Jonathan A. Backman Esq. - Bloomington, IL

Education

• Legal Education

  • Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984
    B.S.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Major: Economics

Classes and Seminars

• ADA Training Seminars, IADOCPA, Inc.
  
• ADA Training Seminars, Central Illinois Recovery Coalition
  
• WBJC guest legal analyst and former forum speaker

Representative Clients

• MONTGOMERY WARD (1997-1999)

• KARSTEN MAHLMANN (1991-1998)

• THE WHITLOCK CORPORATION (1996-2002)

• AMERICAN SPEEDY PRINTING CENTERS (1996-1997)

• NOBART, INC. (1994-1997)

• NORTHWEST AIRLINES (1992-1995)

• INTERCO, INCORPORATED (1991-1992)

Representative Cases

• HAYES v. SNYDER
  • Citation: 546 F.3d 516
  • Court: CA 7, Ill
  • Year: 2008
• IN THE INTEREST OF GAELIN E.
  • Citation: 346 Ill.App.3d 1192, 866 N.E.2d 718
  • Year: 2004
• PEOPLE v. BRUER
  • Citation: 335 Ill.App.3d 422, 780 N.E.2d 1128
  • Court: (4th Dist.)
  • Year: 2002

Published Works

Articles

• Hartford Insurance Revisited: Seller Beware, XVIII Bankruptcy Strategist 1, September, 2001
  
• Subordination of Tax Penalties: Dead or Alive (Co-Author), XVI Bankruptcy Strategist 1, March, 1996
  
• Banks May Freeze Funds Subject to Setoff (Co-Author), Bankruptcy Strategist 1, November, 1995
  
• Alternatives to Insurance Liquidation, a U.S. Perspective (Co-Author), 4 Int'l J. Ins. L. 218, October, 1994
  
• Civil RICO Claims in Bankruptcy (Co-Author), Civil RICO Practice: Causes of Action, Supp., 1993
  
• Appeals Court Upholds New Value Exception, X Bankruptcy Strategist 11, September, 1993
• How Courts Split on Res Judicata Doctrine, X Bankruptcy Strategist 8, June, 1993
• Landlord Damage Claims in Chapter 11, IX Bankruptcy Strategist 4, February, 1992
• Face Value Debt Swap Does Not Create OID, IX Bankruptcy Strategist 7, May, 1992
• Pursuing Alter-Ego Liability Against Non-Bankrupt Third Parties: Structuring a Comprehensive Conceptual Framework (Co-Author), 35 St. Louis L.J. 657, 1991

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1987
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1989
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2001
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1990
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2001
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2004
• Supreme Court of the United States of America, 2006

Other Affiliations

• Central Illinois Center for Independent Living (Former member of the Board of Directors)