Mr. Sowka is a senior associate in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  He practices in the areas of bankruptcy law, creditor rights, and commercial and real estate litigation in both federal and state court.  His client representations include secured lenders, trade creditors, insurers, real property lessors, chapter 7 and chapter 11 bankruptcy trustees, and preference action defendants.  Mr. Sowka is also a member of the SeyfarthLean initiative for landlord-tenant issues in retail bankruptcy cases.  SeyfarthLean adopts Lean Six Sigma methodologies through application of a process-driven methodology that involves mapping the delivery of services in order to identify efficiencies and to better predict costs for our clients.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Sowka worked as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the U.S. Trustee in both Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida where he gained significant experience with bankruptcy asset sales, chapter 11 plan confirmations, chapter 11 trustee and examiner appointments, and investigation and prosecution of bankruptcy fraud and abuse. 

Mr. Sowka is an active member of the bar in Illinois and Florida.  At the University of Arizona College of Law, Mr. Sowka was a member of the national moot court team and a judicial extern for the Honorable John F. Kelly in Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, Arizona.

Mr. Sowka is a senior associate in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  He practices in the areas of bankruptcy law, creditor rights, and commercial and real estate litigation in both federal and state court.  His client representations include secured lenders, trade creditors, insurers, real property lessors, chapter 7 and chapter 11 bankruptcy trustees, and preference action defendants.  Mr. Sowka is also a member of the SeyfarthLean initiative for landlord-tenant issues in retail bankruptcy cases.  SeyfarthLean adopts Lean Six Sigma methodologies through application of a process-driven methodology that involves mapping the delivery of services in order to identify efficiencies and to better predict costs for our clients.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Sowka worked as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the U.S. Trustee in both Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida where he gained significant experience with bankruptcy asset sales, chapter 11 plan confirmations, chapter 11 trustee and examiner appointments, and investigation and prosecution of bankruptcy fraud and abuse. 

Mr. Sowka is an active member of the bar in Illinois and Florida.  At the University of Arizona College of Law, Mr. Sowka was a member of the national moot court team and a judicial extern for the Honorable John F. Kelly in Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, Arizona.