Thomas Springer
Trustee, Member, Attorney
Wheaton Office Center
300 S. County Farm Rd. Suite G
Wheaton, IL 60187
E-mail: tspringer@springerbrown.com
Tel: 630-510-0000
Professional Experience
Thomas Springer was appointed to the Panel of Chapter 7 Trustees for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, by the United States Trustee for Region 11 in 2000 and has been serving since that time. His law practice has concentrated exclusively in the area of Bankruptcy on behalf of debtors, creditors, and trustees in chapters 7, 11, and 13 since 1991.
The law firm concentrates in all chapters of bankruptcy and bankruptcy-related law: Chapter 7, 11 and 13 debtor and creditor representation; commercial bankruptcy representation; bankruptcy and commercial litigation; commercial and consumer work-outs and structured settlement; assignments for benefit of creditors; bankruptcy appeals; and bankruptcy trustee representation, with special emphasis on collar-county and Chicago suburb legal needs.
Professional Organizations and Speaking Engagements
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
Northern District Illinois Bankruptcy Court Liaison Committee
Trustee Advisory Committee, Northern District Illinois
American Bankruptcy Institute
American Bar Association
Past Chair: DuPage County Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee
Contributing Author and Speaker: DuPage County Bar Association Contributing Author and Speaker: Kane County Bar Association
DuPage County Bar Association
Contributing Author, Speaker and Moderator: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Region 11 United States Trustee Conferences
Illinois Credit Union League; USFN Legal Issues Seminar
REOMAC Annual Bankruptcy and Practice seminar.
Articles and Publications
"Administering, Monitoring, And Facilitating The Consumer Bankruptcy Process From The Perspective Of The Chapter7 Trustee"--Strategies for Consumer Bankruptcy Trustees. 2012 Thompson Reuters/Aspatore.
Admitted
Illinois State Bar
Northern District of Illinois
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Recent News
Tom Springer is serving as Court appointed Receiver and Assignee and is available to discuss and serve in both State and Federal Inslovency Estates.
Tom Springer has again been named as an Illinois Super Lawyer for 2022 and continues to be available for bankrupcty, debt related and Trustee representation matters.
Tom Springer has been a speaker at U.S. Trustee Region 11 seminars in Chicago and has been a speaker at American Bankrupcty Institute seminars and events.
2010 - present
2010 - present
Education
Purdue University, B.A. 1984 DePaul University College of Law, J.D., 1991 Articles and Notes Editor Board, Member, DePaul Business Law Journal.