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Jonathan S. Shenson is a member of KTBS. Mr. Shenson received his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1993, where he graduated first in his class in the economics department. Mr. Shenson received his J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1996. While at UCLA, he participated in the law school's Moot Court Honors Program and was a member of the Pacific Basin Law Journal. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward D. Jellen, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, from 1996 to 1998.
Mr. Shenson's practice includes representation of debtors, secured creditors (including debtor in possession lenders), committees, acquirers, and other parties in chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings, work-outs, acquisitions and assignments for the benefit of creditors. Mr. Shenson has been involved in many chapter 11 cases. On the debtor side, Mr. Shenson has represented Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. (owner and operator of assisted living facilities), Paragon Steakhouse Restaurants, Inc. (owner and operator of steakhouses) and KeraVision (a developer and provider of non-laser vision correction product). On the creditor side, Mr. Shenson has represented the official committee of unsecured creditors' in MedPartners Provider Network, Inc. (a healthcare provider network) and Superior National Insurance Group, Inc. (a workers' compensation insurer) and secured creditors in InterDent, Inc. (a dental group management company), Global Health Sciences (a nutritional supplement company) and Remediation Capital Corporation (a remediation company).
Mr. Shenson's practice also includes representation of agents and lenders, borrowers and other parties in a broad array of credit transactions, including syndicated, single-bank, secured, unsecured, senior and subordinated credits and credit enhancement facilities.
Mr. Shenson has lectured on various topics related to bankruptcy law, including the fiduciary duties of officers and directors of distressed companies and real estate leases in bankruptcy. Most recently, Mr. Shenson served as a panelist at the American Bankruptcy Institute's 14th Annual Bankruptcy Battleground West on "The Business Bankruptcy Law 6 Months Later - Has Anything Really Changed?"
Mr. Shenson is admitted to practice law in the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California, as well as in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Turnaround Management Association, the California Bar Association and the Financial Lawyers Conference. | 