Wendy Morris - Lawyer in Joliet, IL

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License

State	Status	Acquired	Updated
IL	Active And Authorized To Practice Law	2003	12/23/2021

We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.

Avvo Contributions

Legal answers	85
Legal guides	0

Awards

Award name	Grantor	Date Granted
Illinois Raising Star	Super Lawyers Magazine	2012
Illinois Rising Star	Super Lawyers Magazine	2011
Medal of Excellence	American Bankruptcy Institute	2001

work experience

Title	Company name	Duration
Associate	Freeborn & Peters, LLP	2008 - 2013
Judicial Law Clerk (Bankruptcy Court)	United States Courts, Northern District of Illinois	2007 - 2007
Law Clerk to Chief Judge (Bankruptcy Court Staff Attorney)	United States Courts, Northern District of Illinois	2005 - 2007
Judicial Law Clerk (Bankruptcy Court)	United States Courts, Middle District of Pennsylvania	2002 - 2005
Judicial Extern for Circuit Judge Edward Burr (Ret.)	Circuit Court of Cook County – Law Division	2001 - 2001

ABA Judicial Extern for Judge Carole Kamin Bellows	Circuit Court of Cook County – Domestic Relations Division	2000 - 2000
Bankruptcy Law Clerk	Feld & Korrub LLP	1998 - 2002

associations

Association name	Position name	Duration
National Association of Consumer Attorneys		2013 - Present
National Bar Association	Member	2008 - Present
American Bankruptcy Institute	Member	2001 - Present
Turnaround Management Association (Chicago)	Former Education Committee Member	2009 - 2010
American Bankruptcy Institute	Former Special Projects & Task Force Leader	2008 - 2009

Turnaround Management Association (Chicago)	Member	2008 - 2012

publications

Publication name	Title	Date
Commercial Bankruptcy Litigation	Litigation Regarding Discharge and Dischargeability	2013
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Civil Litigation Flash Points Series	E-mail is the Greatest Thing . . . Until You Get Subpoenaed	2012
The Bankruptcy Strategist, An ALM Publication	Third Circuit Revives Committee's Deepening Insolvency and Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims	2011
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education	Illinois Supreme Court’s Interpretation of Arbitration Clauses Under the Federal Arbitration Act – Carr v. Gateway, Inc.,	2011

education

School name	Degree	Graduated
The John Marshall Law School	JD - Juris Doctor	2002
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	BS - Bachelor of Science	1997

speaking engagements

Conference name	Title	Date
YLS Bankruptcy	Bankruptcy: Discharge & Denial Of Discharge	2012
Bankruptcy From A Government Perspective Seminar	Reading Financial Statements: Finding the Facts; Finding the Fraud	2012
2012 National Summit of Black Women Lawyers	Working It Out: What You Need to Know About Corporate Bankruptcy & Restructurings	2012
Pincus Professional Education	Bankruptcy Boot Camp: Chapters 7 and 13 demystified (Chicago)	2011
National Bar Association Annual Convention (San Diego, CA)	Making Rain in a Dry Economic	2009

Pincus Communications	Bankruptcy Practice Boot Camp: An In-Depth Guide to Practice in the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts	2008
ABI Winter Leadership Conference (Tucson, AZ)	The Latest Developments in Technology Resources	2008

legal cases

Case name	Outcome
Staiano v. Schlittler, 324 B.R. 561, n.1 (Bankr. M.D. Pa. 2005)	Motion denied.
In re Beltrami, 324 B.R. 255 (Bankr. M.D. Pa. 2005)	Objection sustained in part & overruled in part.
In re Lewandowski, 325 B.R. 700 (Bankr. M.D. Pa. 2005)	Motion granted.
In re Andershonis, 324 B.R. 247, n.1 (Bankr. M.D. Pa. 2004)	Objection overruled.
In re Adelphia Communications Corp., 313 B.R. 374, n.1 (Bankr. M.D. Pa. 2004)	Motion granted; proceeding remanded.