Prof. Lynn M. LoPucki

Professor

Current Position

UCLA Law School
Los Angeles, CA 90095
USA

Class: IX (1998)Circuit: Ninth

Education

University of Michigan, Honors College, A.B., Economics (1965); J.D. with Honors (1967)
Harvard Law School, LL.M. (1970)

Professional Career

Bruce W. Nichols Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School (each Fall semester)
A. Robert Noll Professor of Law, Cornell Law School (1996-99)
William R. Orthwein Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law (1993-95)
Professor of Law (1988-93); Associate Professor of Law (1984-88), University of Wisconsin
Scholar-in-Residence, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco (1992-93)
Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri, Kansas City (1980-84)
Partner, LoPucki and LoPucki; Schwartz, Schwartz, LoPucki & Dearing, Gainesville, Florida, (1972-80)
Consultant to the People's Republic of China regarding the drafting of legislation governing the liquidation of foreign invested companies, (1993-95)

Affiliations

National Bankruptcy Review Commission, Data Study Project, Senior Advisor (1997-98)
American College of Bankruptcy
International Insolvency Institute
National Bankruptcy Review Commission, Small Business & Single Asset Real Estate Working Group (1996)
American Law Institute
ALI Transnational Insolvency Project, Board of Advisors (1995-99)
Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, Warren, Gorham and Lamont, Editorial Advisory Board
American Bankruptcy Institute
Journal of Restructuring Finance, Editorial Board

Publications

Professional Fees in Corporate Bankruptcies Oxford University Press 2011 Co-author with Doherty
Strategies for Creditors in Bankruptcy Proceedings 5th ed., Aspen (with Christopher Minck) 2007
Secured Credit: A Systems Approach 6th ed., Aspen 2009 (with Elizabeth Warren)
Commercial Transactions: A Systems Approach 4th ed., Aspen 2006 (with Elizabeth Warren, Daniel L. Keating, and Ronald J. Mann)
"The Essential Structure of Judgment Proofing," 51 Stanford Law Review 147 (1998)
"Virtual Judgment Proofing: A Rejoinder," 107 Yale Law Journal 1413 1998
Courting Failure: How Competition for Big Cases Is Corrupting the Bankruptcy Courts, University of Michigan Press 2005
"Universalism Unravels," 79 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 143 2005
"A Team Production Theory of Bankruptcy Reorganizations," 57 Vanderbilt Law Review 741 2004
"The Determinants of Professional Fees In Large Bankruptcy Reorganization Cases," 1 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 111 2004 Co-author with Joseph W. Doherty
"The Nature of the Bankrupt Firm: A Reply to Baird and Rasmussen's The End of Bankruptcy," 55 Stanford Law Review 645 2003
Author of numerous articles on bankruptcy and insolvency.