Resolving matters that arose where there was an underlying financial difficulty or insolvency was at the heart of Paula Jacobi’s practice. She represented clients in and out of state, federal and bankruptcy courts on matters that ranged from millions to hundreds of millions of dollars and was dedicated to guiding clients through even the most complicated disputes.
Paula offered four decades of experience in state and federal court litigation, bankruptcy court litigation, reorganization cases and out-of-court workouts. She was skilled in business dispute litigation, the defense and prosecution of fraudulent and preferential transfer cases, and litigation to recover on secured and unsecured debts.
Credentials
Education
- Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1977, Dean's List, senior staff editor of Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
- Cincinnati College of Law, 1974-1975, member of Law Review, Constitutional Law Award
- Smith College, graduate studies in psychiatric social work, 1972-1973
- University of Michigan, B.Ed., 1972, James B. Angel Scholar
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
Court Admissions
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan