Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Represented Mark Calvert, Chapter 11 Trustee of the Meridian Mortgage Investment Funds.
Represented the Post-Confirmation Creditors’ Committee in the Chapter 11 proceeding of Lawrence Kates.
Represented Creditors Committee of Liquidation Outlet, Inc.
Represented Lone Tree Point Seafood Company in its Chapter 11 case.
Prevailing attorney of record in the published appellate opinions of In re Turner, 859 F.3d 1145 (9th Cir. 2017) (denying the standing of a third-party to challenge a loan sale, Opperwall v. Bank of Am. N.A., 561 B.R. 775 (N.D.Cal. 2016) (deciding the res judicata effect of a confirmed plan), and In re Goldstein, 526 B.R. 13 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2015) determining when claims vest as property of the bankruptcy estate).
Represent prominent SBA lender in all California default matters and litigation. Handle matters including replevin and sale of collateral, collection of guarantees, and workout of defaulted loans. Defend lender in litigated matters regarding allegations of defects in the origination or servicing of loans.
Currently representing foreign licensor of intellectual property in prominent Silicon Valley Chapter 11 bankruptcy case and post-bankruptcy matters. Representation involves defense of license within bankruptcy case and ancillary litigation, negotiation with debtor and creditor committee regarding resolution of disputes, and potential purchase of estate assets by licensor.
Advising San Francisco-based real estate developer in near nine figure purchase of New York residential hotel in bankruptcy case venued in the Southern District of New York.
Defended inter-lender litigation alleging that lender induced borrower to breach loan agreement with prior lender. The matter was settled on nearly identical and favorable terms that were offered by lender client before litigation began.