James Michel

James E. Michel, (Associate) works in the Intellectual Property and Litigation Departments in the Chicago office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP. With experience counseling clients in a variety of areas of commercial litigation, he has particular experience counseling clients and representing financial institutions in banking litigation involving Regulation CC, Regulation E, Articles 3, 4 and 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code and the rules of The National Automated Clearing House Association regarding the ACH network.
Mr. Michel received his B.A. in communication from Purdue University in 1998 and his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law in 2004, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Loyola Consumer Law Review. While at Loyola, Mr. Michel also authored a publication titled “Embarking on Its Most Extensive Review of Media Ownership: The FCC’s Endeavor to Create a Happy Medium,” 15 Loy. Consumer L. Rev. 249 (2003). He is a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and Chicago Bar Association, and is admitted to practice in the state of Illinois and before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Together, Charla and James have lectured and presented to numerous companies, groups and organizations. Below is a list of the topics they have addressed:

1. Mitigating the Legal Risk of EFTs (February 2007, before the National Association of Credit Managers); co-presenters with Fifth Third Bank.

2. Understanding the Legal Framework of Payments (August 2007, part of Camp AAP, presented by the Payments University, Chicago, Illinois).

3. The Essentials of a Remote Deposit Capture Agreement (September 2007, in affiliation with the Southwest Automated Clearing House Association (SWACHA).

4. Mitigating Legal Risk in Electronic Payments: an Overview of ACH, Check 21 and Remote Deposit Capture (December 2007, in affiliation with the Illinois Bankers Association).

Barnes & Thornburg is a member of the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA), The Electronic Check Council within NACHA, the Electronic Payments Network (EPN) and the Illinois Bankers Association (IBA).