Articles From Bob Markoff | Illinois State Bar Association

Illinois debtor prisons By Bob Markoff Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, February 2012 The author has been a collection attorney in Illinois for 35 years specializing in enforcing judgments, and has never heard of any consumer sentenced to jail for not paying a bill. There are likely no consumers in an Illinois jail on such a charge. Then why all the media noise about debtor prisons?

Letter to the Editor By Bob Markoff International and Immigration Law, August 2010 A call for "attorney pride."

Letter to the Editor By Bob Markoff Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, June 2010 A call for "attorney pride."

Public Act 95-0661: Amendments to Illinois Code of Civil Procedure relating to enforcement of judgments By Bob Markoff Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, March 2008 The Illinois legislature recently passed and then overrode the Governor’s amendatory veto of Senate Bill 229 which is now known as Public Act 95-0661.

Correction: Enforceability of Illinois judgments By Bob Markoff Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, May 2006 In our Section Council’s newsletter of September 2004, (Vol. 49, No.1), I wrote an article entitled Revival of Judgment Revived.

Revival of judgment revived By Bob Markoff Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, September 2004 Illinois has a new Revival of Judgment Statute. It is found at 735 ILCS 5/2-1602. It became effective August 21, 2002.

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