C. Daniel Motsinger

Krieg DeVault LLP, Indianapolis, USA

Mr. Motsinger concentrates his practice in creditors' rights, bankruptcy and commercial law. He chairs the firm's Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Practice Group, and is certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification, on whose board of directors Mr. Motsinger serves as a member of the Standards Committee. He has represented creditors, debtors and investors in creditor/debtor litigation and in bankruptcy cases throughout the United States, in matters varying from individual bankruptcies to corporate reorganizations on a national scale.  Mr. Motsinger is admitted to practice in Indiana, Florida and California, and practiced for four years in San Francisco. He served as a judicial clerk to U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King in Miami, Florida, and as a judicial intern and research assistant to the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Motsinger serves on boards and committees of various civic and professional organizations. He is a 1982 cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, and a 1979 summa cum laude graduate (as co-valedictorian) of Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, Michigan).

Bar Admissions
Indiana (1982)

Florida (1983)

California (1988)

Education
University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1982

Hillsdale College, A.B., summa cum laude, 1979

Certification/Specialties
Board Certified - Business Bankruptcy Law - American Board of Certification

Published Works
"The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994: New Mines in the Minefield", 38 Res Gestae 16, 1994

Classes / Seminars Taught
"Lender Liability: Bankruptcy Considerations", Lender Liability in Indiana, Lorman Education Services, April 2004

"Bankruptcy: A Creditor's Perspective in Indiana", Lorman Education Services, February 2004

"Representing Secured Creditors", Annual Bankruptcy Institute, ICLEF, December 2003

"Duties & Liabilities of Officers of Distressed Companies", Annual Bankruptcy Institute, ICLEF, December 2002

"What Business Lawyers Need to Know about the Proposed Bankruptcy Reform Act", Indianapolis Bar Association Business Section, August, 2002

"What the Business Lawyer Needs to Know About the Future Bankruptcy Reform Act", Business Law Institute, ICLEF, December, 2001

"Revised Article 9 and Bankruptcy", Annual Bankruptcy Institute, ICLEF, December, 2001

Presenter, Chicago Regional Meeting of the National Bankruptcy Review Commission, July, 1997

"Lender Liability - Bankruptcy Considerations", Lender Liability in Indiana, Lorman Education Services, June, 1997

"Chapter 11: Plan Drafting and Post-Confirmation Issues", American Bankruptcy Institute Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, June, 1997

Judgment Enforcement: The Basics, Lorman Education Services, October, 1996

"Nuts & Bolts of Enforcing Out-of-County, State and National Judgments in Indiana", Indianapolis Bar Association Commercial and Bankruptcy Section, March, 1995

"Lien Priorities and Enforcement", Representing the Business Creditor, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF), April, 1993

Honors and Awards
Indiana Super Lawyers, 2004, 2005 & 2006

Professional Associations and Memberships
American Board of Certification (Board Member, Marketing Committee Chair, Standards Committee Member)

Indianapolis Bar Association - Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section (Member)

Indiana Supreme Court Commission on Character & Fitness for Admission to the Bar for Region IV (Member)

American Bankruptcy Institute (Member)

Indiana State Bar Association - Creditors' Rights Section (Member)

Indianapolis Bar Association - Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section, 2002 (Chair)

Pro Bono Activities
Neighborhood Advocacy Corporation, 1996 - 2001

Community Organization Legal Assistance Project, 1993 - 1997