Mr. Berton J. Maley

Berton J. ?B.J.? Maley is a vice president of Codilis & Associates, P.C. in Burr Ridge, Ill., and serves as both compliance officer and diversity officer for the Codilis Family of Firms. He oversees audit and compliance functions, as well as the firm?s expanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program. Mr.Maley formerly served for nearly 30 years in Codilis?s bankruptcy department. He is a active in several bar and industry related trade associations, and served as co-chair of ABI?s Seventh Circuit ConsumerBankruptcy Conference Advisory Board and as a member of ABI?s Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy, for which he served on its Chapter 7 Committee. In addition, he is a past chair of the Bankruptcy Law and Practice Committee of the DuPage County Bar Association and of the Bankruptcy and Reorganization Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. Mr. Maley is a member of the Bankruptcy Association of Southern Illinois, the Illinois State Bar Association, ABI, the National Association of Chapter13 Trustees (associate member) and Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International (International board member - marshal). He has previously served as a member of the Bench Bar Liaison Committee for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois and of the Model Plan Committees for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois and the Springfield Division of the U.S.Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois. Mr. Maley is an author and regular lecturer on bankruptcy, mortgage foreclosure and related topics and has spoken for such groups as ABI, the Bankruptcy Association of Southern Illinois, the Illinois Institute of Continuing Education, the DuPage County Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, REOMAC (mortgage industry trade association) and the Illinois Housing Development Authority. He is admitted to practice in Illinois, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the U.S.District Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois, the Northern and SouthernDistricts of Indiana, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Mr. Maley received his B.A. in 1990 fromLoyola University of Chicago College of Arts and Sciences and his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law in 1992.

Berton J. Maley