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Mark Radtke is a member of Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC. He concentrates his practice in corporate reorganization, creditors’ rights, bankruptcy and commercial litigation involving contract disputes, the Uniform Commercial Code, lien rights, employment issues, fraud, fiduciary duties and corporate governance. Mr. Radtke has represented debtors, trustees, assignees, committees, financial institutions, secured and unsecured creditors, interest holders, and both business entities and individuals in a variety of insolvency and commercial matters. Mr. Radtke has been a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute since 2002 and currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Young and New Members Committee.

In 1998, Mr. Radtke became a Certified Public Accountant in Illinois, though he is not currently licensed to practice public accounting. He is a graduate with high honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was an Executive Articles Editor for the Chicago-Kent Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for scholastic achievement in law. Illinois Super Lawyers magazine has selected Mr. Radtke as an “Illinois Rising Star” in the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 issues of Chicago Magazine. He has authored and co-authored articles and chapters on bankruptcy-related topics in various publications and has spoken on bankruptcy-related topics at regional and national conferences. Mr. Radtke is admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois; the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois, Central District of Illinois and Eastern District of Michigan; and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Michael Goldman is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Valuation Analyst, and Certified in Financial Forensics. He has been qualified as an expert witness in both federal and state courts in the areas of Insolvency, Forensic Accounting, Business Valuation, Business Management, Accounting, and internal Control. Michael has served as a court-appointed examiner, and has worked as a forensic accountant for bankruptcy trustees, secured lenders, unsecured creditors, company owners, and the management teams of companies. He has performed forensic accounting in shareholder disputes, marital dissolution, commercial damages, bank fraud, embezzlement, skimming, and personal damage cases.

MIchael has authored chapters about insolvency or investigation of fraud in books published by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the American Bankruptcy Institute, Westlaw, and Aspen Law and Business. He has also had articles published in numerous professional journals for both lawyers and accountants.

MIchael has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rice University and a Master of Management degree from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He currently teaches a course in Entrepreneurship at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.

George Spathis is of counsel at the Chicago law firm of Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered. George is a seasoned trial lawyer with extensive experience in the area of bankruptcy litigation, having represented bankruptcy trustees, secured creditors, creditors committees, assignees and receivers in an array of complex litigation matters in a myriad of industries, and having counseled clients on issues relating to insolvency and dealing with businesses in distress. He has prosecuted and defended large fraudulent conveyance actions in Federal Courts throughout the country, and has authored and published numerous articles on the topic.

Prior to joining Horwood Marcus & Berk, George was a partner at Shaw Gusiss Fishman Glantz Wolfson and Towbin, a boutique commercial bankruptcy firm in Chicago. He is a Member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Turnaround Management Association.

George is a 1990 graduate of the Chicago-Kent Law School, with High Honors, and is a Member of its Order of the Coif. He served as an Executive Articles Editor for the Law Review and was elected to the inaugural class of the Kent Legal Scholars.