Gary E. Green

Gary E. Green practices in the Banking & Finance, Litigation and Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Departments.  He has more than 28 years of experience representing financial institutions in foreclosures, receiverships, lender liability, bankruptcy and restructuring. 

Gary’s experience includes loan documentation, portfolio sales and U.S. Small Business Administration loan programs.  He has extensive experience in the equipment lease finance industry, including litigation, bankruptcy, collection policies and procedures, vendor programs, broker-dealer agreements, and sale and purchase of lease portfolios.

Gary has years of trial experience in state, federal and bankruptcy courts throughout the country in all facets of litigation, fraudulent conveyance, preferences and receiverships. He has prosecuted TROs and Preliminary Injunctions by the successful use of electronic discovery. Gary's experience encompasses the defense of Class Actions involving Consumer Fraud, Fair Debt Collection Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act and Securities Fraud.

Gary has lectured and written on bankruptcy, trial techniques, evidence, settlement negotiations, collection practices, and counseled his clients on the pitfalls of the electronic era in the uses of electronic discovery.  He has been awarded the “Illinois Leading Lawyer” in Banking and Financial Institutions Law and Bankruptcy in 2004-2014 and Illinois Super Lawyers 2010-2017. Gary served on the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's Executive Legal Committee from 2009-2011. In addition, he serves on the State Legislative and Uniform Commercial Code Subcommittees and was the Chair of the Equipment Leasing Times legal section.