Heather Giannino

Heather M. Giannino is the managing attorney of the Bankruptcy Department at Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC in Decatur, Ill., where she oversees secured creditors’ rights in bankruptcy, foreclosure and related matters. She is a member of ABI and the Bankruptcy Association of Southern Illinois (BASIL), the National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees (NACTT), the American Legal and Financial Network (ALFN), and the Illinois State, Decatur and Missouri Bar Associations. Ms. Giannino currently co-chairs ABI’s Consumer Committee. She previously served as co-chair of the Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff Seventh Circuit Consumer Bankruptcy Conference; Education Director, Special Projects Leader and Communications Manager of ABI’s Consumer Committee; co-chair of ALFN’s BKPG Events, Content & Social Media Subcommittee, coordinating editor for the Consumer Point-Counterpoint Column of the ABI Journal, member of the Loan Modification Mediation subcommittee of the Northern District of Illinois Bankruptcy Court Liaison Committee and member of the planning committee for ABI’s Con- sumer Practice Extravaganza. Ms. Giannino is licensed to practice in Illinois, Missouri and Indiana. She received her B.S. in accounting and finance summa cum laude from Millikin University and her J.D. cum laude from Chicago-Kent College of Law.