Practice areas: Bankruptcy, Business Litigation, Business & Corporate; view more
Licensed in Wisconsin since: 2016
Education: Columbia Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2006 - 2018, 2022 - 2025 Call today:
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122 W Washington AveSuite 850
Madison, WI 53703 Visit website
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A renowned attorney known across the United States, Michael P. Richman is a judicious bankruptcy attorney who is knowledgeable in a wide range of matters, including Chapter 7, 11, 12 and 13 bankruptcies, farm bankruptcy, credit repair, collections, and individual and business bankruptcy. In addition, he is also knowledgeable in business law and commercial litigation and helps clients with foreclosure defense as well. He represents the residents of Madison, Wisconsin, and nationwide from the law firm of Richman & Richman LLC.
Mr. Richman completed his undergraduate studies in political science at Vassar College with honors in 1975 and went on to pursue his legal education at Columbia Law School. While at law school, he was the managing editor of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law and won the Berger Prize in international law in honor of Wolfgang Friedmann. Additionally, he was also a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and was studious in his academics. He received his Juris Doctor cum laude in 1979 and is licensed to practice in New York and Wisconsin.
Having the experience of practicing for over 40 years, Mr. Richman has helped clients in over 20 states and is admitted to practice before the following courts:
· The United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin
· The United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
· The United States District Court for the District of Colorado
· The United States District Court for the District of Columbia
· The United States District Court for the District of Arizona
· The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
· The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
· The United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
· The United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th Circuits
· The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
· The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Outside his law practice, Mr. Richman stays closely affiliated with many organizations within his legal community, including the State Bar of Wisconsin, the American Bankruptcy Institute (past president, director and chairman of the board) and the New York State Bar Association (on the Committee on Federal Courts and the Subcommittee on Creditors’ Rights).
Michael P. Richman is a debt relief agent. He helps people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code.
Practice areas
Bankruptcy: Business, Business Litigation, Business/Corporate, Creditor Debtor Rights: BusinessFocus areas
Bankruptcy Law, Collections, Contracts, Credit Repair
- 70% Bankruptcy: Business
- 10% Business Litigation
- 10% Business/Corporate
- 10% Creditor Debtor Rights: Business
First Admitted: 1979, Washington DC
Professional Webpage: https://randr.law/attorney/michael-p-richman/
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Management Committee, Member
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
- State Bar of Wisconsin, Member
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
- American Bankruptcy Institute, President, 2004-2005
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- New York Bar, Member
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
- Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Chairman of the Board, 2006-2007
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- New York State Bar Association, Committee on Federal Courts, Subcommittee on Creditors' Rights, Member
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
- American Bankruptcy Institute Executive Committee, Member
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Director, 1996-1998
- New York
- American Bar Association, Committee on Business Bankruptcy, Member
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- Confirmed contested chapter 11 plans of reorganization for Greenpoint Tactical Income Fund and GP Rare Earth Trading Account, United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2022
- Licensed in 1979 (DC), 1984 (NY) and 2016 (WI)
- Founder and Performing Member, ABI's house band “Indubitable Equivalents”
- Appointed Adjunct Professor of Law (bankruptcy), University of Wisconsin Law School, 2018
- Elected to Board of Directors, Madison Symphony Orchestra, 2021
- Vice-Chair, National Standards Task Force for Professional Standards for Bankruptcy Professionals
- Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters
- Lawyer of the Year in Wisconsin, 2024, Best Lawyers
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Columbia Law School, New York, New York
- Who's Who in America
- Who's Who in America: Finance and Industry
- David M. Berger Memorial Award, Columbia Law School, New York, New York
- Who's Who in American Law
- Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers, Turnarounds & Workouts, 2004
- New York "Super Lawyer", 2006-2018
- Who's Who in Finance and Business
- London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England
- Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, A.B., Honors: cum laude, Honors: Political Science Honors, 1975
- Adjunct Professor, Bankruptcy Law, University of Wisconsin Law School
- Managing Editor, Law Journal: Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Columbia Law School, New York, New York
Office location for Michael P. Richman
122 W Washington Ave
Suite 850
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608-621-3737
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2006 - 2018, 2022 - 2025
