Richard Reibman’s practice is concentrated within the areas of financial services, and creditors' rights and insolvency law. His practice as a commodity futures lawyer includes representation of futures commission merchants, proprietary trading groups, introducing brokers, trade execution firms, commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, as well as exchange members. On the security side, Mr. Reibman advises broker-dealers, investment advisors, hedge fund managers and individual registrants. He has successfully represented clients on numerous occasions before the National Futures Association, the National Association of Securities Dealers, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and various futures and securities exchanges.

Mr. Reibman’s creditors' rights and insolvency practice includes the representation of banks and other secured creditors, trade creditors, debtors, bankruptcy trustees, assignees, and landlords in a wide variety of issues, both in and out of bankruptcy court, including loan work-outs and restructurings, Chapter 11 reorganization, Chapter 7 liquidations, and assignments for the benefit of creditors. On numerous occasions, he has handled the prosecution or defense of avoidance actions, such as those involving fraudulent transfers and preferential transfers.

Mr. Reibman is a member of the board of directors of Austin Bank of Chicago. Since 1995, he has been an active member of the adjunct faculty of IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he regularly teaches courses in financial services regulation, and in creditors rights and bankruptcy law. He was formerly the law clerk for the Hon. Marvin E. Aspen and served as assistant editor of the Police Law Quarterly. He is the co-author of “Limited Liability Companies and the Bankruptcy Code,” Taxes Magazine (Oct. 1996, reprinted LLC Advisors Oct. 30, 1996). He also authored the Chapter “Understanding Basic Asset Protection Principles,” in The Intelligent Guide to Your Financial Future (2005). 

Mr. Reibman is AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

*CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.

Bar Admissions & Memberships

• Illinois

Education

• J.D. - IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1978 (with highest honors)
• B.A. - New College, 1975