Phillip H. Hamilton - Godfrey, IL

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    B.G.S.
    Major: General Studies

Current Employment Position(s)

• Shareholder

References

• Certified Public Accountant, State of Illinois 1989

Representative Cases

• In re Application of County Treasurer
  • Citation: 78 N.E.3d 650
  • Court: IL App (4th) 160707
  • Year: 2017
• Janice L. Morris v. Commissioner
  • Citation: 72 T.C.M. 1042
  • Court: Tax Ct.
  • Year: 1996
• Marco v. Doherty
  • Citation: 657 N.E.2d 1165
  • Court: Ill. App. Ct. - 5th Dist.
  • Year: 1995
• Jacob v. C&M Video, Inc.
  • Citation: 618 N.E.2d 1267
  • Court: Ill. App. Ct. - 5th Dist.
  • Year: 1993
• Southern Illinois Medical Business Associates v. Camillo
  • Citation: 567 N.E.2d 74
  • Court: Ill. App. Ct. - 5th Dist.
  • Year: 1991
• Stillwell v. United States
  • Citation: 1997 WL 1038204
  • Court: S.D. Ill.
  • Year: 1998
  • Serial Number: 1998195465
• In re: Waterman
  • Citation: 248 B.R. 567
  • Court: Bankr. E.D. Mo.
  • Year: 2000
• Boyd v. Phoenix Funding Corp.
  • Citation: 366 F.3d 524
  • Court: 7th Cir.
  • Year: 2004
• In re: Addison
  • Citation: 396 B.R. 735
  • Court: Bankr. S.D. Ill.
  • Year: 2008
• Fisher v. Commissioner
  • Citation: 96 T.C.M. 339
  • Court: Tax Ct.
  • Year: 2008
• American Business Brokers, Inc. v. Ayers Oil Co.
  • Citation: 2010 WL 2990113
  • Court: E.D. Mo.
  • Year: 2010

Published Works

Articles

• Exclusion in Bankruptcy of Qualified Retirement Plans in Illinois, Illinois Bar Journal, February, 1992
  
• Opportunities Still Abound to File Chapter 7 in the Wake of BAPCPA, Aspatore, Chapter 7 Consumer Bankruptcy Strategies, 2010 Ed.
  
• Juror No. 10, Attorney At Law, Illinois Bar Journal, June, 2010; reprinted in The Missouri Trial Attorney, Fall 2010
  

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1989
• Missouri, 1990
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1989
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1990
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1990
• U.S. Tax Court, 1989
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2009

Specialties and Certifications

• Certified Public Accountant, State of Illinois, 1989

Other Affiliations

• Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club (Past Director, 1996 - 1999)
• Missouri Bar Association (Member)
• Illinois Bar Association (Member)
• American Arbitration Association (commercial panel)