Attorney Bio
Jonathan T. Brand
Practice Summary
Jonathan Brand is a senior associate located in Lakelaw's Chicago office. He represents debtors, trustees, and creditors in a variety of commercial or complex insolvency proceedings pending in state and federal courts. Jonathan is board certified in Business Bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification. Through his practice, Jonathan has handled a wide range of matters in the construction, manufacturing, real estate, and equipment leasing industries. He has significant experience prosecuting and defending adversary proceedings pending in Bankruptcy Courts throughout the country.
Jonathan regularly represents real estate developers, governmental entities, commercial landlords, small business debtors, and single asset real estate entities before the bankruptcy court. He also represents business owners, developers and commercial property owners in “work-outs” and out-of-court restructurings.
Jonathan is a member of the Liaison Committee for the Bankruptcy Court of the Northern District of Illinois. He also enjoys giving back to the community. Jonathan represents pro bono clients through the Bankruptcy Court’s Volunteer Attorney Panel, and volunteers with the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Credit Abuse Resistance Education (C.A.R.E.) Program.
Jonathan has been Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system. Illinois Super Lawyers also recognized Jonathan as a "Rising Star" for 2012. This distinction is awarded to just 2.5% of attorneys under the age of 40 in Illinois, and is the result of a peer nomination and review process.
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The Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and the certificate, award or recognition is not a requirement to practice law in Illinois
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Turnaround Management Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
- The Lawyers Club of Chicago
- Stoppage in Transit: Viable Protection for Sellers of Goods in Post-BAPCPA Era, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, May 2012
- Design in Dispute: Architectural plans increasingly are foundation of copyright infringement suits, Daily Business Review, June 2007, and republished in the Construction Law supplement of the Legal Intelligencer, August 2007.
- Thanks to Chapter 15, South Florida Should See Wave of Transnational Insolvencies, South Florida Daily Business Review International Quarterly, Spring 2007.
- Corporate & Securities Law 2006 Update, Journal of the Florida Bar Business Section, Spring 2007.
- "Doing Good" in Chapter 11 Liquidating Plans, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, December / January 2007.
- Family Law and Bankruptcy: New Challenges Under the B.A.P.C.P.A., Seminar on the Savannah, November 2005.
- Selected by Illinois’s Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star”, 2012
- Alumni, Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honorary
- Alumni, Florida Blue Key, University of Florida’s Oldest and Most Prestigious Honorary
- C.A.R.E. Program (Credit Abuse Resistance Education) (2008 – Present)
- Volunteer Attorney Panel, Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- In re Denham Homes, LLC -- After a successful confirmation trial, settled all disputes with senior secured creditor and confirmed a chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
- In re Pasquinelli Homebuilders, Inc. -- Represented insurance company in its efforts to move forward with state court contribution and subrogation claims against third parties
- Represented High-Net Worth Individual in an out-of-court workout with mortgage lender.
- In re Smith-Rothchild Financial Company -- Represented chapter 7 trustee in connection with a section 363 auction sale of approximately 50 parcels of real property and 40 consumer credit transactions.
- In re Ty Miles Incorporated – Small business chapter 11 case. Successfully defended secured creditor’s motion to dismiss and reached a consensual, confirmed chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
- In re Patrick Power Corp. – Preference defense. Defense of preference claims asserted by chapter 7 trustee on the grounds of ordinary course of business and new value defenses.
- In re Purity Products, Inc. – Preference defense. Defense of chapter 7 trustee’s preference claims.
- In re Global Estates, LLC (and related subsidiaries) – Representation of commercial landlord in chapter 11 case concerning 10 different properties.
- In re Premier International Holdings, Inc. (aka Six Flags, Inc.) – Representation of governmental entity in debtor’s chapter 11 case.
- Representation of Individual Chapter 11 Debtor – Assisted individual with significant real estate holdings in and out of chapter 11 bankruptcy process.
- Representation of Various Single Asset Real Estate Entities with their restructuring and insolvency issues in chapter 11 cases and in workout negotiations.
- Representing real estate developer in its Chapter 11 case and contested confirmation hearing.
- Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyer Section Bankruptcy Committee - The Nuts & Bolts of a Section 363 Sale: An overview of the disposition of assets in bankruptcy cases
- Law Clerk to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2008-09
- Law Clerk to the Honorable John S. Dalis of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Georgia, 2004-05
Jonathan T. Brand
Board Certified - Business Bankruptcy Law - American Board of Certification
Education
- University of Florida Levin
College of Law, J.D.
- University of Florida, B.A.
State Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- Florida
- United States District Court for
the Northern District of Illinois
- United States District Court for
the Southern District of Florida
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