Larry Ribstein

Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Chair
Associate Dean for Research

Professor Larry E. Ribstein is the Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Chair in Law and the Associate Dean for Research, University of Illinois College of Law. Professor Ribstein is the author of leading treatises on limited liability companies (Ribstein & Keatinge on Limited Liability Companies) and partnership law (Bromberg & Ribstein on Partnerships), as well as two business associations casebooks (Ribstein & Lipshaw, Unincorporated Business Entities, 4^th edition 2009) and Ribstein & Letsou, Business Associations, 4^th edition, 2003). His books also include The Sarbanes-Oxley Debacle and The Constitution and the Corporation (both with Henry Butler), The Law Market (with Erin O’Hara), The Rise of the Uncorporation and The Economics of Federalism (with Kobayashi). From 1998-2001 he was co-editor of the Supreme Court Economic Review.  Ribstein has written or co-authored approximately 150 articles on subjects including corporate, securities and partnership law, constitutional law, bankruptcy, film, the internet, family law, professional ethics and licensing, uniform laws, choice of law and jurisdictional competition.