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Mason Pollick & Schmahl, LLC is a Chicago-based business law firm with special expertise in the areas of business bankruptcy and reorganization, commercial real estate transactions, litigation in the federal and state courts, and general corporate matters. Our principals have over 100 years of combined experience practicing business law, including many years as colleagues in one of the world’s largest business law firms. Two of our principals also served for several years as in-house counsel for significant companies. The firm provides clients with big firm experience but greater flexibility on rates and methods of billing.
Mason Pollick & Schmahl LLC represents a wide range of clients in the following types of matters:
Richard J. Mason
Mr. Mason represents significant business interests in transactions and litigation, with a strong concentration in the areas of business insolvency and debtor-creditor relations. He has extensive experience representing a range of clients in business matters throughout the United States and overseas. He has represented clients in some of the country’s largest bankruptcies in Chicago, New York, Delaware, Miami, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Los Angeles.
Mr. Mason is an adjunct professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he has taught bankruptcy law each year since 1983. He has been named to Best Lawyers in America, Illinois Superlawyers and Leading Lawyers Network and previously served as Co-chair of the Insolvency Section of the International Bar Association, Chair of the Education Committee of the American College of Bankruptcy, and Chair of the Use and Disposition of Property subcommittee of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the American Bar Association. He also served as a delegate to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for both the ABA and the IBA. He has published extensively on the subject of business bankruptcy and commercial litigation. He is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education programs sponsored by organizations such as the American Bar Association, International Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, Commercial Law League of America, Practicing Law Institute, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, and various state and local bar associations.
Mr. Mason has been admitted to and appeared in various federal courts in 20 states.
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, and U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar)
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