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Experience
Experienced in all aspects of business insolvency and corporate reorganization, including representation of both debtors and creditors in both complex business and individual Chapter 11, 7, bankruptcy cases and related state court proceedings. Also experienced in secured transactions including drafting and enforcement of complex security agreements. Additional experience includes first chair trial experience and all aspects of complex commercial litigation.
Current and former experience includes:
Represented a Lake Tahoe timeshare developer in Chapter 11 including related shareholder litigation, leading to confirmation of liquidating plan.
Confirmed Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for organic foods retailer leading to successful post-confirmation sale of business.
Assisted in representation of Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Chapter 11 case involving a U.S subsidiary of an international medical device manufacturer. Secured consensual plan of liquidation that paid 85% to unsecured creditors.
Specialized experience in multiple charter school dissolutions and/or bankruptcies.
Represented Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee in multiple matters, including estate sale of both a Debtor's and co-owners interest in a ranch concern in Northern Nevada.
Defended companies from preference or fraudulent transfer actions brought in bankruptcy cases or by trustees following assignments for the benefit of creditors.
Experienced in nondischarge ability litigation, lien enforcement, judgment enforcement procedures and practice.
Represented lenders in foreclosure proceeding, including enforcement of note and deed of trust in multiple bankruptcy proceedings, and sale of property in bankruptcy case.
Conducted oral argument at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in a nationally recognized airline reorganization case.
Experienced in representing both lenders and borrowers in distressed loan workouts, including enforcement and negotiation of mixed collateral security agreements.
Represented ownership group of multiple commercial real estate properties in partnership dispute, sale of properties in related bankruptcy and related securities fraud litigation.
Represented both sellers and buyers of assets in bankruptcy cases, ranging from real property to intellectual property.
General
Former Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Christopher M. Klein, Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
Former Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Christopher M. Klein, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California
Former Judicial Extern for the Honorable Roderick R. McKelvie, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
MEMBERSHIPS
Bankruptcy Dispute Resolution Program, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California, 2008, Resolution Advocate
Sacramento County Bar Association, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law section, Member
Washoe County Bar Association, Member
American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum, Member
United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California, and the District of Nevada, Admitted to Practice
EDUCATION
California Western School of Law, San Diego (J.D., cum laude, 2000 )
University of Virginia, Charlottesville (B.A., 1996)
University of Nairobi Faculty of Law, Nairobi, Kenya. | 