Responsive, detail-oriented counsel to help achieve business objectives

Travis Eliason counsels clients on complex commercial transactions, regulatory matters and disputes, including origination of deals, pre-litigation negotiations and workouts, and litigation in state and federal courts across the country. His practice encompasses a range of industries and his clients include:

• Financial institutions
• Manufacturers and franchisors
• Private equity firms
• REITS and other real estate owners and lessors

Travis works with his clients to understand their larger business strategies and uses that knowledge to create a catered approach to obtain their objectives. He understands there is not always a straightforward path to solve a client's issue and creatively looks for multiple options while assessing the risks and benefits of each one. Clients appreciate Travis's responsive nature and his attention to detail so they can focus on the broader scope of the project.

Travis devotes a substantial amount of time to pro bono legal services, including serving as a guardian ad litem (GAL) in proceedings involving children in Cook County, Ill. He also coordinates and oversees a team of Quarles pro bono attorneys who volunteer as GALs in Cook County. For this pro bono work, he received the firm's Michael Gonring Pro Bono Partner of the Year Award in 2020.

Bar Admissions

• Illinois

Education

• University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2009)
  • Hispanic National Bar Association Moot Court, Best Oral Advocacy and Best Oral and Written Advocacy combined (2007), editor (2008)

• Wheaton College (B.A., 2004)
  • Business and Economics
  • Men’s Varsity Soccer

• "Bankruptcy Trustees May Have Special Card to Play After Kipnis Decision"
• “Commercial Loan Guaranties and Enforcement of Non-Recourse Carve-Out Liability”