Mr. Edward J. Nazar

Edward J. Nazar is a member of the Hinkle Law Firm LLC in Wichita, Kan., where he represents rep- resents creditors and individuals in bankruptcy, insolvency, foreclosure, restructure and reorganization. He has also been a chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee in the state of Kansas since 1981 and a chapter 12 trustee since 1986, has been appointed as a receiver in both state and federal courts systems, and is licensed to practice before the Kansas Supreme Court, the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the District of Kansas and the Western District of Missouri, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Mr. Nazar has an extensive creditors' rights practice, and has represented receivers and been a receiver in numerous state and federal court cases. More recently, he has been appointed a receiver in both the state and federal court systems. He also represents regional and national banks in Kansas in creditors' rights actions in state and federal court. Mr. Nazar is a former member of the Kansas Governor's Commis- sion on Tax Equity, the Kansas Racing Commission and the University of Kansas Hospital Authority Board. He is a member of ABI and the American and Wichita Bar Associations, and he is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy. A former president of the Kansas Bar Association's Bankruptcy Law Section, Mr. Nazar was also a member of the Tenth Circuit Regents of the American College of Bankruptcy from 2001-05 and of the board of directors of the American College of Bankruptcy Foun- dation from 2005-08. He has been a trustee of the Kansas Bar Foundation since 2006 and served as its president from 2014-15. Mr. Nazar has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy, Creditor-Debtor Rights Law and Business Litigation. He graduated from Boston College and received his J.D. from Washburn University School of Law.