Ian M. Rubenstrunk

Ian M. Rubenstrunk is Of Counsel with Spencer Fane in Minneapolis, where he represents a wide array of clients including banks, credit unions, nontraditional lenders, private equity, equipment financers, receivers, landlords and asset-buyers in financial services matters. His experience in financial services is focused on all sides of distressed transactions and turnaround matters, with specific experience in commercial foreclosures, receiverships, bankruptcies, out-of-court workouts, and litigation involving financial transactions. Early in his career, Mr. Rubenstrunk represented debtors in chapter 11 bankruptcy filings and clients facing foreclosure and debt collection, and served with the U.S. Trustee’s Office in the Northern District of Illinois and a stint clerking at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota for Chief Judge Gregory F. Kishel and Hon. William J. Fisher. During his clerkship, he worked on cases covering myriad issues, including on the fallout from a multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme. Following his clerkship, Mr. Rubenstrunk spent several years in private practice at a firm in Minneapolis in its Creditors’ Remedies and Financial Litigation departments. Most recently, he worked at a consulting firm, where he served as a court-appointed receiver of companies in a variety of industries in cases across the country. He currently serves as the state director for the Minnesota Chapter of the Commercial Receivers Association. Mr. Rubenstrunk received his B.A. in English and political science from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his J.D. from The University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where he served as staff and articles editor of the Review of Intellectual Property Law.