Attorney Profiles - Chicago Bankruptcy Attorneys
Deborah Kanner Ebner Bar Admissions:
- Illinois Bar
- United States District for the Northern District of Illinois
- Trial Bar United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Hourly Rate: Call for rate.
Retainer: Varies by case.
Date of Birth: 1956
Law School Honors/Involvement:
- Samford University, Birmingham Alabama, J.D. 1981
- Recipient, Gore Memorial Foundation Scholarship 1979-1981
Undergraduate School:
- Auburn University, B.S. 1977
Representative Clients:
- Financially distressed businesses and individuals
- Vendors of Chapter 7 and 11 Debtors who are sued for the return of preferential transfers or fraudulent conveyances
- Bankruptcy Trustees
- Litigants attempting to enforce or defend against Domestic Relations Court awards in Federal Bankruptcy Court
Cases of note in which Ms. Ebner has successfully represented various parties:
- Montgomery Wards
- Outboard Marine
- K-Mart Corporation
- Goss Graphics
- Mary Ann Baking
- Ty-Walk Liquid Sales
Bar/Professional Association Involvement:
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Commercial Law League of America - Chair (May 2007), Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section May (2007-2008)
- Chicago Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Will County Bar Association - Chair bankruptcy committee
Community Involvement:
Legislative Committee of the Commercial Law League of America through which she as 2007 Bankruptcy Section Chair recommended legislative initiatives to Congress. She continues her involvement through the present economic crisis. (www.clla.org)
- Federal Bankruptcy Trustee in the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, 1984 to Present
- 1995, Chair of Pro Bono Subcommittee of the Chicago Bar Association's Bankruptcy Committee through which she established the Pro Bono Bankruptcy Program at Chicago Volunteer Legal Service
- Panel of Mediators Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division
- Trustee, Dreis & Krump Manufacturing Future Personal Injury Trusts 1996 to 2010
Faculty Appointments:
- Faculty, Commercial Law League of America, Bankruptcy Year in Review October 2008
- Faculty, American Bankruptcy Institute, June 2006 - BAPCPA & The Automatic Stay
- Faculty, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Illinois Chapter); Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education - Bankruptcy Issues Affecting Divorce, January 2006
- Faculty, Seventh Circuit Bar Association, Federal Bar Association ( Chicago Chapter), Chicago Bar Association's Robert E. Ginsberg Continuing Legal Education Series, American Bankruptcy Institute - The New Bankruptcy Code and Rules, September 2005
- Faculty, American Bankruptcy Institute - Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference, Chicago-Kent College of Law, July 2005
- Residential Real Estate in Bankruptcy, Copyright 2003
- Bankruptcy and the Matrimonial Litigant
Published Legal Writing:
- Residential Real Estate in Bankruptcy, Copyright 2008
- Residential Real Estate in Bankruptcy, Copyright 2003
- Bankruptcy and the Matrimonial Litigant, Including a Look at the 2001 Legislation
Legal Lectures:
- "Overview of the Ty-Walk Liquid Sale Bankruptcy and the interplay between Statutory Liens and Section 557 of the United States Bankruptcy Code," Chicago Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee
- "Preferential Transfers and Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code," Commercial Law League of America
- "The Automatic Stay and Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code," Illinois State Bar Association
- "Bankruptcy and the Matrimonial Litigant," Chicago Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers & the Will County Bar Association.
- "Bankruptcy, Overview" Guest Lecturer, John Marshall Law School
Ms. Ebner can be reached directly at DKebner@deborahebnerlaw.com.
Connie J. LambertMs. Lambert obtained her Juris Doctorate degree from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1990, prior to which she enjoyed careers in education and career planning and placement. In 1990, she became an associate of Stinespring, Lambert & Associates, concentrating in personal injury law, labor law and appellate practice. In 1995, she and her husband co-founded the firm of Lambert & Lambert and continued practice in those and other areas of the law, as well as extensive representation of local governmental entities.
Ms. Lambert has extensive experience in legal research and writing, contracts and real estate, including but not limited to all aspects of title and related issues. Her legal experience is a tremendous resource for a multitude of real estate, personal injury, contract and labor issues that arise in the course of a substantial number of bankruptcy transactions.
Ms. Lambert became affiliated with the Law Office of Deborah Kanner Ebner in 2002 and has, since that time, utilized her tremendous technical and legal experience to provide legal support in thousands of bankruptcy matters and small business reorganizations.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
- Chicago Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Chair, Legal Committee, Habitat for Humanity, Chicago South Suburbs
CIVIC ENGAGEMENTS:
- Board of Directors, Habitat for Humanity, Chicago South Suburbs
- Pro Bono attorney and construction volunteer, Habitat for Humanity
- Foundation Board, Flossmoor Community Church
- Board of Outreach Ministries, Flossmoor Community Church
- Former member of Park Forest Singers and Peoria Area Civic Chorale
- Zoning Board of Appeals, Roanoke, Illinois
Ms. Lambert can be reached directly at CJLambert@deborahebnerlaw.com.
Mr. Burns serves in an "Of Counsel" capacity with the firm. He works directly with Deborah Ebner on consumer issues for which the firm is retained. Mr. Burns can be reached directly at JBurns@deborahebnerlaw.com. His biographical data is under contruction.
Mr. Pleta serves in an "Of Counsel" capacity with the firm and heads its real estate division. Mr. Pleta can be reached directly at JPleta@deborahebnerlaw.com. His biographical data is under contruction.
"THIS OFFICE IS A DESIGNATED FEDERAL DEBT RELIEF AGENCY PURSUANT TO ACT OF CONGRESS"
