The Collins Law Firm, P.C.
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| Megan A. Drefchinski |
Megan Drefchinski has recently joined the firm’s banking and real estate litigation group as an associate attorney. She is
an aggressive commercial litigator whose clients include both banks and commercial real estate developers. Megan is also
experienced in representing financial institutions in bankruptcy proceedings. Megan currently focuses her practice in
representing banks in commercial and inter-bank matters including loan documentation, litigation, collateral foreclosure,
and banking rights in bankruptcy.
Megan graduated from Northern Illinois University College of Law (2004, Magna Cum Laude). While at Northern, she
was a member and editor of Law Review. Megan also graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University (2000, Summa Cum
Laude). Megan wrote an article for Law Review that was published and was nominated as a finalist for a national writing
award.
Megan is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Illinois, including the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Articles published by Megan include:
Courts Should Avoid Making Sausage Out of LLC Member’s Interest During Collection Proceedings, Illinois State Bar Association
Corporation, Securities, and Business Law Section Council Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 2 (2010); co-authored with Jonathan
T. Linnemeyer; to be republished in the Commercial, Banking, and Bankruptcy Section Council Newsletter.
Punitive Damages Award Proper in Retaliation, Defamation, and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Lawsuit, Illinois State Bar
Association Labor and Employment Section Council Newsletter, Vol. 47, No. 3 (2009);
Employee’s Affidavit Insufficient to Defeat Motion for Summary Judgment, Illinois State Bar Association Labor and Employment
Section Council Newsletter, Vol. 47, No. 2 (2009);
Out With the Old and In With the New: An Analysis of Illinois Maintenance Law Under the Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act and a
Proposal for Its Replacement, Northern Illinois University Law Review, Vol. 23, Page 581 (2003).
Megan is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association; the Commercial Banking & Bankruptcy Section Council of the
Illinois State Bar Association, the DuPage County Bar Association, and the DuPage County Inns of Court.
