Alexander E. Porter

Alexander Porter primarily provides counsel to clients regarding real estate and title insurance litigation. He frequently handles quiet title, mortgage reformation, and equitable subrogation claims to protect his client’s interests. He additionally represents secured lenders and creditors in commercial litigation, as well as foreclosure and bankruptcy proceedings.

Prior to joining Krieg DeVault, Mr. Porter served as an Associate with Ashen Faulkner, where he represented financial institutions, equipment finance companies, and creditors in foreclosures, evictions, replevins, breach of contract cases, and general commercial litigation. Mr. Porter has also worked as a staff attorney for a specialty consumer finance company, and as an Associate at Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates where he represented lenders in residential foreclosures and evictions.

Publications & Presentations

• Co-Author, "Does Retention of Property Violate the Automatic Stay in Bankruptcy? The Supreme Court Weighs In," January 19, 2021 
• Author, "The Importance of Paying Attention to Notices Received in Bankruptcy Cases: Creditor Misses Proof of Claim Bar Date and Loses Claim for $2 Million," November 13, 2020
• Author, "CFPB Aims to Ease Servicer Loss Mitigation Efforts and Encourage Small Dollar Loans with New No-Action Letter Templates," June 28, 2020
• Author, "A Bankruptcy Court Weighs In: Do Force Majeure Clauses Excuse Commercial Tenants from Paying Rent?," June 23, 2020
• Author, "Eviction and Foreclosure Moratoriums Extended to August 31, 2020 for Federally-Backed Mortgages," June 17, 2020
• Author, "TILA and the Right of Rescission: Illinois Adopts One-Year Limitation Period," June 10, 2020
• Author, "Illinois Eviction Moratorium: Relief Extended to Non-Residential Tenants," April 28, 2020
• Author, "COVID-19 and Supplemental Proceedings: Illinois Supreme Court Provides Guidance," April 28, 2020 
• Author, "COVID-19 and the Mortgage Industry: Embracing the Virus on the Legislative and Regulatory Front," April 26, 2020
• Author, "Can You See It? Predicting an Augmented Future for Illinois Attorneys," Illinois Bar Journal (June 2019) 
• Author, "The Unlocking Technology Act of 2015: The Key to the Cell Phone Unlocking Saga?," Landslide Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 2 (December 2016)
• Author, "Fox v. Dish Network: Sony BetaMax and the Ninth Circuit's Failure to Ad-Skip to the Future," Akron Intellectual Property Journal, Vol. 8, Iss.1 (2015)

Awards & Recognitions

• Turnaround Management Association Midwest Awards Committee "Most Active New Member," 2021
• Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2021-2022
• Scholarship Recipient, Allerton Conference, May 2019

Professional/Civic Associations

• Member, Chicago Bar Association, April 2018 - Current
• Special Project Coordinator, Young Lawyers Section of Chicago Bar Association, August 2020 – Current
• Membership Committee, Turnaround Management Association – Chicago/Midwest Chapter, February 2020 - Current
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute, January 2020 - Current
• Member, American Bar Association, September 2020 - Current
• Member, Turnaround Management Association, February 2020 - Current
   

Certifications

• Legal Lean Sigma® White Belt

Education

• J.D. in Legal Studies, Dean's List, The University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio, 2014
• M.B.A., The University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio, 2014
• LL.M. in Intellectual Property, The University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio, 2014
• B.A. in Political Science and History, cum laude, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, 2011
  Emphasis: Public Law

Bar & Court Admissions

• Illinois (2014)
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2018)
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois (2019)
• Indiana (2020)
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (2020)
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (2021)

Practices

• Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Industries

• Financial Services