Experience. Knowledge. Dedication. These are admirable traits not just for mixed martial arts fighters, but also attorneys. Matt Abad happens to be both.
Matt has more than twenty-one years of creditor’s rights experience spanning all manner of areas. He focuses on counseling clients on residential and commercial foreclosures, bankruptcy, replevin actions, deed-in-lieu, eviction, and title claims and clearance. Matt's bankruptcy knowledge runs deep, where he focuses on seeking relief from stay, performing plan reviews, defending against claims, objecting to plans, and serial-filer review and protection. His vast experience includes navigating the many aspects of Chapters 7, 11, and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Matt’s prior experience runs deep, including his roles as in-house counsel for a national bank and a national creditor’s rights firm. And when he isn’t pinning his opponents to the mat during his off-the-clock-time, Matt utilizes that discipline at the firm to develop, document, and refine workflows, processes, and procedures, including the implementation of training and quality control procedures.
When a matter calls for an industry insider who knows the ins and outs of complex procedural and substantive legal issues in either the bankruptcy or foreclosure fields, Matt stands ready to tag in and lend his particular skill set to solve the problem at hand.
Matt has more than twenty-one years of creditor’s rights experience spanning all manner of areas. He focuses on counseling clients on residential and commercial foreclosures, bankruptcy, replevin actions, deed-in-lieu, eviction, and title claims and clearance. Matt's bankruptcy knowledge runs deep, where he focuses on seeking relief from stay, performing plan reviews, defending against claims, objecting to plans, and serial-filer review and protection. His vast experience includes navigating the many aspects of Chapters 7, 11, and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Matt’s prior experience runs deep, including his roles as in-house counsel for a national bank and a national creditor’s rights firm. And when he isn’t pinning his opponents to the mat during his off-the-clock-time, Matt utilizes that discipline at the firm to develop, document, and refine workflows, processes, and procedures, including the implementation of training and quality control procedures.
When a matter calls for an industry insider who knows the ins and outs of complex procedural and substantive legal issues in either the bankruptcy or foreclosure fields, Matt stands ready to tag in and lend his particular skill set to solve the problem at hand.
- Residential Default & Lender Services
- Default Foreclosure Litigation
- Marquette University Law School, J.D., 1998
- CALI Award - Pre-trial Practice, Spring 1998
- CALI Award - Alternative Dispute Resolution, Spring 1997
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S., 1992
Admissions
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Wisconsin
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Publications
- “Foreclosure Best Practices: For Better or Worse,” Legal League Quarterly, Spring 2011
- “Clouded in Confusion – The Second Rendition of PTFA Is a Law That’s Clearly Unclear,” DS News, September 2010
- “Servicing Mortgage Backed Securities Vs. the Federal and State Courts. A Climate Change Convergence with the Essence of Ability,” Servicing Management 2009, Contributing Author
Presentations
- Bankruptcy Basics, Panel Speaker, Hosted by The S.M.A.R.T Webinar Series, 2024
- Mortgage Bankers Association – Default Super Session, February 2012
- American Legal and Financial Network
- American Legal and Financial Network - Hot Topics Webinar Series
- Legal League 100 - Fall 2010
- Legal League 100 - Spring 2010
- Legal League 100 - Fall 2009
