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LECTURES AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

TERRY SHARP

Instructor, Law and Banking, Rend Lake College, 1974;
Lecturer, Practical Estate Planning, Illiamo Estate Planning Council Western Illinois Conference, Quincy, IL, 1978;
Lecturer, Documentation of Commercial Loans, Southern Illinois Bankers Association, 1980;
Lecturer, Legal Aspects Facing the Farm Families, Cooperative Extension Service, Mt. Vernon, IL 1982;
Lecturer, Landlord Liens: How to Protect Yourself, Grain & Feed Association of Illinois, St. Charles, IL, 1982;
Lecturer, Estate Planning, Cooperative Extension Service, Benton, IL, 1983;
Lecturer, Collecting Accounts Receivable: Legal Aspects, Illinois Seed Dealers Association 52nd Annual Meeting, Decatur, IL, 1985;
Lecturer, How to Handle Farm Financial Litigation, 25th Annual Farm Credit Workshop, Mt. Vernon, IL, 1985;
Co-Host and Lecturer, Seminar on Successful Strategies for Handling Bankruptcy, Mt. Vernon, IL, 1985;
Lecturer, Farmers’ Rights, Shawnee College Small Business Development Center, 1986;
Lecturer, Ways To Prevent Problems When Making Loans And Some Pitfalls Regarding Problem Loans, Egyptian Valley Chapter of the Bank Administration Institute, 1986;
Lecturer, Options for the Farmer in Times of Crisis, Southeastern Illinois College Rural Center for Business & Industry and Southeastern Illinois College Small Business Development Center, 1986;
Lecturer, Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Private Work-out Arrangements, University of Illinois Department of Agricultural Economics Conference on Agricultural Law, Mt. Vernon, IL, 1986;
Lecturer, The Farmers’ Legal Rights, Kaskaskia College Small Business Development Center, 1986;
Lecturer, Stay Alive: Know Your Market and Collect Your Debts, Brayton Chemical Co., 1986;
Lecturer, Comparison of Bankruptcy Chapters for Farmers, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education agricultural bankruptcy course, 1986;
Lecturer, Bankruptcy Overview: How a Chapter 7 Works, Independent Accountants Association of Illinois Meeting, 1986;
Host and Lecturer, Seminar on Analysis of Chapter 12, Mt. Vernon, IL, 1986;
Lecturer, Chapter 12: The Family Farmer Reorganization Act, multiple Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education seminars, 1986-87;
Lecturer, Chapter 12, Coles County Chapter of the American Institute of Banking, Mattoon, IL, 1987;
Lecturer, Banterra Bank Employees Seminar on Chapter 12 Bankruptcy, 1987;
Lecturer, Legislative and Decisional Law Update, 42nd Annual Meeting of the Illinois Oil & Gas Association, 1987;
Lecturer, Chapter 12, Southern Illinois University Department of Agricultural Economics 27th Annual Farm Credit Workshop, 1987;
Lecturer, Chapter 12 Bankruptcy, Five-County Bankers Federation conference, Wabash Valley College, 1987;
Lecturer, Chapter 12 Bankruptcy, American Institute of Banking 8th Annual Bank Directors Seminar, Lake Land College, 1987;
Lecturer, Farmer Lien Laws and Bankruptcy Provisions: The Effect on the Country Elevator Business, Grain & Feed Association of Illinois Management Seminar, 1987;
Planning Chairman and Materials Editor, Secured Transaction Procedures in Illinois, Basic and Advanced Course, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1988;
Lecturer, Agricultural Bankruptcy Practice After Chapter 12, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1988;
Lecturer, Chapter 12, Illinois Bankers Association Conferences on Developments in the Law for Bank Counsel, 1988;
Lecturer, Creditors Rights: What Is The Problem?, Dow Chemical USA Annual Ag Dealer Meeting, St. Louis, MO, 1988;
Lecturer, Legal Aspects of Lending, Southern Illinois University 28th Annual Farm Credit Workshop, 1988;
Lecturer, Ag Lending Issues, Illinois Bankers Association Year In Review Conference, 1988;
Lecturer, Ethical Questions and Criminal Liability Arising in the Bankruptcy Context, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Agricultural Bankruptcy Practice Seminar, 1989;
Lecturer, How Secure Is Your Security?, Illinois State Bar Association Commercial Banking and Bankruptcy Seminar, 1989;
Lecturer, Advanced Loan Documentation, Illinois Bankers Association Seminar, 1989;
