Benjamin Seigel is of counsel to the firm's Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group in Los Angeles. Mr. Seigel has represented numerous types of interests in bankruptcy cases throughout the country. Mr. Seigel has been honored by the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Central District of California for being the most frequently chosen mediator in the entire Central District and the Los Angeles Division.. He frequently lectures to accounting firms, financial institutions and other organizations on debtor/creditor topics, including the financial and psychological benefits of resolving disputes through mediation. He is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell.Recent Presentations and Publications"Superior Courts Effectively Endorse Mediation" Los Angeles Daily Journal August 9, 2013"What Accountants Should Know About Receiverships," Grant Thornton, September 2012Co-Author, "Dodd-Frank and Bankruptcy Law", BNA's Bankruptcy Law Reporter, August 23, 2012; "Points & Authorities, Spring 2012“Why Mediation Works...And Why It Doesn’t: One Mediator’s Perspective,” Points & Authorities, Winter 2010/2011“Imaginative Solutions in Mediation: Avoiding the Risks of Clear Channel and Philadelphia Newspapers," Points & Authorities, Summer 2010“ Meltdown Mediation,” Dispute Resolution Magazine, Winter 2010“Staying Alive; Making $$$ in a Down Market,” Fashion Group International, March 26, 2009“ Contingent Liabilities,” RMA Journal, March 2009“Alternatives to Chapter 11 After the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA),” California Capital Markets Meeting, September 19, 2008“ Using Contingent Liability Analysis in the Loan Approval Process,” RMA Journal, December 2005-January 2006“ Valuation of contingent liabilities: some risk management considerations for lenders,” RMA Journal, 2005“Mediation of Bankruptcy Disputes: An Economic Lesson for Lenders,” Points & Authorities, Fall 2004