Experienced insolvency related restructuring attorney with a demonstated history of successfully reorganizing companies in complex Chapter 11 Bankrupty cases since 1988. Skills also include out of court restructurings, business litigation, claims’managment, litigation management, working understandings of both corporate and real estate law, bankruptcy trials, bankruptcy appeals, and mediations. Notable highlights include the successful representation of 26 California debtors consisting of the the purportedly most valuable real estate portfolio in bi-coastal bankruptcy litigation against Lehman Brothers from 2008-2012 involving several billions of dollars of unpaid debt. The representation also involved novel issues raised by “dueling automatic stays” in which the the debtor’s were in bankruptcy proceedings in California and the Lender was in its own Chapter 11 proceeding in New York. The unique issues arising from these facts have way to several to both the Second and Ninth Circuits. Holds highest “AV” Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer recognition for legal ability and ethical standards, including 2021.Voted by peers to be listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2006-2022. Also voted by peers as Insolvency Attorney of the year in Orange County for 2013.