Joseph U. Schorer

Publications 

“The Effects of Business Insolvency on the Duties and Liabilities of Directors and Officers - A Comparative Analysis With Recommendations to Promote Good Decision-Making,” Global Insolvency and Bankruptcy Practice for Sustainable Economic Development Vol 2, International Best Practice (December 2015).

"The Credit CARD Act of 2009:  Credit Card Reform and the Uneasy Case for Disclosure," The Banking Law Journal 924 (November/December 2010).

"Use Free Market to Fix Credit," The American Banker (Sept. 21, 2010).

"Lender's Justifiable Reliance Bars Discharge," The Bankruptcy Strategist (December 1995).

"Oversecured Creditor Denied Post-Petition Interest," The Bankruptcy Strategist (August 1995).

"Congress Changes the Treatment of Hotel Revenues in Bankruptcy," Real Estate Workouts and Asset Management (June 1995).

"A Win for Lenders in Broadcaster Bankruptcy," The American Banker (February 7, 1995).

"'No-Petition' Agreements Seem Sound," The National Law Journal (May 3, 1994).

"Treatment of Environmental Liability in Bankruptcy," Illinois Environmental Law (1994).

"Travelers Insurance Company v. Bryson Properties: The Controversy over Classification and Absolute Priority in Chapter 11 Single-Asset Real Estate Cases," Jour. of Internat'l Banking Law (February 1993).

"Bankruptcy Aspects of Environmental Transactions," Illinois Environmental Law, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (Spring 1993).

"Pre-Bankruptcy Cash Collateral Agreements: A Short Discussion of Their Enforceability in Bankruptcy," Meeting of the American Bar Association Special Task Force on Bankruptcy Considerations in Documenting Transactions (Fall 1992).

"Treatment of Environmental Liability in Bankruptcy" (Chapter 5) in Environmental Law for Transactional Attorneys, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (1991), republished by the American Bar Association as Attorney's Guide to Environmental Liability in Transactions (1992).

"Chapter 11 Lending: An Overview of the Process," The Secured Lender (April/May 1991).

"Lenders that Serve as Indenture Trustees: A Commercial Banking Perspective," The Problems of Indenture Trustees and Bondholders, Practicing Law Institutes (1991).

"A Secured Creditor's Practical Guide to the Use of Cash Collateral by a Debtor-in-Possession," Lorman Business Center, Inc. (1989).

"U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Extends Preference Period on Guaranteed Loans," 4 Jour. Of Internat'l Banking Law 374 (August 1989).

"A Short Overview of United States Bankruptcy Law," 4 Jour. of Internat'l Banking Law 310 (July 1989).

"The Bankruptcy Legislation Process, the Bankruptcy Code Amendments of 1988 and Candidates for Future Change (Deprizio and Other Matters)," 1 DePaul Business Law Journal 101 (Spring 1989).

"The Right of the Undersecured Creditor to Postpetition Interest in Bankruptcy on the Value of its Collateral: Implications of Recent Cases," 21 Uniform Comm. Code L.J. 61 (Summer 1988).

Contributing Author to the Following Publications:

• The American Banker
• Bankruptcy Strategist
• DePaul Business Law Journal
• Illinois Environmental Law
• Journal of International Banking Law
• The National Law Journal
• Practicing Law Institute Publications
• Real Estate Workouts and Asset Management
• The Secured Lender
• Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal

Seminars

7th Circuit Roundup (Chicago Bar Association Bankruptcy and Reorganization Committee, May 2013).

TALF For Investors: Special Issues (financial community presentation, April 2009).

Fiduciary Duties in the Zone of Insolvency (presented to Turnaround Management Association) (November 2002).

Practical and Ethical Considerations for the Lawyer as Director, Officer, or Investor (privilege issues, stock options and grants, and other issues) (presented by Chicago Bar Conference Center) (1999).

Mass Torts: Is Bankruptcy a Preferable Alternative to Class Actions? (co-chair) (sponsored by ABA - Torts and Insurance Practice Section, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, and Others) (Summer 1996).

Securitization Defaults and Bankruptcy (presented by Duff & Phelps, Standard & Poor's and Mayer, Brown & Platt) (1996).

After the LBO Fall (presented by the Cambridge Institute) (1992).

Survey of Insolvency Issues (presented by the American Bankers Association) (1991).

Bankruptcy Considerations in Documenting Transactions (presented to a Special Task Force of the American Bar Association) (1991).

Volunteer for Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) Chicago's First Annual Financially Fit in 2015 Student Conference where public high school students gained knowledge on topics including money management, debt, entrepreneurship and other related topics

Recipient of U.S. District Court Special Recognition Award for Excellence in Public Interest Legal Education in connection with Chicago-area CARE program

National Advisory Board for CARE program

Past President, Chicago Bar Association Bankruptcy and Reorganization Committee

Northwestern University--co-founder of and advisory committee member for Richard W. Leopold Lecture Program

Lecturer on U.S. Commercial Law, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Lecturer on Securitization Law, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law

Lecturer on U.S. Commercial Law, Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service in Vladivostok, Russia

Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) Board of Directors

American Securitization Forum

Chicago Bar Association