Background
Askounis, Thomas V. was born on May 17, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Askounis, Thomas V. was born on May 17, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Knox College; Northwestern University (Bachelor of Arts 1972). Vanderbilt University (Juris Doctor, 1975). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law.
Licensed Real Estate Broker, Illinois, 1981.
Spoken languages: Greek.
Worked at Askounis & Borst, Professional Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Practice. Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Bankruptcy Workouts and Litigation, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, Franchise Law, Telecommunications, Commercial Finance/Commercial Equipment Leasing, Corporate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Illinois.
1976, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois. 1986, Tennessee; 1993, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin.
1994, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Licensed Real Estate Broker, Illinois, 1981.
Author: "Are You Authorized to Transact Business in Other States?" Equipment Leasing Today, April, 1997.
"Grammatical Ambiguity Results in Unexpected Decision," Equipment Leasing Today, April, 1996. "New Hazards for Commercial Lenders," WAEL Newsletter, Winter, 1994.
Director: LINC Vendor Funding Corporation. LINC Finance Corporation VII. LINC Finance Corporation IX. Member: Chicago (Member: Real Property Law Committee.
Bankruptcy Law), Illinois State (Member, Real Property Section) and American (Member, UCC and Equipment Leasing Sections) Bar Associations.
Hellenic Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1992. President, 1990-1991).
Equipment Leasing Association of America (Member: Legal Committee. Membership Committee.
Credit and Collections Committee).
United Association of Equipment Lessors (Member, Board of Directors, 1996). Askounis & Borst, Professional Corporation is a full service law firm representing corporate clients, equipment lessors and secured lenders on a nationwide and international basis. The firm counsels its clients in all types of transactional, litigation, bankruptcies, workouts, environmental, intellectual property and telecommunications matters.
Member: Chicago (Member: Real Property Law Committee. Bankruptcy Law), Illinois State (Member, Real Property Section) and American (Member, UCC and Equipment Leasing Sections) Bar Associations. Hellenic Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1992.
President, 1990-1991).
Equipment Leasing Association of America (Member: Legal Committee. Membership Committee.
Credit and Collections Committee). United Association of Equipment Lessors (Member, Board of Directors, 1996).