Marshall Tracht

Professor of Law
Director, Graduate Real Estate Program
Director, LL.M. in American Business Law

Publications by Professor Tracht

Books

Land Transfer and Finance: Cases and Materials, (Aspen Law & Business, 6th ed. 2011) (with Quintin Johnstone and the late Curtis Berger)

Construction and Development Financing, (West Group, 3rd ed. 2001) and semi-annual updates (with Alvin Arnold)

Book Chapters

Chapter 46, Suretyship in Theodore Eisenberg, Debtor-Creditor Law (Matthew Bender 2012)

Chapter 45: Guaranty in Theodore Eisenberg, Debtor-Creditor Law (Matthew Bender 2005)

Co-Ownership and Condominium, II Encyclopedia of Law and Economics 62-89 (Edward Elgar, 2000)

Workouts, Foreclosure and Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 in Alvin L. Arnold, Real Estate Investor's Deskbook (3d ed., 1994)

Articles

Leasehold Recharacterization in Bankruptcy 

RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank

Sale-Leaseback Recharacterization: A Return to First Principles (work in progress)

Can a Secured Creditor Be Denied the Right to Credit Bid When the Creditor’s Collateral Is Sold Pursuant to a Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization?, 39 ABA S.Ct. Preview 248 (2012) 

Godzilla Lives! Or, Nonrecourse Carveouts Run Amok,  8 J. Bankr. L. 195 (2012)

Freeman v. Quicken Loans, Inc., 39 ABA S.Ct. Preview 202 (2012)

Single Asset Real Estate and Development Projects: The Kara Homes Mistake, 127 Banking L.J. 258 (2010)

Lawyers and Lenders Sanctioned, Mortgage & R.E. Exec. Report, Vol. 41, No. 7 (June 1, 2008)

Patenting a Business or Legal Strategy, Mortgage & R.E. Exec. Report, Vol. 40, No. 8 (June 15, 2007)

OCC Rulings on Real Estate Projects Spark Furor, Mortgage & R. E. Exec. Report, Vol 38, No. 24 (February 15, 2006)

Drafting an Effective Arbitration Clause, in Alvin L. Arnold and Jeanne O’Neill, Real Estate Leasing Practice Manual (Thomson/West 2002)

Arbitration of Truth-in-Lending-Act Claims, 118 Banking L.J. 3 (2001)

Will Exploding Guaranties Bomb?, 117 Banking L.J. 129 (2000)

Insider Guaranties in Bankruptcy: A Framework for Analysis, 54 U. Miami L. Rev. 601 (2000)

Renegotiation and Secured Credit: Explaining the Equity of Redemption, 52 Vand. L. Rev. 599 (1999)

Supreme Court Restricts New Value Exception, Mortgage & R.E. Exec. Report, Vol. 32, No. 8 (June 15, 1999)

Useful Sites on the Internet, 14 R. E. Fin. J. 64 (1998)

Bankruptcy Review Commission Recommendations, Mortgage & R.E. Exec. Report, Vol. 30, No. 23 (Feb. 1, 1998)

Contractual Bankruptcy Waivers: Reconciling Theory, Practice, and Law, 82 Cornell L. Rev. 301 (1997)