Brent Wilson is an associate at Forrest L. Ingram, P.C. representing both consumer and creditor clients in all bankruptcy and bankruptcy related matters.  Mr. Wilson joined the firm in May of 2011 as a law clerk and became an associate in June of 2011.

While in law school, Mr. Wilson served as an extern to the Honorable Bruce W. Black in the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois for two semesters, as an extern for the Honorable John W. Darrah in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and as an extern for the Office of the United States Trustee.  Additionally, Mr. Wilson served on the Editorial Board of The John Marshall Law Review as a Student Publications Editor.

Education

• The John Marshall Law School, J.D., 2011, cum laude, Student Publications Editor, The John Marshall Law Review
• Indiana University – Bloomington, B.A., 2002

Admissions

• Illinois, 2011

Courts

• United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2011

Publications

• Brent Wilson, The “Current Monthly Income” Debate: Unemployment Compensation as a “Benefit Received Under the Social Security Act”?, 44 J. Marshall L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2011).
• Brent Wilson, In re Kucharz: Unemployment Compensation Included in a Debtor’s “Current Monthly Income” Calculation Although it is a “Surprisingly Difficult Question”, Illinois State Bar Association: Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law Newsletter, March 2010, available at http://www.isba.org/sections/commercial/newsletter/2010/03/inrekucharzunemploymentcompensationincludedinadebto.
• Brent Wilson, Is The Almighty Entitled to the Almighty Dollar of the Bankrupt?  Free Exercise Issues in the Bankruptcy Code, (April 15, 2011) available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1810969.

Professional Affiliations

• Chicago Bar Association
• Illinois Bar Association
• American Bar Association