Patrick M. Jones is an officer in the Chicago office and a member of the firm’s Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy and Litigation Practice Groups. He represents parties in complex business disputes and corporate bankruptcies, including plaintiffs and defendants, debtors, lenders, creditors’ committees and Chapter 7 trustees. Jones also represents several private equity groups and hedge funds active in the purchase and sale of a variety of illiquid assets, including claims in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. He is a member of the Trial Bar for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and he routinely appears in federal, state and federal bankruptcy courts throughout the United States. Jones is a frequent author on bankruptcy-related matters and is an active member of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights Section of the International Bar Association. Jones is also a one-time Ironman triathlete and speaks nearly-conversational Hungarian.