Seth Albin
Albin Law
Seth A. Albin focuses his practice on the areas of Bankruptcy, including representing individuals and businesses, Creditor’s Rights, Family Law, including all aspects of divorce and adoption, including child custody, child support, maintenance, spousal support, and modifications, Enforcement and Collection of Judgments including replevin, garnishments and executions, Secured Transactions, Arbitration, Litigation, and Municipal Law.
Before joining Summers Compton Wells, Seth worked at one of the largest law firms in St. Louis and served as in-house counsel for a commercial lender. He has represented secured and unsecured creditors and debtors in all aspects of the debtor-creditor relationship, including work outs, debt restructuring bankruptcy, litigation and receiverships. Seth has participated in over 100 arbitrations and counseled clients on arbitration clauses in commercial contracts.
Seth currently serves as a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Panel Trustee, a Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Panel Trustee and a Subchapter V Trustee for the Eastern District of Missouri as well as a panel arbitrator for United States Arbitration and Mediation. Seth has served as a Receiver, Special Master and as a Guardian Ad Litem in civil and domestic cases. Seth also volunteers for the St. Louis County Domestic Violence Court as a Special Prosecutor.
Seth has lectured on topics such as the intersection of Bankruptcy and Family Law, Adoption, Enforcement and Collection of Judgments, Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and Arbitration Clauses in Commercial Transactions and is the co-author of Chapter 4 of the Missouri Bar Bankruptcy Practice Deskbook.
- Bankruptcy
- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Debt Relief
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Illinois
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- Missouri
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Member
- Summers Compton Wells, LLC
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- Founding Member
- Albin Law
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- Stewart, Mittleman, Heggie, Henry & Albin LLC
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- Associate - Bankruptcy Department
- Thompson Coburn LLP
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- Counsel - Litigation Department
- GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation (f/k/a Deutsche Financial Service Corporation)
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- Litigation Associate
- Jones, Korum, Waltrip & Jones
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- Assistant Attorney General
- Missouri Attorney General
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- Washington University School of Law
- J.D. (1997) | Law
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- Honors: Jack Garden Humanitarian Award
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- University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
- B.A. (1994) | History
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- Young Lawyer's Division Award of Merit
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- American Bankruptcy Institute
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- St. Louis County Bar Association
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- St. Charles County Bar Association
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- Phelps County Bar Association
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- National Association of Veterans Advocates
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- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
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- Illinois Bar Association
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- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Past-President (2015-2016)
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- American Bar Association
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- Missouri Bar
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- Activities: Young Lawyers Council, District Representative (1999-2001) 2009 Annual Meeting Planning Committee
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- Chapter 4 - Discharge and Dischargeability Missouri Bar Deskbook – Bankruptcy Practice, Supplement
- Missouri Bar Association
- Chapter 4 - Discharge and Dischargeability Missouri Bar Deskbook – Bankruptcy Practice, Second Edition
- Missouri Bar Association
- Name Changes and Adoption, St. Louis, Missouri
- Missouri Bar Association
- Bankruptcy and Family Law, St. Louis, Missouri
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Bankruptcy Issues for the General Practitioner, St. Louis, Missouri
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Bankruptcy Issues in Commercial Cases, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
- Missouri Trial Judge Education Committee
- Bankruptcy Issues in Complex Commercial Cases, St. Louis, Missouri
- National Judicial College
