J. Mark Fisher

J. Mark Fisher is a partner and deputy head of the Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights practice and a member of the Finance practice of Schiff Hardin LLP in Chicago, and has focused his practice on representing secured creditors during the last 35 years. He has represented parties in transac- tions, bankruptcies and other litigation throughout the country, and has prevailed in the Third, Seventh and Eighth Circuits (en banc) Courts of Appeals on issues important to secured creditors and landlords. Mr. Fisher is a Fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation, and is a member of the ABA Business Bankruptcy and Commercial Financial Services Committees, ABI and INSOL. He is the author of Illinois Secured Transactions Under Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: Forms and Practice Manual and is a frequent speaker on bankruptcy and secured financing matters. Mr. Fisher has received achievement awards for distinguished achieve- ment from the Illinois Bankers' Association, the Commercial Finance Association and the Center for Public Resources. He has also been recognized as a leading practitioner by Chambers USA – Ameri- ca's Leading Lawyers for Business, Martindale-Hubbell, Corporate Legal Times, The Best Lawyers in America and Illinois Super Lawyers (Bankruptcy: Business; Business Litigation; Banking). Mr. Fisher received his B.A. magna cum laude from Yale University and with distinction in economics, and his J.D. from the University of Virginia, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and was on the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review.