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Robert D. Nachman
Member
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Consumer Financial Services
Restructuring, Workouts & Foreclosures
International Asset Recovery Group
Class Action Defense

rnachman@dykema.com

Chicago, Illinois
312-627-2480

Education
University of Michigan, B.A.
  magna cum laude
  Phi Beta Kappa
University of Chicago, A.M.
Harvard University, J.D.
  cum laude

Admitted to Practice
Illinois  1983
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois  1983
U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit  1985

Bob Nachman focuses his practice on the areas of bankruptcy, consumer financial services, and litigation, serving clients that include privately held businesses, large financial institutions and individual entrepreneurs.
 
Mr. Nachman's practice is wide-ranging, representing, on the bankruptcy side, both debtors and creditors as well as creditors' committees.  In one significant case, he successfully reorganized a forklift company over the opposition of seven different lenders, each claiming an interest in the same collateral.  Mr. Nachman's financial services experience includes work on behalf of banks, debt collectors, mortgage companies and other financial institutions.
 
Mr. Nachman's litigation practice also includes representing clients in business disputes, including fraud and contract claims, as well as employment litigation.
 
Mr. Nachman has spoken on numerous occasions on legal topics, most recently concerning the bankruptcy implications of real estate foreclosure and the impact of the revisions to the Bankruptcy Code.

Publications

  • "Constructive Trusts in Bankruptcy," American Bankruptcy Institute's Commercial Task Force Committee Newsletter (Co-authored)  (November 2007)

Civic and Cultural Involvements

  • Friends First Mentor, Mercy Home for Boys and Girls

Awards

  • Named Illinois Leading Lawyer for 2005, 2006 and 2009

  • Named Super Lawyer for 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010