Managing Member
Phone: (217)-422-1719
Fax: (217)-422-1754
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: Creditor’s 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 Creditor’s Perspective, Reaffirmation, Redemption, Surrender and Assumption from the Creditor’s 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 Creditor’s Perspective
ABI 22nd Annual Winter Leadership Conference (2010)
Presenter and Co-Author of Materials: Proceed with Caution - Ethical Dilemmas Facing Today’s 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.