Patrick S. Layng

Patrick S. Layng is the U.S. Trustee for Region 11, covering the Northern District of Illinois and the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, and is based in Chicago. He previously was a regional criminal coordinator for the U.S. Trustee Program (USTP), with responsibility for prosecuting bank- ruptcy-related cases as a special assistant U.S. attorney, providing consultation and guidance for law enforcement and USTP personnel on criminal bankruptcy fraud issues, and lecturing extensively on bankruptcy crimes, mortgage fraud and related topics. Prior to that, Mr. Layng was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Illinois for more than 14 years. From 1987-89, he clerked for Hon. Stanley J. Roszkowski in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (retired). Mr. Layng has tried nearly 40 federal criminal trials and argued 14 cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He received his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from the University of Illi- nois Urbana-Champaign College of Commerce and his J.D. cum laude from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Law School.