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Richard Wohlleber is a partner in the General Litigation Department. He has been practicing law since 1979 when he joined Chapman and Cutler LLP. Mr. Wohlleber represents banks, corporations and small businesses in a wide variety of litigation. He has had substantial experience in representing public bodies/municipal corporations in various matters including contract disputes. Mr. Wohlleber also has experience in securities litigation and in particular has participated in securities arbitrations on behalf of broker-dealers and commodity trading advisors before a number of regulatory organizations, including the National Association of Securities Dealers, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, the National Futures Association, and the American Stock Exchange. Throughout his career, Mr. Wohlleber has advised banks in all aspects of retail banking and consumer financial services. He has participated in numerous pieces of litigation with respect to the handling, processing and clearing of negotiable instruments and the regulatory issues connected with retail operations. He has defended lenders in several class actions involving federal and state consumer protection statutes. Mr. Wohlleber has twenty-five years of experience in handling bank fraud matters, including cross-border transactions. Mr. Wohlleber's bank clients regularly look to him for his advice in the workout of troubled credits, both secured and unsecured. In particular, he has handled many workouts involving commercial real estate credits and regularly appears in bankruptcy court on behalf of his lender clients. | 