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Irina V . Fox, JD

Professor

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IrinaFox@creighton.edu
School of Law
Faculty - Law
LAWC - Ahmanson Law Center - 242

Irina V . Fox, JD

Professor

Professor Fox specializes in business law, researching debtor-creditor relations and writing on bankruptcy issues.
Prior to joining the faculty of Creighton University School of Law, Professor Fox practiced law in San Francisco at an AmLaw A-List firm of Latham & Watkins. She represented multinational corporations in complex business litigation, focusing on antitrust. Professor Fox worked on several high-profile mergers. She was part of a trial team in a highly publicized Silicon Valley case. She also represented emerging companies in finance transactions and worked on cutting-edge bankruptcy matters. She defended the rights of several pro bono clients.
Professor Fox clerked for the Honorable Carl J. Barbier at the federal district court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She graduated summa cum laude (second in her class) from the Louisiana State University Law Center and is a member of the Order of the Coif.

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching Interests

  • Business Associations, Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities Regulation, Secured Transactions

Research Focus

I research debtor-creditor issues, focusing on Chapter 11 corporate reorganizations and fraudulent transfers. I have also written on penalty clauses in testaments under Louisiana Civil Law and on expungement of criminal records under California Penal Code Section 851.8.

Department

Law

Position

Professor

Presentations

  • Fox Irina, Women in prison 2009
  • American entrepreneurship 2015
  • Panelist speaker regarding publishing law review articles 2013

Publications

  • Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice
    Fox Irina, Back to square one
    29:4 2020
  • Delaware Journal of Corporate Law
    Fox Irina, Protecting all corporate stakeholders
    44:1 2020
  • Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice
    Fox Irina, The necessity of protecting public securities transactions
    27:2 2018
  • Norton Journal of Bankruptcy and Practice
    Fox Irina, FTI Consulting, Inc. v. Merit Management Group, LP
    26:2 2017
  • American Bankruptcy Law Journal
    Fox Irina, Minimizing the risk of fraudulent transfer avoidanc
    91:4 2017
  • San Diego Law Review
    Fox Irina, Sealing and destruction of criminal records for the factually innocent
    53:2 2016
  • Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice
    Fox Irina, Distressed lender beware
    21:6 2012
  • Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice
    Fox Irina, 'Reasonably equivalent value' in § 548 avoidance actions
    20:4 2011
  • Louisiana Law Review
    Fox Irina, Penalty clauses in testaments
    70:4 2010
  • American Bankruptcy Law Journal
    Fox Irina, Settlement payment exception to avoidance powers in bankruptcy
    84:4 2010
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