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Scope of Practice: Mr. Chamley’s practice primarily focuses on Banking, Bankruptcy, Real Estate and Municipal Law. He serves as Vice-Chair and CLE Coordinator of the Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association. Mr. Chamley is admitted to practice before the Illinois Supreme Court, the U.S. Central District of Illinois, the U.S. Seventh Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States of America. He routinely litigates in the trial court and the appellate courts on behalf of financial institutions on issues of commercial collection, foreclosure, bankruptcy and lender liability. He is a member of the panel of attorneys appointed to represent indigent criminal defendants in the U.S. District Court for the Central District and has over 12 years of experience prosecuting municipal ordinance violations.
Mr. Chamley has been an Instructor for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Commerce and Roosevelt University on issues of business organizations, local government and general litigation.
Joe was raised in Whiteside County in the Northwest corner of Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (cum laude) in 1991 and from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Law (cum laude) in 1994. Joe, Amy and their daughters Emma and Bess, reside in Champaign, Illinois.
Admitted to Practice: · Illinois, 1994 · U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · U.S. Supreme Court Education: · J.D., University of Illinois, cum laude, 1994 · B.A. University of Illinois, cum laude, 1991, Phi Beta Kappa
Professional Associations: · Illinois State Bar Association (Vice Chair & CLE Coordinator, Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law Section Council) · Champaign County Bar Association
Biography: · Lecturer, College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois, 1994-1995; “Incomplete List of Outstanding Teachers” · Instructor, Roosevelt University, 1997-1998 · YMCA of the USA Illini Cluster, 2000 Key Lender Award
Publications: · “Illinois Supreme Court splits the baby on issue of fraudulent transfer into tenancy by the entirety,” Commercial, Banking & Bankruptcy Law Newsletter, Vol. 44, No. 4, April 2000, ISBA. · “Consumer ‘cross-collateralization’ clauses held enforceable by the U.S. Fifth Circuit,” Commercial, Banking & Bankruptcy Law Newsletter, Vol. 45, No. 4, November 2000, ISBA.
Reported Appellate Cases: · U.S. v. Hunter, 145 F.3d 946 (7th. Cir. 1998). · Champaign National Bank v. Babcock, et al, 273 Ill.App.3d 292 (Ill.App. 4th Dist. 1995). |
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Joseph P. Chamley Evans, Froehlich, Beth & Chamley 44 Main Street, Suite 310 Champaign, Illinois 61820
Phone: (217) 359-6494 Fax: (217) 359-6468 Email: jchamley@efbclaw.com |
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Updated 10/1/2006 |