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Los Angeles, Ca

Practicing in the areas of bankruptcy, consumer protection, and commercial and residential lease agreements – cultivating clients in the Los Angeles area; implementing business development strategies; conducting initial consultations; counseling clients; reviewing contracts and lease agreements; managing administrative and paralegal support; negotiating with opposing counsel; drafting demand letters, legal memoranda, bankruptcy petitions, complaints, written discovery; and arguing law and… Show more Practicing in the areas of bankruptcy, consumer protection, and commercial and residential lease agreements – cultivating clients in the Los Angeles area; implementing business development strategies; conducting initial consultations; counseling clients; reviewing contracts and lease agreements; managing administrative and paralegal support; negotiating with opposing counsel; drafting demand letters, legal memoranda, bankruptcy petitions, complaints, written discovery; and arguing law and motion. Show less

Beverly Hills, Ca

Represented institutional and individual debtors in business bankruptcies – Assisted with management of chapter 11 bankruptcies from initial petition to plan confirmation; case managed an assigned caseload of seven to ten clients; reviewed contracts and lease agreements; drafted complaints, ex parte application for order to show cause; temporary restraining orders; settlement agreements; argued motions including approval of cash collateral, fee applications, claims bar date and oppositions to… Show more Represented institutional and individual debtors in business bankruptcies – Assisted with management of chapter 11 bankruptcies from initial petition to plan confirmation; case managed an assigned caseload of seven to ten clients; reviewed contracts and lease agreements; drafted complaints, ex parte application for order to show cause; temporary restraining orders; settlement agreements; argued motions including approval of cash collateral, fee applications, claims bar date and oppositions to relief from stay; negotiated with opposing counsel; regulated debtors’ compliance with the Office of U.S. Trustee; counseled clients to achieve plan confirmation; worked with assigned paralegal; met all billable requirements; and reported to managing attorney. Show less

Los Angeles, Ca

Represented individual debtors in consumer bankruptcies – Managed Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcies from initial petition to discharge or plan confirmation; conducted initial consultations; drafted Chapter 13 plans, petitions, letters, settlement agreements, and pleadings; attended 341(a) Meeting of Creditors, Plan Confirmation Hearings, unlawful detainer hearings; reviewed contracts, lease and franchise agreements; and defended a multinational corporation in a complex litigation from… Show more Represented individual debtors in consumer bankruptcies – Managed Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcies from initial petition to discharge or plan confirmation; conducted initial consultations; drafted Chapter 13 plans, petitions, letters, settlement agreements, and pleadings; attended 341(a) Meeting of Creditors, Plan Confirmation Hearings, unlawful detainer hearings; reviewed contracts, lease and franchise agreements; and defended a multinational corporation in a complex litigation from pleadings to discovery. Show less

Claremont, Ca

Represented class action plaintiffs under the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act – Drafted summons and complaints, settlement agreements, mediation briefs, declarations, and protective orders; propounded written discovery; prepared responses to written discovery; conducted interviews of class members; and conducted legal and factual research.

San Francisco, Ca

Worked in the Homicide, Writs and Appeals, and Misdemeanor Units – Extensive experience appearing in evidentiary hearings; second chaired a misdemeanor trial involving a hit and run defendant; drafted and argued appellate briefs before the San Francisco Superior Court Appellate Division; drafted and argued oppositions to defendants’ motions to suppress evidence, declare mistrial, sever counts, demurrer and determinations for factual finding of innocence.

Santa Rosa, Ca

Worked in the Narcotics and Misdemeanor Units – Drafted oppositions to defendant's motions to suppress evidence, quash and traverse search warrants, and dismiss for lack of probable cause.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Asian American Bar Association Dean’s List 2006, Jerrold Ladar Scholarship 2007, Witkin’s Professional.

B.S., Applied Mathematics