Richardo I. Kilpatrick

Richardo I. Kilpatrick is the managing partner of Kilpatrick & Associates, PC in Auburn Hills, Mich., and specializes in creditors’ rights and insolvency law while focusing on corporate, consumer and commercial litigation and bankruptcy, real property remedies for creditors, real property transactions and general corporate counseling. He is a past president of the ABI and has served on the board of directors for the American College of Bankruptcy. Mr. Kilpatrick has concentrated his practice in the area of bankruptcy for over 30 years, first as a member of Shermeta, Chimko & Kilpatrick, P.C. and, since 2000, as the founding member and president of Kilpatrick & Associates, P.C. Since founding his firm, Mr. Kilpatrick is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy (ACB) and was invited to join the National Bankruptcy Conference (NBC), where he advises members of Congress on important and key bankruptcy legislative points. He also is a member of the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules, where he works to directly craft, tweak, update and change bankruptcy rules in an ongoing effort to improve the practice of bankruptcy for all involved. Mr. Kilpatrick’s involvement with the bankruptcy community has enabled him to provide expert guidance to numerous clients in all areas and types of insolvency matters and creditors’ rights, including corporate, consumer and commercial litigation, real property remedies for creditors, real property transactions and general corporate counseling. He also works as a consultant to numerous companies to ensure that they are compliant in their bankruptcy practices by offering his insight and expertise on how they may structure and strengthen their bankruptcy practices in a sound, ethical and legal way. Mr. Kilpatrick received his B.A. in economics in 1973 from Harvard University and his J.D. in 1982 from the University of Michigan Law School.