David T.b. Audley

Dave Audley is a partner in the Banking and Financial Services Department and the Practice Group Leader of the Litigation Group. He has been practicing law since 1985 when he joined Chapman and Cutler LLP. He concentrates his practice in the commercial litigation area, particularly litigation involving creditor/debtor work, bankruptcy law, securitization and securities fraud issues, government finance and tax, and banking law.

Dave’s recent governmental assignments have involved serving as Special Assistant State’s Attorney for numerous Counties in Illinois, providing litigation representation in various civil matters involving finance and tax issues. He has practiced and submitted legal memoranda before the Illinois and United States Supreme Courts and various federal Courts of Appeals, and prosecuted one of the ten largest civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (“RICO”) Act damage awards ever rendered by a jury in the United States. Dave's professional activities have included presentations to the bar associations on litigation related matters, instruction of civil procedure courses, and periodically conducting in-house seminars on various litigation topics.