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Robert Gregory Lathram was born on December 5, 1948, in Lexington, Kentucky. He received a public school education there before attending the University of Washington in Seattle, where he majored in political science. After college, he worked as a reporter and editor for several major newspapers around the country, including the Colorado Springs Sun, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and the Detroit Free Press. He later was a founding member and served as the first executive director of the Northwest Burn Foundation. In 1985, he was accepted at Vermont Law School, where he was elected Inn president of Phi Delta Phi and in his last year of school served as a student law clerk to the Honorable John A. Dooley of the Vermont Supreme Court. After graduation, he returned to his native state and worked for legal services before opening his own office in 1991 in London, Kentucky. Over the next 14 years, he filed more than 1,000 consumer bankruptcies and also maintained an active Chapter 11 practice, including serving as debtor-in-possession counsel in the Chas Coal and New Horizon Coal cases. In 2005, following in the footsteps of Abraham Lincoln, he moved his practice to Illinois where he has continued his consumer practice. He holds a BV rating from Martindale-Hubbell and periodically lectures to various groups and at continuing legal education programs. He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Illinois and Kentucky, as well as the following Federal courts: Southern and Central Districts of Illinois, Southern District of Indiana, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Greg's direct e-mail address is glathram@bankruptcylawyers-metroeast.com
Marcus H. Herbert was born on July 2, 1964, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended high school in Illinois, where he was a National Merit Scholar. He subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Finance and Political Science from the University of Illinois in 1987. He was accepted to the Southern Illinois University School of Law in 1990, where he was a member of Phi Alpha Delta and also served as Editor of the Southern Illinois Bankruptcy Institute Journal. He received his Juris Doctor in 1992 and worked as an associate for four years before opening his own office in 1996 in Vienna, Illinois. He is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the Bankruptcy Association of Southern Illinois. He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, as well as the following Federal courts: Southern District of Illinois, Western District of Kentucky, and Southern District of Indiana.
Marcus' direct e-mail address is mherbert@bankruptcylawyers-metroeast.com
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Denise Howard is a lifelong resident of the metro east area. Born and raised in East St. Louis, she attended Althoff Catholic High School and then graduated from Milikin University in Decatur, Illinois. After earning her BA in Psychology, she moved to Collinsville. She was with AT&T for five years before being recruited by Forsythe Computers. After five years working as supervisor of switchboard operations, she then decided to stay at home with her children, dedicating her spare time to various community projects. She served as treasurer for the Caseyville Khoury League, volunteered in several fundraising activities for the Webster School PTA, and was a member of the Collinsville Citizens Facility Committee. She was the first staff member to join Lathram & Herbert, and enjoys working with clients to relieve the financial stress in their lives.
Denise's direct e-mail is dhoward@bankruptcylawyers-metroeast.com
Originally from Dover, Delaware, Carolyn Kehoe has lived in Illinois most of her life. She attended Belleville East High School and holds a degree in English from Illinois State University with high school teaching certificates from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Illinois. Her work history varies from doing classified advertising with the Kansas City Star and the Suburban Journals, to working for Trailnet (St. Louis, Missouri) and Belleville (Illinois) Main Street, and volunteering with Belleville's much acclaimed Art on the Square. She is very pleased to be part of the law firm Lathram & Herbert, helping clients get a fresh financial start.
Carolyn's direct e-mail is ckehoe@bankruptcylawyers-metroeast.com
It doesn't matter where you live in the Metro East area - Alton, Belleville, Collinsville, Columbia, East St. Louis, Edwardsville, Fairview Heights, Freeburg, Granite City, Highland, Lebanon, Mascoutah, O'Fallon, Pontoon Beach, Scott Air Force Base, Shiloh, Swansea, Trenton, Troy, Waterloo, Wood River - we'll help you regain control of your financial life. So, why wait any longer? Your fresh start is just a telephone call away.
