G. Ray Warner

Professor of Law

Professor Warner has extensive academic and practical experience in U.S. and cross-border insolvency and commercial law.  As the first dean of bankruptcy studies at St. John’s University School of Law, he built the nation’s most extensive bankruptcy program and its first bankruptcy-specific LL.M. degree program.  His legal experience includes many years of practice with one of the largest international law firms.  Professor Warner has received multiple teaching and service awards, including the prestigious Leadership in Education Award from the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.  He is Chair of the INSOL Academics’ Group and served as Course Leader for the INSOL Global Insolvency Practice Course (INSOL Fellows program).  In addition, he is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy, a founding member of the International Insolvency Institute, and headed the Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition.  Professor Warner teaches a broad array of commercial, finance, international business, and bankruptcy courses.

“Comparative Collectivity,” 31 International Insolvency Review __ (forthcoming 2023). 
 
Chapter, “Article 15 - Application for Recognition of a Foreign Proceeding,” Article by Article Commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (forthcoming 2023 Edward Elgar Pub.) (Reinhard Bork & Michael Veder, eds.).  
 
Chapter, “Article 16 - Presumptions Concerning Recognition,” Article by Article Commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (forthcoming 2023 Edward Elgar Pub.) (Reinhard Bork & Michael Veder, eds.).  
 
Chapter, “Article 17 - Decision to Recognize a Foreign Proceeding,” Article by Article Commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (forthcoming 2023 Edward Elgar Pub.) (Reinhard Bork & Michael Veder, eds.).  
 
Chapter, “Article 18 - Subsequent Information,” Article by Article Commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (forthcoming 2023 Edward Elgar Pub.) (Reinhard Bork & Michael Veder, eds.). 

“Enterprise Group Restructuring: Dutch Options and United States Enforcement.” European Insolvency & Restructuring Journal, 2021 European Insolvency & Restructuring Journal 7 located at https://eirjournal.com/content/EIRJ-2021-7 (co-authored with P.M. (Michael) Veder) (2021). 

“Conflicting Norms: Impact of the Model Law on Chapter 11’s Global Restructuring Role,” 28 International Insolvency Review 273 (2019). 

Giving and Creating: The Legacy of Keith J. Shapiro,” 34 Emory Bankr. Devel. J. 3 (2017). 

Cross-Border Cooperation in the United States: A Retreat or Merely a Pause?” 3 NIBLeJ 21 (2015) (Nottingham Insolvency & Business Law eJournal), republished in Festschrift for Prof. Ian Fletcher 

Preserving a Single Forum for Corporate Rescue,” 12 International Corporate Rescue 374 (2015).