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Howard L. Adelman
Howard Adelman formed the law firm of Adelman & Gettleman, Ltd. with Chad H. Gettleman in 1983. Since entering private practice in 1978, Howard has devoted his entire professional practice to the areas of commercial litigation, bankruptcy, insolv…
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Henry B. Merens
Henry Merens began with Adelman & Gettleman, Ltd. in February 1985, as the first attorney to join the Firm after its founding. Throughout his tenure with A&G, Henry has concentrated in the areas of bankruptcy, real estate, civil litigation an…
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Adam P. Silverman
Driven by his passion to meld business with business law, Adam Silverman became an insolvency attorney to help companies and their owners solve financial problems and maintain going concern operations. Like all of the lawyers at A&G, Adam strives…
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Steven B. Chaiken
Steve Chaiken joined Adelman & Gettleman in January 2007 and became a partner in January 2013. Steve focuses his practice in assisting financially distressed companies and business owners resolving their financial issues. Whether through settleme…
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Erich S. Buck
Erich Buck is a partner and shareholder, where he represents corporate and individual debtors, creditors and other parties in all aspects of insolvency and bankruptcy, including workouts, assignments for the benefit of creditors, asset sales and purc…
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Alexander F. Brougham
Alexander Brougham joined Adelman & Gettleman in September 2012 and focuses his practice in business bankruptcy, reorganization, and commercial litigation. Alex is an active participant in both the transactional and litigation sides of business b…
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Nicholas R. Dwayne
Nick first joined Adelman & Gettleman as an associate in April 2017. His practice is focused on lending, bankruptcy, reorganization, and commercial litigation. Throughout his career, Nick has represented both debtors and creditors in all manner o…
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Tevin Bowens
Tevin Bowens joined Adelman & Gettleman in September 2022 as a full-time associate after his two-year bankruptcy clerkship. Prior to joining the firm, Tevin completed a two-year clerkship at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern Dis…
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Dina A. Kostrow
Dina Kostrow joined Adelman & Gettleman as an associate in September 2024. Prior to joining the firm, Dina served a one-year term as law clerk to the Honorable A. Benjamin Goldgar of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois…
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Sandra Rodela
Sandra Rodela is a certified paralegal who assists the attorneys and staff with legal research, filing, preparing drafts of legal forms and documents, and file maintenance and organization. Sandra joined Adelman & Gettleman in 2013 as a messenger…
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Chad H. Gettleman
Chad Gettleman formed the law firm of Adelman & Gettleman, Ltd. with Howard L. Adelman in 1983. Chad remained a shareholder-principal of the firm until January 1, 2019, at which time he assumed his new role at the firm as Senior Counsel. Chad has…
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