Leonard Norman Math

Leonard N. Math, (Shareholder), a native of Peoria, Illinois, is a graduate of the University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University School of Law. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1985 and the Alabama State Bar in 1989. Mr. Math left a prominent Alabama based interstate law firm to join Chambless & Cooner, P.C., and in 1996, the firm changed its name to Chambless & Math, P.C. Mr. Math practices in the areas of real estate, commercial and residential foreclosures and workouts, commercial litigation, banking and credit union law, commercial and consumer bankruptcy and collection law with an emphasis on financial collections. In addition to representing creditors, Mr. Math has represented several bankruptcy trustees in various bankruptcy related litigation. He is admitted to practice before the Eleventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals and has argued several cases before that Court related to creditors rights which are often cited as a precedent in other cases. He is also admitted to practice before all federal courts within the state of Alabama, the U. S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, and all state courts of Illinois and Alabama. From 1992 through 2005, Mr. Math was an Adjunct Professor of Law at Jones School of Law in Montgomery, Alabama, teaching in the areas of Secured Transactions and Bankruptcy. He speaks regularly to groups on these and other legal subjects. Mr. Math is a past-president of the Bankruptcy and Commercial Law section of the Alabama State Bar and has been a member of the Local Rules Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for Middle District of Alabama. Mr. Math is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute.

• Creditors Rights
• Banking Law
• Credit Union Law

• Contingent Fees
  Contingent Arrangements are available for most consumer collection cases

Alabama

Illinois

11th Circuit

United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Managing Shareholder

Chambless Math Carr, P.C.

1996 - Current

Adjunct Professor of Law

Jones School of Law at Faulkner University

1992 - 1998

Wills & Trusts, Real Estate, Contracts, UCC, Bankruptcy

Associate

Trimmier, Atchison & Hayley, P.C.

1989 - 1996

Associate

Swain, Johnson & Gard

1985 - 1989

Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

J.D. (1985) | Law

1982 - 1985

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

B.A. (1982) | Political Science/Economics

1978 - 1982

Alabama State Bar

Member

Current

Illinois Bar Association

Current

Montgomery County Bar Association

Current

Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section of the Alabama State Bar

President (2008); Vice President (2007); Treasurer (2006); Newsletter Editor (2005); Secretary (2004)

Current

Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association

Section Council Representative, 6/87 to 5/89. Secretary 6/88 to 5/89.

Current

United Way Fund Raising Campaigns

Firm Chairman, 1985 - 1988

Current

ABICLE “Bankruptcy Law Update” November 2011

The Basics of Loan Participation Agreements, co-authored with Gregory M. White, Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law Section Council Newsletter. Vol. 33, No. 3, 1988.

The Development of the Discovery Rule in Illinois, 76 Illinois Bar Journal 682, August 1988.

"Current Developments in Bankruptcy and Credit Union Law", Montgomery Area Chapter of Credit Unions, August 1990- August 2012, Montgomery, Alabama.

"Bankruptcy Law", Florida Credit Union League Tampa Area Compliance seminar, September 1991.

“Medical Collections” Lorman Educational Services, Fall 2000, Montgomery, Alabama

“Advanced Bankruptcy Law”, Lorman Educational Services, Fall 2000, Montgomery, Alabama

Max Federal Credit Union, Consumer Education Seminars 1999-present

Max Federal Credit Union, Consumer Education Seminars 1999-present

Max Federal Credit Union, Consumer Education Seminars 1999-present