Simon Klevansky Email & Phone Number

Mr. Klevansky's practice emphasizes commercial law, business litigation, bankruptcy law and reorganization, fraudulent transfers, and creditors' rights, and counsels corporate and individual clients upon collection and payment of secured and unsecured claims and judgments, foreclosures and other post-judgment remedies. Mr. Klevansky is a regular speaker in seminars upon his areas of practice.Mr. Klevansky graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, earning a Bachelor's of Arts degree. He later graduated from Stanford Law School (1977) where he earned his juris doctor degree. After graduating from law school, Mr. Klevansky was a law clerk to the Honorable Robert F. Utter of the Washington State Supreme Court, and was a Visiting Fellow for the Center for Law in the Public Interest.Mr. Klevansky has served as President and Director of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association. Now an active member of the Hawaii State Bar Association, Mr. Klevansky previously was admitted to the State Bar of California and the Washington State Bar Association, and is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the District of Hawaii, the Central District of California, and the Western District of Washington, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute.Mr. Klevansky has achieved the highest “AV” rating by Martindale Hubbell. For 27 consecutive years. He has been recognized by his peers since 1995 as one of the “Best Lawyers in America”, Woodard/White, one of the "Best Lawyers" in Hawaii, currently in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, Bet-the-Company Litigation, and Litigation-Bankruptcy, and has been named as "Best Lawyers"' 2024 "Lawyer of the Year" in Litigation - Bankruptcy in Honolulu. He has been listed in "Hawaii Super Lawyers" Magazine since 2008 (among the "Top 25 Lawyers" in 2008, and on the "Attorney Top List" in 2012), and in "Chambers and Partners USA Guide" as a leading lawyer in Bankruptcy/Restructuring in Hawaii.

Listed skills include Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, Business Litigation, and 11 others.