I'm an attorney dedicated to helping people tackle their challenging financial problems. Bankruptcy is the tool I use.

I take an active role in keeping informed about developments in my practice areas. I am a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (www.nacba.org), and participate in national conferences, exchanging ideas and strategies to help consumers in bankruptcy cases, and gain knowledge of practitioners from throughout the U.S.

Periodically, I attend seminars and meetings about any recent developments in bankruptcy law. I also attend seminars to sharpen my skills as a lawyer. Recent legal education seminars I participated in include: Federal Trial Bar Course and many specific bankruptcy seminars in several states.

Since the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform Act, I have studied the impact of this law and its many provisions on specific cases in many seminars. I have also experienced the impact that the Act has had first hand in planning, preparing and filing bankruptcy cases for my consumer and business clients.

Before starting my own firm, I was an associate attorney in Domestic Relations, Bankruptcy and litigation with several other Chicago law firms.

I also participate in the C.A.R.E. program (Credit Abuse Resistance Education, sponsored by the Office of the United States Trustee), by speaking to high school seniors throughout the Chicago area. The goal of the program is to explain the responsible use of credit, to warn the students about the traps and pitfalls of the credit card industry. I also present information about the Bankruptcy system, and what happens if they get into financial trouble. I hope to provide some “preventative education”, so that our young students can try to avoid some of the problems I have seen.

Practice Areas: Personal Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy; Real Estate; Foreclosures.

Admitted: 1991, Illinois

Law School: Washington University, J.D., 1991.

College: University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A., 1988.

Member:National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys

Born: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Certificates

Ms. Sarathy graduated from John Marshall Law School in 2008.  She was admitted to practice law in Illinois in November 2008 and was admitted to the Northern District of Illinois in December 2008.

Prior to law school, Ms. Sarathy worked as a computer programmer.  She earned her Bachelor of Science diploma from DePaul University in 2003, where she majored in Physics.  She also has a Bachelor of Science diploma from the University of Mumbai.  She graduated from University of Mumbai, majoring in Physics - Applied Electronics, with distinction in 1997.

Ms. Sarathy focuses on Bankruptcy law and has attended several seminars on Bankruptcy Law.  She is currently doing her Masters in Law from the John Marshall Law School, and is scheduled to graduate in 2012.

Ms. Engelmann graduated and received her J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in May 2007.  She was admitted by the Illinois Supreme Court to practice law in November 2007 and was admitted to the General Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in June 2008. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Engelmann attended the University of Illinois at Chicago where she earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and graduated with honors in May 2004.

Prior to joining the Law Offices of Daniel J. Winter, Ms. Engelmann spent several years working with a Real Estate Transaction Attorney where she gained valuable knowledge in that field.  Ms. Engelmann now focuses practicing in Bankruptcy law and has attended several seminars in Bankruptcy law.

Experienced in: Bankruptcy, family law and child support litigation.