Background
Chmiel, Michael J. was born on October 21, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Chmiel, Michael J. was born on October 21, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, 1987). University of Illinois (Juris Doctor, 1990).
Worked at Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle. Admitted to the bar, 1990, Illinois and United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
Phi Alpha Delta.
Member, University of Illinois Law Review, 1989-1990. Recipient, Rickert Scholarship Award for Excellence in Legal Writing. Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard North. DeGunther, United States.
Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois, Western Division, 1990-1992.
Author: "The Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Acting of 1988: Codifying a Private Right of Action," 1990 University of Illinois Law Review 645, 1990. Recent Decision, 78 Illinois Bar Journal 99, 1990.
Company-Author: "A Preferential Classification in Chapter 13: How Unfair Discrimination Has Created a Murky Body of Case Law," 98 Commercial Law Journal 486, 1993. Township Attorney: Algonquin Township, 1994.
Richmond Township, 1996.
Chemung Township, 1996. Municipal Attorney: Village of Greenwood, 1995. Village of Trout Valley, 1996.
Member: Chicago (Member: Bankruptcy and Reorganization Committee, 1991-1995.
Commercial Finance and Transactions Committee, 1991-1995), McHenry County, Winnebago County, Illinois State (Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law Section, Member, 1991. Secretary, 1994-1995.
Vice Chair, 1995-1996. Chair, 1996-1997) and American Bar Associations.
American Bankruptcy Institute.
Member, University of Illinois Law Review, 1989-1990. Recipient, Rickert Scholarship Award for Excellence in Legal Writing. Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard North. DeGunther, United States.
Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois, Western Division, 1990-1992.