2025 ILCBA Fall Seminar

Creditors' Rights & Real Estate: 

Legal Strategies, Ethics, and Bench Insights

Tuesday, November 11, 2025
8:45 AM - 3:15 PM | Virtual via Zoom

Approved for 5 CLE & 1 Professional Responsibility Credit

The Illinois Creditors Bar Association invites you to attend our 2025 Fall Seminar on Tuesday, November 11! This virtual event is the perfect opportunity to stay up to date on the latest developments, strategies, and ethical considerations in creditors' rights and real estate law.

Join your peers for an interactive and informative program, featuring insights from experienced practitioners and members of the judiciary. If you're looking to expand your expertise, this seminar is for you.

Registration

Member $95
Non-member $125
Law Clerk/Student $65

Member Recording $95

*See Below for Financial Assistance Policy

Sponsorship Opportunities Listed Below Speakers

Fall Seminar Sessions

Session 1: Parting Thoughts from the Bench

Honorable Stephen A. Swedlow

Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County 

Law Division

Judge Stephen Swedlow most recently presided over Calendar 5 of the Cook County Law Division Tax and Miscellaneous Remedies Section in Courtroom 2503, but was recently transferred to Calendar Q Law Division Commercial Calendar Section in Courtroom 2007. Judge Swedlow earned his undergraduate degree from Miami University of Ohio, and his J.D. from The Ohio State University. Before his appointment to the Bench, he practiced law for more-than 25 years at Latham & Watkins, Swedlow & Associates and Korein Tillery, and eventually at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, where he was the Managing Partner.  

Session 2: Eviction Roundtable 2025

Presented by: The Lake County Bar Association Debtor-Creditor Comm.

Vanessa Seiler, Co-Chair, Partner, MAS Law LLC
Amanda Rubel Portes, Amanda Portes Law LLC
Kimberly Brumirski, McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP
Spencer Haydary, Law Center for Better Housing
Meiriely Amaral, Law Center for Better Housing

Session 3: The Ethics of AI

Sari W. Montgomery

Partner

Robinson, Stewart, Montgomery & Doppke LLC

Sari Montgomery has spent her more than 30-year career in the Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility field. She began her career as Litigation and Senior Litigation Counsel with the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC). 

Since 2010, Ms. Montgomery ahs defended lawyers and judges facing disciplinary and sanctions proceedings, and represents bar applicants in the Character and Fitness process. Read more. 

Session 4: Illinois Replevin and Detinue Actions –

Recovery of Commercial Equipment

Honorable Daniel P. Duffy

Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County 

Law Division – Tax & Miscellaneous Remedies Section

Judge Duffy was appointed to the bench in April 2014 and is presently assigned to the Cook County Law Division's Tax & Miscellaneous Section, where he presides over a call princippaly involving detinue and replevin actions, confessions of judgment, administrative appeals and condemnation cases. 

Previous to his present assignment, Judge Duffy presided over a jury trial call in the First Municipal Division. Read more. 

Session 5: National Developments in Creditors' Rights

Nathan D. Wilner, Esq.

Vice President of Government Affairs

National Creditors Bar Association

Nathan Wilner is an accomplished attorney with over two decades of experience in the creditors rights industry. He currently serves as the VP of Government Affairs at the National Creditors Bar Association (NCBA).  

Among the multiple awards received, Nathan is the recipient of the prestigious 2022 Leaders in Law Award given by the Maryland State Bar Association and the Daily Record. Read more. 

Sponsorship Opportunities

All Sponsorships include your linked Name/Logo in the digital seminar program book (sponsor level indicated). Book is permanently saved/searchable in the ILCBA Members-Only Online Resource Library.

$750 - GOLD SPONSOR

• Linked Name/Logo on seminar landing and registration pages
• Linked Name/Logo in all seminar promotional emails
• Linked Name/Logo in next edition of online ILCBA newsletter
• Social Media shoutout (sponsor level indicated)
• Verbal Acknowledgment during seminar
• Opportunity to Speak or Share your promotional materials/video during live seminar (up to  2 minutes)

$500 - SILVER SPONSOR

• Linked Name/Logo on seminar landing and registration pages
• Linked Name/Logo in all seminar promotional emails
• Linked Name/Logo in next edition of online ILCBA newsletter
• Social Media shoutout (sponsor level indicated)
• Verbal Acknowledgment during seminar

$250 - BRONZE SPONSOR

• Unlinked Name/Logo on seminar landing and registration pages
• Unlinked Name/Logo in all seminar promotional emails
• Unlinked Name/Logo in next edition of online ILCBA newsletter

Questions about this Event's Sponsorship Opportunities? Contact ilcba@corpevent.com

Interested in an Annual Sponsorship or Vendor Advertising? Click Here for more details or contact ilcba@corpevent.com

Thank you to our current sponsors!

Silver Sponsor

** Financial Assistance Policy

Assistance in the form of waivers of registration fees, reduced fees, or discounts, is available to any interested attorneys by submitting a written request to ilcba@corpevent.com not less than 14 days prior to the seminar date.

ILCBA Board Meeting

All ILCBA members are encouraged to attend the Monthly Board of Directors meetings, currently held virtually using Zoom.

To receive link to the meeting, please email ilcba@corpevent.com or call 312-872-3220, no later than 5:00 p.m. the Wednesday immediately preceding the meeting.

ILCBA Board Meeting

All ILCBA members are encouraged to attend the Monthly Board of Directors meetings, currently held virtually using Zoom.

To receive link to the meeting, please email ilcba@corpevent.com or call 312-872-3220, no later than 5:00 p.m. the Wednesday immediately preceding the meeting.

Please note: This meeting may be canceled due to the holidays. 

ILCBA Board Meeting

All ILCBA members are encouraged to attend the Monthly Board of Directors meetings, currently held virtually using Zoom.

To receive link to the meeting, please email ilcba@corpevent.com or call 312-872-3220, no later than 5:00 p.m. the Wednesday immediately preceding the meeting.

ILCBA Board Meeting

All ILCBA members are encouraged to attend the Monthly Board of Directors meetings, currently held virtually using Zoom.

To receive link to the meeting, please email ilcba@corpevent.com or call 312-872-3220, no later than 5:00 p.m. the Wednesday immediately preceding the meeting.

ILCBA Board Meeting

All ILCBA members are encouraged to attend the Monthly Board of Directors meetings, currently held virtually using Zoom.

To receive link to the meeting, please email ilcba@corpevent.com or call 312-872-3220, no later than 5:00 p.m. the Wednesday immediately preceding the meeting.