Ira Bodenstein
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Ira Bodenstein
312.666.2861
ibodenstein@shawgussis.com

Appointed by former United States Attorney General Janet Reno, Ira Bodenstein served as a United States Trustee for Region 11, which is comprised of the Northern District of Illinois and the State of Wisconsin, from May 1998 through January 2006, when he joined Shaw Gussis. As a United States Trustee, Ira served as head of the Justice Department component with primary responsibility over all bankruptcy cases filed in Region 11.

Ira also represents trustees and receivers in state and federal courts, and has been appointed receiver in SEC actions filed in the federal courts. Examples of his experience include:

  • Member of private panel of chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees

  • Representation of senior secured creditor of 765 condominium complex in Panama City Beach, FL, in Laketown Wharf Chapter 11

  • Representation of the bank syndication group led by Citicorp in the chapter 11 restructuring of a 65 million dollar office building in Washington, D.C.

  • Debtor’s counsel for Channel Earth Communications, Demicco Youth Services, Nobart, Inc., and Arthur Machinery Chapter 11 cases

  • Representation of the Unsecured Creditors Committee in the Chapter 11 cases of Process Control, Mactron, Thomas Steel, Dartmoor Homes, National Jockey Club and Hurd Windows

    • J.D., University of Miami School of Law, 1980; B.A., Franklin and Marshall College, 1977.