Sean P. Williams

Sean Williams knew he wanted to be a bankruptcy attorney from the start of his legal career and he has spent it representing virtually every kind of party that appears in a bankruptcy case, including debtors, creditors, trustees, and purchasers of assets. His practice spans the full range of bankruptcy and related litigation, and he approaches every matter with a practical, results-driven sensibility shaped by years in bankruptcy courts nationwide.

Sean regularly represents Chapter 7 and liquidating trustees, pursuing recoveries for the benefit of creditors. He also serves as counsel to creditors of every kind, including secured lenders, landlords, individuals, and general unsecured creditors. He has substantial experience prosecuting and defending preference and fraudulent transfer actions. Sean has also represented numerous small business debtors and confirmed plans nationwide. In addition to his bankruptcy practice, Sean also handles general corporate matters, including out-of-court restructurings and the sale of "healthy" businesses.

Sean is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He writes and speaks frequently on bankruptcy and restructuring topics, most recently on merchant cash advance agreements in bankruptcy. Before joining FactorLaw, Sean was a partner at Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, in Chicago. Earlier in his career, he served as an extern to the Hon. Bruce W. Black, then Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois.