Jill L. Murch is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP, where she is a member of the firm's Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations and Real Estate Practices. She concentrates her practice in commercial bankruptcy and insolvency matters as well as out-of-court workouts and restructurings. Ms. Murch has represented a broad array of clients in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, including secured lenders, creditors' committees, indenture trustees, bondholder committees, foreign representatives, creditors, Chapter 11 debtors, governmental agencies, and federally chartered entities. Her experience encompasses all facets of bankruptcy and insolvency, including Chapter 11 plan formation and prosecution, 363 sales, valuation disputes, single asset real estate, debtor-in-possession financing, representation of foreign representatives in ancillary proceedings, tax credit bond finance deals, adversary actions, bankruptcy appeals, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and stock broker liquidations. Ms. Murch chairs the firm's Distressed Real Estate Initiative and heads up the Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Subprime Lender Task Force as well as the firm's Homebuilder/Developer Task Force in which she counsels clients regarding both proactive and responsive strategies for real estate related bankruptcy and turnaround situations. Ms. Murch also has extensive experience in the automotive and financial services industries and serves as outside bankruptcy counsel to a number of Fortune 500 companies whom she counsels regarding best practices with respect to bankruptcy and insolvency issues. Ms. Murch received her juris doctor degree, with honors, from the University of Illinois College of Law, where she served as an editor of the University of Illinois Elder Law Journal. While in law school, she received the American Bankruptcy Institute's Medal for excellence in bankruptcy and the American Bankruptcy Law Journal Prize and was named the Rickert Scholar for excellence in trial advocacy, legal writing, and legal publications. Ms. Murch received her undergraduate degree, with honors, from the University of Chicago, where she was selected as a Norman Maclean scholar. She also served as president of the University of Chicago Debate Team. Ms. Murch is admitted to practice in Illinois and New York and is a member of the Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Ms. Murch is also board certified as a Business Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification.* Ms. Murch is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Turnaround Management Association, INSOL International, the International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), the Chicago Bar Association, the Professional Women's Club of Chicago, and the Executives' Club of Chicago. She is the immediate past chair of the board of directors of the Chicago Network of IWIRC and is a member of the Chicago Network's board of directors. Ms. Murch is an adjunct professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and teaches a course on advanced corporate restructuring. Ms. Murch was named a Rising Star in the field of bankruptcy in Illinois Super Lawyers 2008 - Rising Stars Edition. The Rising Star designation represents the top 2.5 percent of the best up-and-coming attorneys in Illinois based upon a survey of Ms. Murch's peers by Law & Politics Media, Inc.* Her publications include: "Key Considerations for Commercial Landlords When Faced With a Tenant's Bankruptcy," The Real Estate Finance Journal, Fall 2007 (author) "The Importance of Full Disclosure in Seeking Success Fees under § 328(a): How Engaging is Your Engagement Letter?" American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, April 2007 (co-author) "Seventh Circuit Addresses Chapter 7 Trustee's Ability to Serve as Class Action Representative," American Bankruptcy Institute's Cracking the Code, August 22, 2003 (author) "Fraudulent Transfers Under the Bankruptcy Code," the Illinois State Bar Association's The Challenge, August 2002 (author) "Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Burden of Proof Remains with Taxpayers," American Bankruptcy Institute's Cracking the Code, August 2, 1999 (author) "Promises Made, Promises Broken: Securing Defined Benefit Pension Plan Income in the Wake of Employer Bankruptcy. Should We Rethink Priority Status for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation?" 6 University of Illinois Elder Law Journal 77 (author)She has spoken in connection with the following seminars: "Strategies for Surviving the Depressed Home Construction Market," Lorman Education Services (2008) "The Fallout from the Subprime Lending Crisis," Suffolk University College of Law (Boston, MA) (2008) "Case Studies in Financial Market Insolvency," Eleventh Annual Conference on Corporate Reorganizations (Chicago, IL) (2008)