Douglas J. Lipke
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222 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60601
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Douglas J. Lipke
Shareholder
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 borrowers, debtors and trustees. 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, railcar and vessels leasing and equipment financing transactions. He has been involved in most airline insolvencies and bankruptcies (including United, Delta, Northwest, American Airlines and Aloha) and has repossessed and foreclosed on aircraft throughout the world.
Mr. Lipke served as an Adjunct Professor of Corporate 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 has been ranked by Chambers USA in the llinois ‘Bankruptcy/ Restructuring’ category every year since 2005 and has been ranked Band 2 since 2018. He has also been included annually in Illinois Super Lawyers since 2005. Additionally, he has maintained an “AV Preeminent” Peer Rating in Martindale-Hubbell and has been selected by his peers as a “Leading Lawyer” in Bankruptcy & Workout Law since 2003 and Secured Transactions Law since 2014.
Mr. Lipke was also named the Lawyer of the Year in the ‘Litigation – Bankruptcy’ category by The Best Lawyers in America and U.S. News & World Report in 2022. He has also been selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America list since 2011, for the categories of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy.
Mr. Lipke is the co-author of a chapter on issues arising in airline Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the Collier Guide to Chapter 11: Key Topics and Selected Industries, a treatise published by LexisNexis Matthew Bender. Mr. Lipke discusses legal issues in airline reorganizations in a LexisNexis Bankruptcy Law Community podcast, which reviews special protections available to creditors of airline equipment and requirements for Bankruptcy Code Section 1110 protection, and provides practice tips for counsel representing airline creditors and debtors.
Douglas J. Lipke
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Education
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D., 1979
- Marquette University, B.S., 1975, cum laude
Douglas J. Lipke
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Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1979
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1979
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1993
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1982
Affiliations
- Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
- Member, Bankruptcy Advisory Board for Strafford Publications
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Publications
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November 2011 | Publication"Collier Guide to Chapter 11: Key Topics and Selected Industries," Chapter 24, LexisNexis
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April 2008 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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September 2006 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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January 2006 | Publication
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November 2005 | Article
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November 2005 | Publication
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July 2005 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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April 2004 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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March 2003 | White Paper
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March 2000 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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April 1998 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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News
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August 17, 2023 | Press Release
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June 1, 2023 | Press Release
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March 10, 2023 | Press Release
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February 2, 2023 | Press Release
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August 18, 2022 | Press Release
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June 1, 2022 | Press Release
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August 19, 2021 | Press Release
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May 21, 2021 | Press Release
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August 21, 2020 | Press Release
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April 23, 2020 | Press Release
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April 30, 2019 | Press Release
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January 8, 2019 | Press Release
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May 4, 2018 | Press Release
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May 26, 2017 | Press Release
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November 2, 2016 | Press Release
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August 1, 2016 | Press Release
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May 31, 2016 | Press Release
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April 29, 2016 | Press Release
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February 2016 | Press Release
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November 2015 | Press Release
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Past Events
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August 4, 2021 | Webinar
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October 08, 2012 | Webinar
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September 2012 | Seminar"Rights and Remedies in Lease Events of Default," Equipment Leasing and Finance Association
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February 2012 | Webinar"Post-petition Bankruptcy Financing - Evaluating and Documenting DIP Financing, Obtaining Orders for Cash Collateral and Financing and Obtaining Bankruptcy Court Approval of Cash Collateral and Debtor-in-Possesion Financing Motions," Webinar for Stafford Publications
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September 14, 2010 | Webinar
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June 2010 | Seminar"Legal Aspects of Restructuring and Alternatives of a Financially Troubled Company," Illinois CPA Society
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May 2010 | Seminar"The Rise and Fall of an American Icon: An Interactive Case Study on the Collapse of Schwinn Bicycle and How it Could Have Been Avoided," University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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December 2009 | Seminar"Triage for Financially Distressed Companies: A Secured Lender's Perspective," Oklahoma Bar Association 24th Annual Advanced Bankruptcy Seminar
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