Eugene Geekie, Jr
Partner at Arnstein & Lehr
Chicago, Illinois
Eugene Geekie is a partner in the Chicago office of Arnstein & Lehr LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Complex Litigation and Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Practice Groups.
Mr. Geekie has successfully represented clients in a variety of complex commercial and corporate litigation matters on a national basis for more than 25 years. He also has an active practice in debt restructurings and corporate reorganizations.
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Mr. Geekie has successfully represented clients in a variety of complex commercial and corporate litigation matters on a national basis for more than 25 years. He also has an active practice in debt restructurings and corporate reorganizations.
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Eugene Geekie is a partner in the Chicago office of Arnstein & Lehr LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Complex Litigation and Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Practice Groups.
Mr. Geekie has successfully represented clients in a variety of complex commercial and corporate litigation matters on a national basis for more than 25 years. He also has an active practice in debt restructurings and corporate reorganizations.
Mr. Geekie represents clients in litigation matters across a wide variety of industries, including securities and futures/commodities, banking and asset-based lending, construction and real estate development, energy, automotive, food, transportation, and general manufacturing, with significant experience in contentious “business-divorce” cases between equity holders/partners in closely-held corporations and partnerships. He has successfully tried many cases for his clients, both bench and jury trials, in federal and state courts across the country. His thorough and well-focused litigation approach is designed to reduce litigation costs and position a client to win at trial – with the added benefit that opponents often realize the strategic litigation advantage that Mr. Geekie has achieved for his clients, leading opponents to then seek settlement, rather than risk trial.
In addition to his extensive trial experience, Mr. Geekie is highly skilled in alternative dispute resolution (settlement negotiation, mediation, and arbitration) in various forums across the country. Clients rely on his insightful, dispute-resolution advice, and generally seek his counsel early in the dispute process rather than wait until litigation has become inevitable.
Mr. Geekie is also considered a go-to lawyer on restructuring, creditors’ rights, and bankruptcy matters. He has represented secured and unsecured creditors in some of the largest bankruptcies in the country. He has also represented debtors in chapter 11 proceedings, as well as court-appointed examiners, receivers, trustees and creditors’ committees, providing them with trusted advice and litigation counseling that maximizes financial returns for creditors.
Prior to joining Arnstein & Lehr, Mr. Geekie was most recently a partner in the litigation firm of Freeborn & Peters, where he chaired the Bankruptcy Litigation practice. Before joining Freeborn & Peters, he was a litigation partner for more than 20 years at the national firm of Schiff Hardin LLP.
Mr. Geekie has successfully represented clients in a variety of complex commercial and corporate litigation matters on a national basis for more than 25 years. He also has an active practice in debt restructurings and corporate reorganizations.
Mr. Geekie represents clients in litigation matters across a wide variety of industries, including securities and futures/commodities, banking and asset-based lending, construction and real estate development, energy, automotive, food, transportation, and general manufacturing, with significant experience in contentious “business-divorce” cases between equity holders/partners in closely-held corporations and partnerships. He has successfully tried many cases for his clients, both bench and jury trials, in federal and state courts across the country. His thorough and well-focused litigation approach is designed to reduce litigation costs and position a client to win at trial – with the added benefit that opponents often realize the strategic litigation advantage that Mr. Geekie has achieved for his clients, leading opponents to then seek settlement, rather than risk trial.
In addition to his extensive trial experience, Mr. Geekie is highly skilled in alternative dispute resolution (settlement negotiation, mediation, and arbitration) in various forums across the country. Clients rely on his insightful, dispute-resolution advice, and generally seek his counsel early in the dispute process rather than wait until litigation has become inevitable.
Mr. Geekie is also considered a go-to lawyer on restructuring, creditors’ rights, and bankruptcy matters. He has represented secured and unsecured creditors in some of the largest bankruptcies in the country. He has also represented debtors in chapter 11 proceedings, as well as court-appointed examiners, receivers, trustees and creditors’ committees, providing them with trusted advice and litigation counseling that maximizes financial returns for creditors.
Prior to joining Arnstein & Lehr, Mr. Geekie was most recently a partner in the litigation firm of Freeborn & Peters, where he chaired the Bankruptcy Litigation practice. Before joining Freeborn & Peters, he was a litigation partner for more than 20 years at the national firm of Schiff Hardin LLP.
