Sumner A. Bourne

Sumner A. Bourne is a partner with Rafool & Bourne, P.C. in Peoria, Ill., where he primarily rep- resents debtors in chapter 7, 11 and 13 cases, and has confirmed several subchapter V plans. He also is a subchapter V trustee in downstate Illinois, accepting trustee appointments in the Central and Southern Districts of Illinois. Mr. Bourne has experience in representing chapter 7 trustees in pref- erence and other asset-recovery litigation. He is a past chair of the Illinois State Bar Association’s section on Bankruptcy practice, and he is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy issues, having presented for ABI, the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), the office of the Illinois Attorney General and the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT), among other organizations. Mr. Bourne is a frequent author on bankruptcy issues, most recently focusing on subchapter V, and has been published in the ABI Journal and the journal of the NABT. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois in 1990 and his J.D. magna cum laude in 1994 from Boston University School of Law.