Lecturer, Ag Financing and Oil and Gas Issues, Illinois Bankers Association Commercial Loan Documentation Seminar, 1990;
Guest Lecturer, Financing the Ownership of Agricultural Land, Southern Illinois University School of Law agricultural law course, 1990;
Lecturer, The Responsible Property Transfer Act & Hazardous Waste: What You Need To Know, Realtors Land Institute Illinois Chapter Seminar, 1990;
Lecturer, How To Get An Easement During Insolvency And Bankruptcy, International Right of Way Association, 1990;
Lecturer, Legal Issues and Estate Planning, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Pre-Retirement Workshop, 1990;
Lecturer, Legal Developments In The Banking Industry, Five-County Bankers Association, 1991;
Lecturer, Bankruptcy Issues, Four-County Bankers Association, Harrisburg, IL, 1991;
Lecturer, Two Dozen Ways to Cut Bankruptcy Losses, Illinois Bankers' Association Annual Convention, Chicago, 1991;
Lecturer, Introduction to the Southern Illinois Bankruptcy Institute and Update on Current Bankruptcy Cases, United States District Court and Jefferson County Bar Association Federal Practice Seminar, 1991;
Lecturer, Annual Seminars on Current Bankruptcy Issues, Southern Illinois Bankruptcy Institute, 1991-92;
Lecturer, Current Issues in Workouts and Bankruptcies, Illinois Bankers' Association Seminar, 1992;
Lecturer, Bank Officers & Directors’ Duties, Banterra Bank Officers & Directors Seminar, 1992;
Lecturer, 3rd Annual Seminar on Bankruptcy Law & Rules, Southern Illinois Bankruptcy Institute, 1993;
Lecturer, Current Developments In Bankruptcy, Illinois State Bar Association 4th Annual Minority and Women Attorneys Conference, 1993;
Lecturer, Fraud in Bankruptcy Cases, Mt. Vernon Rotary Club, 1994;
Discussant, Preliminary Considerations, Advising the Client, Brokerage Considerations, and the Listing Agreement, Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. Seminar, Southern Illinois University Law School, 1994;
Discussant, Introduction to Bankruptcy, How to Recover Secured Debts in Chapter 7, and Reaffirmation of Secured Debts in Chapter 7, Illinois Bankers’ Association Consumer Lending School, Bloomington, IL, 1994;
Lecturer, Preliminary Considerations and the Standard Real Estate Contract, Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. Seminar, Southern Illinois University Law School, 1995;
Lecturer, Bankruptcy and Handling Credit Problems, University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service Consumer & Family Economics Education Seminar, 1996;
Lecturer, Real Estate Tax Assessment Procedure and Exemptions, Mt. Vernon Kiwanis, 1996;
Lecturer, Bankruptcy: Current Issues, Illinois State Bar Association 7th Annual Minority and Women Attorneys Conference, 1996;
Lecturer, Bankruptcy: Past, Present and Future, Rotary Club, Marion, IL, 1998;
Lecturer, Bankruptcy in the 1990s, University of Illinois Extension Expanding Risk Management Horizons Seminar, 1999;
Lecturer and Discussant, Annual Seminars on Bankruptcy Law & Rules, Southern Illinois Bankruptcy Institute, 1994-00;
Lecturer, Electronic Filing in Court: Procedures and Experience in Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Illinois State Bar Association Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law Section Seminar, Bloomington, IL, 2002;
Lecturer, Collecting Accounts Receivable: Legal Aspects, Illinois Grain Dealers Association, 2003;
Lecturer, Shareholder Derivative Suits in Illinois, Illinois Secretary of State’s Committee on Business Law, Northwestern University Law School, 2003;
Lecturer, Effects of Mine Company Bankruptcy, SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Conference of the National Coalition of Black Lung & Respiratory Disease Clinics, 2004;
Lecturer, Real Estate and Bankruptcy, 1st Annual Real Estate Institute, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2004;
Lecturer, Life Insurance and Bankruptcy in Illinois, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors of Southern Illinois Financial Services Seminar, John A. Logan College 2005;
Host and Lecturer, Seminar on Dealing with the Southern Illinois Debtors Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention & Consumer Protection Act and Other Lending Issues, 2005.