Mr. Faiq Mihlar

Faiq M. Mihlar is co-managing member and partner at Heavner, Byers & Mihlar, LLC in Decatur, Ill.,where he oversees the firm?s bankruptcy practice, representing creditors in all aspects of chapters 7, 11,12 and 13 proceedings. He has more than 20 years of experience representing creditors in litigation and providing general counsel relating to banking and real estate matters, including assisting banks with large commercial transactions and providing litigation services. Additionally, Mr. Mihlar oversees the firm?s Missouri collection practice and represents creditors in residential mortgage foreclosure practice and ordinance violations/condemnation proceedings. His memberships include ABI and the MortgageBankers Association, National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys, Illinois State Bar Association, Missouri State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Association of Southern Illinois and Decatur Bar Association. Mr. Mihlar is a frequent national speaker on bankruptcy, mortgage foreclosure and related topics for the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, IICLE, BASIL, ABI, ISBA, Lorman Education Services and Pincus Professional Education. He is licensed to practice in Illinois and Missouri, and in the federal courts for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois and the Western District of Missouri. Mr. Mihlar is a current member of the Chapter 13 Local Rules Subcommittee for theSouthern District of Illinois and is chairman of the committee developing a Chapter 13 Model Plan for the Springfield Division, appointed by Hon. Mary Gorman of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois. He has served as member of the Northern District of Illinois Bankruptcy Court Liaison Committee and as co-chair of ABI?s Chicago Annual Consumer Bankruptcy Conference. Mr. Mihlar was appointed to the Chapter 7 Committee of ABI?s Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy. He received his undergraduate degree from Southeast Missouri State University in 1993 and his J.D. from SouthernIllinois University School of Law.