Mr. David P. Leibowitz

David P. Leibowitz is the founder and managing member of the Law Offices of David P. Leibowitz, LLC in Chicago. He also has been a chapter 7 trustee in the Northern District of Illinois for more than 30 years. Mr. Leibowitz represents debtors in consumer and business bankruptcy cases under all chapters of the Bankruptcy Code. He is responsible for precedential decisions in the bankruptcy courts, the Northern District of Illinois and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as the Illinois Supreme Court. Mr. Leibowitz served on the boards of directors of ABI and the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, and as co-chair of the ABI task force studying individual chapter 11 cases. He also has co-chaired of ABI?s Consumer Bankruptcy Committee and Commercial Fraud Committee. Mr. Leibowitz is an author and editor of the ABI?s Commercial Fraud Manual and many articles in the ABI Journal. He is a frequent speaker at national, regional and local conferences. Mr. Leibowitz is Board Certified in both Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification. He received ABI?s Annual Service Award for having originated and organized the first two years of its annual virtual conference for consumer practitioners, the Consumer Practice Extravaganza (CPEX). Mr. Leibowitz received the Liberty Bell Award in 2010 from the Judges of the 19th Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Ill., for ?Outstanding Commitment and Service? for his work in organizing that court?s mortgage foreclosure help desk and producing mortgage foreclosure information videos. He also received the Excellence in Pro Bono Service Award in 2006 from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Mr. Leibowitz received his B.A. in economics from Northwestern University and his J.D. cum laude from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, where he was note editor of its law review.