Mr. Douglas E. Deutsch

Douglas E. Deutsch is a partner with Clifford Chance US LLP in New York, where his practice focuses on representing secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, and unofficial and official creditors? committees in chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. He is a regular speaker and writer on bankruptcy law topics. Mr. Deutsch previously served as ABI?s Vice President-Education and co-chaired a number of ABI conferences. He received his B.S. from Drew University and his J.D. from St. John?s UniversitySchool of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the ABI Law Review. After graduation, he clerked for the Western District of Texas and then worked as an associate at a Texas law firm. He subsequently returned to St. John?s to obtain his LL.M. and was awarded the first American Bankruptcy Institute Scholarship.