Geoffrey Gnadt is a seasoned creditors’ rights lawyer who specializes in the representation, protection and assertion of business and commercial claims of secured and unsecured creditors. Geoffrey is experienced in all facets of creditor representation and protection.
He is an experienced litigator and regularly resolves a large volume of workout solutions, chattel secured foreclosure and replevin actions. His responsibilities include actions to recover upon secured and leased collateral before state and bankruptcy courts relating to high value capital equipment lease disputes. Geoffrey continues KMKSC’s impressive record of defending commercial creditors against preference payment claims brought against them under Chapters 7, 11, 12 and 13 of the US Bankruptcy Code.
Prior to joining KMKSC, Geoffrey was counsel to a non-profit corporate entity dealing in experimental aeronautics. His duties involved sector and industry government regulatory compliance and charitable solicitation and donation law. Geoffrey has been involved with property, zoning and licensing law and related litigation, including recovery of compensation from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for encroachment on a client’s property. His legal duties included the preparation and negotiation of multiple real estate and aircraft leases.
Geoffrey has practical experience in the exploitation of intellectual property assets. He has concluded a number of intellectual property licenses concerning copyright and trademark rights, as well as television production agreements, advertising arrangements, concession rights and events related to contracting and licensing. He has designed and implemented personal risk waivers for use by participants in leisure and sporting activities.
Practice Areas:
- Agricultural Bankruptcy
- Commercial Bankruptcy
- Commercial Law
- Creditors’ Rights
- Foreclosure
- Insolvency
- Leasing
- Preference Litigation
- Intellectual Property
Bar Admissions:
- Wisconsin
- California (inactive)
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Education:
- Marquette University Law School, Juris Doctorate (2001)
- Marquette University Graduate School of Business, M.B.A. (2001)
Specialization in E-Business. - University of Wisconsin – Madison, Wisconsin, B.A. in Political Science (1998)
European Studies Certificate
Academic Distinctions/Honors/Awards:
- Intern, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Winter 2001)
Representative Published Works:
- Book Review, “Success Briefs for Lawyers,” Wisconsin Lawyer, (March 2002).
- “A Discussion of UETA: Uniform Electronic Transaction Act,” Business Law News, (Summer 2000).
- “How to Keep E-mail Protected under the Attorney-Client Privilege,” Business Law News, (Spring 1999).
- “Wisconsin Legislature to Consider Reform of Electronic Signatures Act,” Business Law News, (Fall 1999).
Geoffrey J. Gnadt
Associate