Illinois Bankruptcy Online - IL Bankruptcy Court & Attorney Details

Online guide to filing bankruptcy in Illinois

Illinois allows federal exemptions to be used in addition to state exemptions. These include:

Homestead - Property up to $7,500 is exempt. Husband and wife may double.

Personal property - Family pictures, schoolbooks, clothing and Bible, health aids, motor vehicle up to $1,200, personal injury recovery up to $7,500, title to a boat measuring over 12 feet.

Insurance - Health, and/or disability benefits, life insurance, homeowner's home recovery up to $7,500

Miscellaneous - Alimony, property of business partnership

Pension - IRAs, civil service employees, county employees, firefighters, disabled firefighters and/or their widows and children, general assembly members, house of correction employees, judges, municipal employees, park employees, police officers, public library employees, sanitation district employees, state employees, state university employees, teachers

Public benefits - Aid to the disabled, crime victims' compensation, social security, unemployment compensation, veterans' benefits, workers' compensation

Tools of trade - Books and tools of trade to $750

Wages - At least 85 percent of unpaid wages, pension payments

Wild card - Personal property up to $2,000

There are two Districts in Illinois that offer U.S. Bankruptcy Courts:

Northern District of Illinois

Eastern Division

U.S. Bankruptcy Court
219 S. Dearborn
Chicago , IL 60604
Tel (312) 435-5694

Western Division

U.S Bankruptcy Court
211 S. Court Street
Rockford , IL 61101
Tel (815) 987-4350

Southern District of Illinois

U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Melvin Price Federal Courthouse
750 Missouri Ave.
East St. Louis , IL 62201
(618) 482-9400

U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Federal Courthouse
301 West Main Street
Benton , IL 62812
(618) 435-2200

Contact certified bankruptcy lawyers through these firms:

Chicago
Melvin J. Kaplan, Attorney at Law
14 East Jackson Blvd.
Suite 1200
Chicago , IL 60604
(312) 294-8989

Ledford & Wu
200 S. Michigan Ave.
Suite 209
Chicago , IL 60604
(312) 294-4400

Latham & Watkins
5800 Sears Tower
Chicago , IL 60606
(312) 876-7638

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
77 West Wacker Drive
Suite. 2500
Chicago , IL 60601
(312) 456-8400

Peoria
Stoerzbach Morrison, P.C.
139 S. Cherry Street
P.O. Box 1328
Galesburg , IL 61401
(309) 341-6034

Waukegan
Leibowitz Law Center LLC
420 W Clayton Street
Waukegan , IL 60085
(847) 249-9100