Arlene Gelman
Attorney at Vedder Price, P.C.
- Role
- Attorney at Vedder
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Attorney
May 2008 — Present
Arlene N. Gelman is a Shareholder at Vedder Price in the firm\'s Commercial Litigation and Corporate Reorganization, Bankruptcy and Insolvency groups. She currently serves as Co-Chair of the firm\'s Creditors\' Rights and Collections group and concentrates her practice in the representation of lenders, equipment lessors and other creditors in U.S. state, federal district, appellate and bankruptcy courts. Ms. Gelman is a graduate of the University of Illinois (B.A, with distinction, 1989) and Boston University School of Law (J.D, 1994), where she was an Edward F. Hennessey Scholar and a member of the American Journal of Law & Medicine. Ms. Gelman also served as a staff attorney to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the N.D. of Illinois; Law Clerk to the Hon. Ronald Barliant, Bankruptcy Judge for the N.D. of Illinois; Law Clerk to the Hon. Eugene Wedoff, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the N.D. of Illinois; and Law Clerk to the Hon. Joan H. Lefkow, U.S. District Court Judge for the N.D. of Illinois. Since 2013, Ms. Gelman has been selected by her peers as a Leading Lawyer in Bankruptcy & Workout: Commercial and Creditor’s Rights/Commercial Collections. Ms. Gelman also possesses an \"AV Preeminent\" Peer Rating in Martindale-Hubbell. In addition, 2020 and 2022, Ms. Gelman was included on Lawdragon’s list of the 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers. Ms. Gelman is a frequent speaker at various Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) and other events, including at ELFA\'s Legal Forum, Credit & Collections Conference, Equipment Management Conference and Exhibition, and webinars.
Education
University of Illinois
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Boston University School of Law
Juris Doctor
Skills
- Corporate Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Commercial Litigation
- Creditors' Rights
- Legal Writing
- Litigation
- Trials
- Bankruptcy
- Business Litigation
- Civil Litigation
- Courts
- Mediation
- Corporate Governance
- Creditor Representation
- Legal Research
- Trial Practice
- Appeals
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