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.
Sustainable Bankruptcy, 33 American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review __ (forthcoming 2025) (Draft at https://ssrn.com/abstract=5191636)
Chapter, “Article 15 - Application for Recognition of a Foreign Proceeding,” Article by Article Commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (Reinhard Bork & Michael Veder, eds.) (2025 Edward Elgar Pub.).
Chapter, “Article 16 - Presumptions Concerning Recognition,” Article by Article Commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (Reinhard Bork & Michael Veder, eds.) (2025 Edward Elgar Pub.).
Chapter, “Article 17 - Decision to Recognize a Foreign Proceeding,” Article by Article Commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (Reinhard Bork & Michael Veder, eds.) (2025 Edward Elgar Pub.).
Chapter, “Article 18 - Subsequent Information,” Article by Article Commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (Reinhard Bork & Michael Veder, eds.) (2025 Edward Elgar Pub.).
Comparative Collectivity, 32 International Insolvency Review 156 (2023) http://doi.org/10.1002/iir.1486
31st Annual Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Court Moot Court Competition Problem, 32 Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law & Practice 1 (2023) (co-authored with Paul R. Hage)
Enterprise Group Restructuring: Dutch Options and United States Enforcement, European Insolvency & Restructuring Journal, 2021 European Insolvency & Restructuring Journal 7, https://doi.org/10.54195/eirj.15089 (co-authored with P.M. (Michael) Veder).
Conflicting Norms: Impact of the Model Law on Chapter 11’s Global Restructuring Role, 28 International Insolvency Review 273 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1002/iir.1347