Mark Leipold represents creditors, lenders, landlords, debtors, trustees, examiners, and other parties-in-interest in sophisticated workout and bankruptcy matters. Mark's practice includes sophisticated commercial litigation, including fraudulent transfer and preference litigation. His clients range from high net worth individuals to multi-billion dollar publicly traded companies. Mark's practice also emphasizes asset-based lending and other secured transactions.

Mark has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer in 2008 and in 2009.

Presentations

• The Financially Distressed Limited Liability Company: Substantive Legal and Tax Aspects, Professional Education Broadcast Network, March 2005
• LLC or not LLC - What Should Be The Question: Consequences of Entity Choice (Reporter) April 2008
• After the Bubble Bursts: The Housing Market & Bankruptcy, Professional Education Broadcast Network (Speaker/Panel Member) February 2008
• "Small" Business Bankruptcy Issues, Professional Education Broadcast Network (Speaker/Panel Member) June 2007
• Rejecting the Social Contract: Using Bankruptcy to Change Labor and Pension Obligations (Program Co-Chair) American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Business Bankruptcy Committee, Small Business Bankruptcy Subcommittee March 2007
• Top "Small" Business Issues. American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Business Bankruptcy Committee, Small Business Bankruptcy Subcommittee (Speaker/Panel Member) November 2006
• The Financially Distressed Limited Liability Company: Substantive Legal and Tax Aspects, Professional Education Broadcast Network (Speaker/Panel Member) March 2005

Professional and Civic Affiliations

• Chair of the Contracts & Property Rights Subcommittee of the Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation Committee, Litigation Section, American Bar Association, 2010
• Chair of the Small Business Subcommittee, Business Bankruptcy Committee, Business Law Section, American Bar Association, 2010
• Vice President of Communications, Turnaround Management Association Chicago/Midwest Chapter, 2010
• Adjunct Professor, The John Marshall Law School, 2009-2010
• Vice President of Programming, Turnaround Management Association Chicago/Midwest Chapter, 2009
• Secretary, Turnaround Management Association Chicago/Midwest Chapter, 2008
• Adjunct Professor, DePaul University College of Law, 2005-2008
• Bankruptcy Court Liaison Committee for the Northern District of Illinois, 2005-2007
• Clerk for United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1986-1987

Articles

• Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors: An Alternative to Bankruptcy, GR Review, Summer 2005