The University of Illinois College of Law
cordially invites you to attend the investiture of
Ralph Brubaker
as the
James H.M. Sprayregen Professor of Law
April 21, 2022 at 12 -1 p.m.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
300 North LaSalle
Chicago, Illinois
Reception to follow.
Free, but registration required.
REGISTER HERE by April 15, 2022.
This event will also be available to view via Zoom, for those who prefer to attend remotely.
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Ralph Brubaker is a Professor of Law at the University of Illinois, where
he teaches courses in bankruptcy, bankruptcy procedure, corporate reorganizations, contracts,
conflict of laws (private international law), and restitution. Professor Brubaker has three degrees
from the University of Illinois, including his J.D. summa cum laude and an M.B.A., and he received
Bronze Tablet distinction (highest honors) and C.P.A. certification as an undergraduate. He clerked
for Judge James K. Logan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and he
practiced in the bankruptcy and corporate reorganization group with the law firm Squire, Sanders
& Dempsey (now Squire Patton Boggs) in Cleveland, Ohio. Professor Brubaker was a member of
the faculty at the Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia from 1995 until 2004, when
he returned to his alma mater. Professor Brubaker is the Editor-in-Chief and a contributing author
for West’s Bankruptcy Law Letter, he is co-author of a bankruptcy casebook, and he has written
dozens of journal articles and essays. He is particularly expert in the complex jurisdictional and
procedural facets of federal bankruptcy proceedings. Professor Brubaker has been an editorial
advisor for the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review,
and the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal. He is a member of the American Law Institute,
a conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference, and a Fellow of the American College of
Bankruptcy, for which he has been the Scholar-in-Residence. Professor Brubaker has served on the
executive committee of the board of directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), and he
was a member of the advisory committee on business enterprise sales for the ABI’s 2014
Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11.
The James H.M. Sprayregen Professorship in Law
The James H.M. Sprayregen Professorship in Law is made possible through the generosity of James Sprayregen, a 1985 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law. Mr. Sprayregen is a Restructuring partner in the Chicago and New York offices of Kirkland & Ellis and served on the firm’s worldwide management committee from 2003–2006 and 2009–2019. He is recognized as one of the outstanding restructuring lawyers in the United States and around the world and has led some of the most complex Chapter 11 filings in recent history.
Mr. Sprayregen received the College of Law’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006, and his gift to establish the James H.M. Sprayregen Professorship in Law was made in support of the With Illinois campaign. We are honored by Mr. Sprayregen’s generous gift to the College of Law.
Event is free, but registration is required. (REGISTER HERE by April 15, 2022.)