On NPR: Why Lehman Still Exists 10 Years After Its Collapse

September 10, 2018 — Christopher Kiplok, counsel to the trustee in the liquidation of Lehman Brothers, was interviewed by NPR's Marketplace regarding the 10th anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

The NPR segment, "Why Lehman Still Exists 10 Years After Its Collapse," also featured former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke and former New York Fed President Tim Geithner, as well as former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James Peck, who presided over Lehman's bankruptcy hearing. The segment is part of a yearlong series examining how the financial crisis changed America. The segment noted that Lehman's U.S. business split into two separate bankruptcies: one for Lehman's parent company and the other for what remained of the broker-dealer after its sale to Barclays. Asked what was the first priority, Kiplok said, "Quite simple, questions. How many customers were there? What were they owed? Where were the assets? How would we return