Illinois ‘Reverse Piercing’ Law: Can You or Can’t You?

“Reverse piercing” involves the creditor of an individual shareholder attempting to reach assets of a corporation operated by that shareholder.  Illinois reverse-piercing law is unsettled.  Some cases allow  the remedy; others don’t.  When it is allowed, it usually involves a one-person corporation. In Fish v. Hennessy, 2013 WL 577012 (N.D.Ill 2013), the Northern District rejected a creditor’s …