Timothy S. McFadden is a partner in Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Chicago office and a member of the firm’s Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Department. McFadden concentrates his practice on matters related to bankruptcy and restructuring, creditors' rights, commercial finance and workouts, and commercial litigation.

McFadden represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors including banks and financial institutions, insurance companies, franchisors, real estate investors and service and manufacturing companies in bankruptcy proceedings of virtually all sizes. His litigation experience includes advocating his clients’ interests in matters involving preferential and fraudulent transfer actions, single asset real estate cases, executory contract rejection and assumption disputes, claim objections, objections to discharge, and motions to dismiss involuntary bankruptcy proceedings.

McFadden received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1996, and his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 2001. He is licensed to practice in the state of Illinois, and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Turnaround Management Association, and the Chicago Bar Association. He is also heavily involved with the Lymphoma Research Foundation, the Notre Dame Alumni Association, and the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.