St. John's University School of Law Announces G. Ray Warner to Head LL.M. in Bankruptcy Program
By: Jody Fisher
February 03, 2003
Jamaica, NY -
G. Ray Warner, the William P. Boreland
Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of
Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, has been appointed Professor of
Law and Director of the LL.M. in Bankruptcy program at St. John's
University School of Law, the only such graduate law program in the
nation, it was announced by School of Law Dean Joseph Bellacosa
today. The appointment is effective July 1, 2003. Mr. Warner
succeeds Professor Robert M. Zinman, the founder and director of
the LL.M. in Bankruptcy program since its inception. Professor
Zinman plans to continue to teach in the LL.M. and J.D. programs at
St. John's and to remain actively involved in the development of
important initiatives for the insolvency community.
The Faculty and I enthusiastically welcome and look forward to the
leadership, teaching and scholarship of Professor Warner that will
add an excellent dimension to our superb Bankruptcy LL.M. program
and to the St. John's Law School, said Dean Bellacosa.
The addition of Ray to the faculty represents a remarkable
accomplishment for, and a sign of the coming of age of our great
LL.M. in Bankruptcy program, said Prof. Zinman, who is also Past
President and Chairman of the American Bankruptcy Institute. Ray is
a superb teacher, practitioner and author, a leader of the
bankruptcy bar, and a warm, sensitive human being who has what it
takes to lead this program to new heights. I am looking forward to
working closely with Ray as we move forward.
Professor Warner holds a LL.M. in Corporation Law from New York
University, School of Law, a J.D. degree, cum laude, from
Northwestern University School of Law and a bachelor's degree in
mathematics from Emory University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He
has served as the Robert M. Zinman Resident Scholar at the American
Bankruptcy Institute, the leading multi-disciplinary, non-partisan
organization dedicated to research and education on matters related
to insolvency.
Professor Warner will bring to the position a unique mix of
practical and scholarly experience. He is the recipient of numerous
teaching and scholarship awards including the University of
Missouri's Pierson Award for Outstanding Teaching in Law. He served
as a Visiting Professor of Law in the LL.M. in Bankruptcy program
at St. John's in the 2000-2001 academic year where he originated
and taught the Uniform Commercial Code and Bankruptcy course. He
has authored numerous scholarly articles in law journals, and has
spoken extensively on commercial and insolvency issues. As counsel
to the trustee in bankruptcy, Warner has to his credit a 9-0
victory in the 1998 Supreme Court bankruptcy preference case of
Fidelity Financial Services, Inc. v. Fink.
Founded in 1870 by the Vincentian community, St. John's University
has six schools and colleges. It offers associate, baccalaureate,
master's, doctoral and professional degrees. The University enjoys
an enrollment of more than 19,000 students and operates five
campuses: in Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan and Oakdale in New
York and in Rome, Italy.
For more information, please contact Jody Fisher, Director of
Media Relations, at (718) 990-6185 or at fisherjo@stjohns.edu.