Illinois State Bar Association Member; Missouri State Bar Association Member; American Bankruptcy Institute Member; The Decatur Bar Association Member PRACTICE AREAS Bankruptcy; Evictions; Collections; Defense of Ordinance Violations and Demolition Actions; Commercial Litigation. Publications & Presentations Illinois State Bar Association: Bankruptcy Reform in Practice - One Year After Passage (2006) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Creditors Rights - New Strategies Under the Act Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education: New Bankruptcy - One Year Later (2006) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Refiling Bankruptcy, Bad Faith Presumption and Automatic Stay Bankruptcy Association of Southern Illinois: Advanced Chapter 13 Bankruptcy - A Seminar for the Active Chapter 13 Practitioner (2006) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Claims Issues - The 910 Rule and Mortgages Sterling Education Services, Inc.: Enforcing Creditors Rights Under the New Bankruptcy Law (2006) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Changes to Treatment of Collateral & Changes to Automatic Stay Rules Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education: Consumer Bankruptcy (2007) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Automatic Stay, Exemptions, Lien Avoidance, Reaffirmation & Redemption Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education: Bankruptcy Law 08 (2008) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Automatic Stay, Lien Avoidance, Reaffirmation & Redemption Lorman Education Services: Foreclosure and Repossession in Illinois (2008) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Automatic Stay From the Creditors Perspective, Reaffirmation, Redemption, Surrender and Assumption from the Creditors Perspective, Claims & Objections Bankruptcy Association of Southern Illinois: General Bankruptcy Seminar (2009) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Mortgage Issues Update Illinois State Bar Association: Consumer Bankruptcy - Bankruptcy Basics from the Experts (2010) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Lift Stay/Adequate Protection, Claims, Preferences - The Creditors Perspective ABI 22nd Annual Winter Leadership Conference (2010) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Proceed with Caution - Ethical Dilemmas Facing Todays Consumer Practitioners American Bankruptcy Institute: 4th Annual Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference (2011) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Balancing the Practice of Consumer Bankruptcy Law & Running a Business Chicago Bar Association: Consumer Bankruptcy Seminar (2011) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Residential Mortgage Issues National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (2011) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Untangling the Mortgage Morass - Rules, Rogues and Repairs ABI 23rd Annual Winter Leadership Conference (2011) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Update on Mortgage Issues - Late Fees, Escrow Accounts, MERS, Standing, Loss Mitigation Programs, Claim Issues, UST Issues, Relief from Stay American Bankruptcy Institute: 6th Annual Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference (2014) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Weird (and Other Unrecorded) Liens and Bankruptcy ALFN Intersect Servicing + Bankruptcy Conference (2017) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Cross-Chapter Challenges - How to Avoid a Motion for Sanctions American Bankruptcy Institute: Seventh Circuit Consumer Bankruptcy Conference (2017) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Smelt Tank ALFN Intersect Mortgage Servicing + Foreclosure Conference (2017) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Successor-in-Interest & Review of the New CFPB Rules ALFN Bankruptcy Intersect Conference (2018) Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Consumer Quickfire Hot Topics in Chapters 7 and 13 Published Articles: Creativity in Chapter 13 Has Limits after Espinosa, ABI Journal, April 2011, co-authored with Heather Giannino. Chapter 13: Tips for Representing Creditors, Illinois Bar Journal, March 2012, co-authored with Heather Giannino. Back to attorneys