Douglas J. Lipke
Shareholder
T: +1 (312) 609 7646
F: +1 (312) 609 5005
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Chicago
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Co-Chair, Corporate Reorganization, Bankruptcy & Insolvency Group
Mr. Lipke concentrates his practice in the area of workout, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization law. He represents a full range of international clients, concentrating in the representation of secured lenders and creditor rights. He also represents debtors, trustees and creditors’ committees. As a bankruptcy litigator, he has tried a wide range of large, sophisticated matters that arise in bankruptcy cases.
Mr. Lipke has a significant representation of financial institutions in structuring, workouts and foreclosures in international equipment and aircraft leasing and equipment financing transactions. He has been involved in most airline insolvencies and bankruptcies and has repossessed and foreclosed on aircraft throughout the world.
Mr. Lipke served as an Adjunct Professor of Bankruptcy Law at Loyola University School of Law in Chicago (1991–2001) and is a frequent lecturer on reorganization, insolvency and bankruptcy issues to varied groups. He also sits on the Bankruptcy Advisory Board for Strafford Publications. Mr. Lipke was ranked in Chambers USA in the Illinois Bankruptcy/Restructuring category from 2005 to 2011. He was selected for inclusion from 2005 to 2012 in Illinois Super Lawyers and received an "AV Preeminent" Peer Rating in Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Lipke was selected by his peers from 2011 to 2012 for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America.
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- J.D., Loyola University School of Law, 1979
- B.S., cum laude, Marquette University, 1975
- Illinois, 1979
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1979
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1982
- US District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, 1993
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