Ronald Barliant
Director
Infectious Diseases
Humanigen
Australia
Biography
Ronald Barliant is of counsel with the Chicago law firm Goldberg Kohn, where he had been a principal in the Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Group after joining in September 2002. He has represented debtors and creditors in complex bankruptcy cases, and counseled major financial institutions, business firms and boards of directors in connection with workouts. He served as a United States bankruptcy judge for the Northern District of Illinois from 1988 to 2002, and as a visiting judge in the District of Delaware in 2002. He is a member of the board of directors of a closely held information technology company and the board of the estate representative supervising the liquidation of assets in the Global Crossing case. And he was previously a director of a Delaware debtor in the automotive industry. He has also counseled boards of directors and individual directors in connection with their fiduciary duties in distressed situations. Mr. Barliant has taught debtor-creditor relations at John Marshall Law School and has frequently lectured and participated in panel discussions on bankruptcy-related topics at the invitation of many organizations, including the Federal Judicial Center, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ), the American Bankruptcy Institute, the American Bar Association, the American College of Bankruptcy, the Commercial Finance Association, the Turnaround Management Association, the Chicago Bar Association and LexisNexis Mealey’s. His published writings include articles on Chapter 11 plans, executory contracts, preferences, the anti-trust litigation in the United Airlines case (in which he represented an indenture trustee/defendant), and asbestos bankruptcies. He was a member of the board of governors of the NCBJ from 1998 to 2000 and of the NCBJ’s Endowment for Education from 1997 to 1998. In addition, he served on national judicial committees and on working groups considering technology issues and the treatment of mass torts in bankruptcy cases. Mr. Barliant has been recognized annually by the Leading Lawyers Network, Super Lawyers, and Best Lawyers. He was named by Chambers USA 2014 as a leading lawyer in the United States in Bankruptcy/Restructuring. He is currently a member of the ABI (Business Reorganization Committee), ABA (Business Law Section), and NCBJ (Former Judges Section) and is a former Chair of the Bankruptcy and Reorganizations Committee of the CBA. He is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and served as the College’s Regent for the Seventh Circuit.
Research Interest
Ronald Barliant is of counsel with the Chicago law firm Goldberg Kohn, where he had been a principal in the Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Group after joining in September 2002. He has represented debtors and creditors in complex bankruptcy cases, and counseled major financial institutions, business firms and boards of directors in connection with workouts. He served as a United States bankruptcy judge for the Northern District of Illinois from 1988 to 2002, and as a visiting judge in the District of Delaware in 2002. He is a member of the board of directors of a closely held information technology company and the board of the estate representative supervising the liquidation of assets in the Global Crossing case. And he was previously a director of a Delaware debtor in the automotive industry. He has also counseled boards of directors and individual directors in connection with their fiduciary duties in distressed situations. Mr. Barliant has taught debtor-creditor relations at John Marshall Law School and has frequently lectured and participated in panel discussions on bankruptcy-related topics at the invitation of many organizations, including the Federal Judicial Center, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ), the American Bankruptcy Institute, the American Bar Association, the American College of Bankruptcy, the Commercial Finance Association, the Turnaround Management Association, the Chicago Bar Association and LexisNexis Mealey’s. His published writings include articles on Chapter 11 plans, executory contracts, preferences, the anti-trust litigation in the United Airlines case (in which he represented an indenture trustee/defendant), and asbestos bankruptcies. He was a member of the board of governors of the NCBJ from 1998 to 2000 and of the NCBJ’s Endowment for Education from 1997 to 1998. In addition, he served on national judicial committees and on working groups considering technology issues and the treatment of mass torts in bankruptcy cases. Mr. Barliant has been recognized annually by the Leading Lawyers Network, Super Lawyers, and Best Lawyers. He was named by Chambers USA 2014 as a leading lawyer in the United States in Bankruptcy/Restructuring. He is currently a member of the ABI (Business Reorganization Committee), ABA (Business Law Section), and NCBJ (Former Judges Section) and is a former Chair of the Bankruptcy and Reorganizations Committee of the CBA. He is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and served as the College’s Regent for the Seventh Circuit.
