W. Kent Carter is a partner in the Chicago office of GRSM and co-chair of the firm’s Banking & Finance group. Kent's practice focuses primarily on the Uniform Commercial Code, including secured transactions, equipment leases, commercial sales and negotiable instruments. He represents clients in complex commercial litigation, contract disputes and business torts in state, federal, bankruptcy and appellate courts. Kent frequently advises financial institutions and lenders in connection with all transactional facets of their businesses and operations, including loan documentation and administration, credit restructurings, vendor programs, broker-dealer agreements, fleet finance, sale and purchase of lease portfolios, lender liability avoidance and defense, dealership and franchise terminations and consumer credit compliance. Kent's practice also includes representation of secured lenders and other parties in all aspects of business workouts and insolvency law, including asset sales, restructuring, refinancing, bankruptcy, out-of-court workouts, mortgage foreclosure and successor liability.
Admissions
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Central, Southern, and Northern Districts of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Memberships
- Equipment Leasing and Finance Association
- American Bankers Association
Education
- J.D., Southern Illinois University School of Law, 1997
- Member and Articles Editor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal (1995-97)
- B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994
Honors
- Illinois Super Lawyers in Business Litigation, Bankruptcy: Business, and Banking (2010-2022)