James Fine, Of Counsel
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Born, Evanston, Illinois. B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, with honors, 1970; M.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1973; J.D., DePaul University College of Law, 1980. Professor of Paralegal Studies, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, 1983 - present. Admitted to Bar of Illinois, 1981, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1981, and United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2007.
Practice Areas:
- Bankruptcy and Foreclosure
- Corporate and LLC Law
- General Business Representation and Litigation
- Real Estate
Professor of Paralegal Studies, Roosevelt University:
Courses:
- Trial and Post-Trial Litigation
- Legal Technology: Concordance, Summation, LiveNote, CaseMap, TimeMap and TextMap
- Corporate, LLC, LLP and LP Law
- Legal Research and Writing
- Commercial Law
Professional Memberships and Activities:
- American Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- McHenry County Bar Association
Publications:
- You and the Law: Law for the Layperson, published by the ABA Press, 1989
Jim is an experienced civil litigator in the areas of corporate and LLC law, as well as incorporating and representing a number of local Chicago area businesses. Jim has also represented both creditors and debtors in bankruptcy since he began practicing law. In law school at DePaul University, Jim had the good fortune of writing articles analyzing the Federal Bankruptcy Code with Professor Robert Ginsburg, who later became a judge in the Northern District of Illinois Bankruptcy Court.
From 1990 to 1997 Jim was a litigation attorney for the FDIC during the bank crisis, at which time he filed many successful summary judgment motions for the FDIC. He was also responsible for managing and liquidating all subsidiaries the FDIC inherited from failed banks nationwide.
Jim is a graduate of DePaul University College of Law and is admitted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois as well as the Eastern District of Wisconsin.