American
Law Schools, and other organizations; articles written by King; teaching materials; subject files on a range of topics, including
personal bankruptcy, bankruptcy reform, the Bankruptcy Code, consumer legislation, and the Marathon Pipeline bankruptcy court
case; and other papers used by King in the course of his scholarship.

Murray Drabkin (1928-) was a commercial bankruptcy lawyer at Hopkins and Sutter in Washington, D.C. until 2001. He was a member
of the National Bankruptcy Conference and co-authored the "Judges' bill," which, together with the "Commission bill," drafted
by a federal commission to study bankruptcy laws, was the basis for the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978. The collection, 1932-1999,
includes materials relating to bankruptcy reform and the jurisdiction of bankruptcy judges in the 1970s and 1980s; records
and papers of the National Bankruptcy Conference, where Drabkin was anactive member; material relating to two important legislative
projects formed by the National Bankruptcy Conference, the Code Review Project and the Insurance Insolvency Project; correspondence
related to the activities of bankruptcy committees in New York and Washington, D.C.; and published manuals, reports, and reference
books.

title

Murray Drabkin Papers

creator

Drabkin, Murray, 1928-, Creator

id

PU-L.NBA.003

repository

University of Pennsylvania Biddle Law Library

extent

10 linear feet

inclusive date

1957-1999

bulk date

abstract/scope/contents

Murray Drabkin (1928-) was a commercial bankruptcy lawyer at Hopkins and Sutter in Washington, D.C. until 2001. He was a member
of the National Bankruptcy Conference and co-authored the "Judges' bill," which, together with the "Commission bill," drafted
by a federal commission to study bankruptcy laws, was the basis for the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978. The collection, 1932-1999,
includes materials relating to bankruptcy reform and the jurisdiction of bankruptcy judges in the 1970s and 1980s;