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Mark L. Radtke

Partner

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Mark L. Radtke

Partner

[email protected]

Chicago 312.832.4966

Sectors

Practice Areas

Education

Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with high honors, 2001)
- Executive Articles Editor, Chicago-Kent Law Review
- Elected to the Order of the Coif
University of Iowa (B.B.A., 1997)

Admissions

Illinois State Bar
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. District Court – Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court – Northern District of Illinois

Mark L. Radtke focuses his practice on corporate reorganization, creditors’ rights, and bankruptcy. He is a Chicago-based partner in the firm’s Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice Group.

Mark advises debtors, boards of directors, indenture trustees and bondholders, chapter 7 and liquidation trustees, state and federal receivers, assignees for the benefit of creditors, committees, financial institutions, secured and unsecured creditors, and interest holders on all aspects of in and out-of-court restructurings including chapters 7, 11, and 15 cases. He has litigated contested matters in state, federal, and appellate courts.

Awards and Recognition

Recipient, Chambers & Partners USA – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2022-2025)
Recipient, Chambers & Partners USA – “Up and Coming Lawyer” (2021)
Recipient, Law Bulletin Publishing Company “Illinois Leading Lawyer” (2018, 2021-2023)
Recipient, Law Bulletin Publishing Company “Illinois Emerging Lawyer” (2015-2016)
Recipient, Law & Politics Magazine “Illinois Rising Star” (2008-2011, 2013-2015)

Affiliations

Chicago Bar Association
- Bankruptcy and Reorganization Committee, Chair (2023), Vice Chair (2021-2022)
American Bankruptcy Institute
- Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, Co-Chair (2018-2022)
- Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, Advisory Board Member (2010-2023)
- Young and New Members Committee, past Co-Chair

Presentations and Publications

Author, “Tips for Financial Health in the New Year: Avoid Having to Double Pay a Supplier,” The National Law Review (2023)
Co-author, “Litigation Concerning the Automatic Stay,” West Commercial Bankruptcy Litigation (2008-2023)
Co-author, “Bankruptcy Courts’ Equitable Discretion May Be in Danger,” Law360 (September 20, 2021)
Co-author, “Treatment of Secured Interests in Bankruptcy,” Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Secured Transactions (2004-2021)
Co-author, “Jurisdiction and Venue: First in Time Apparently Has Its Privileges, But Should It?,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (2010)
Co-author, “Rooker-Feldman: Still a Litigator’s Merry Mischief-Maker?,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (2008)