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Jim Spiotto is head of the Special Litigation, Bankruptcy and Workout Group. Mr. Spiotto has represented banks (and bank groups), insurance companies, institutional investors, funds, indenture trustees and bondholders in litigation or workouts for more than 400 troubled debt financings in over 35 different states and in over 10 foreign countries. He has lectured before various academic institutions, professional associations, authorities and governmental bodies regarding bankruptcy, municipal debt adjustment and the rights and remedies of indenture trustees, bondholders and issuers in defaulted debt securities. Mr. Spiotto has testified before governmental bodies regarding troubled debt financing, including appearances before the United States Congress in 1988, 1992 and 1995 with regard to amendments to the Bankruptcy Code. He is the Chairman of the National Association of Bond Lawyers ("NABL") Committee on Bankruptcy. NABL presented him with the Carlson Prize in 1995 for best scholarly article for his work on municipal bankruptcy. In 1992 the National Federation of Municipal Analysts presented him with the Municipal Industry Contribution Award. In conjunction with the American Bankers Association, Mr. Spiotto has authored the treatise Defaulted Securities: The Prudent Indenture Trustee's Guide. He is a co-author of the treatise The Law of State and Local Government Debt Financing (West Group, 2001). Mr. Spiotto was named in the Bankruptcy section as an "Illinois Super Lawyer" in 2007. | 