Arlene N. Gelman

Arlene Gelman helps lenders, lessors, equipment finance companies, and other creditors resolve disputes over unpaid obligations, breach of contract, and enforcement matters involving loans, leases and commercial agreements.

A member of Vedder’s Commercial Litigation and Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring Groups, Arlene co-chairs Vedder’s Creditors’ Rights and Collections Group.

Drawing on more than three decades of experience, Arlene represents clients in federal, state and bankruptcy courts, arbitration and out-of-court workouts. She has litigated breach of loan and lease agreements across jurisdictions, negotiates complex workouts and settlements and regularly enforces creditor rights through replevin, detinue, and claim and delivery actions. Additionally, she advises clients throughout bankruptcies to protect their interests and recover assets.

Arlene is well-known in the equipment finance industry and has deep knowledge of the UCC (Uniform Commercial Code), Bankruptcy Code, and related enforcement statutes. A former federal judicial law clerk in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, she possesses insight into court procedures and regularly represents clients in U.S. state, federal district, appellate and bankruptcy courts.