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Michael L. Tuchin is a member and co-manager of KTBS. Mr. Tuchin graduated with Honors and Distinction from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. He received his J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1990. He served as an extern to the Honorable Joseph R. Sneed, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in 1989. Mr. Tuchin represents debtors, equity holders, secured and unsecured creditors, committees and parties interested in acquiring assets from troubled companies. Mr. Tuchin was named one of the top 12 outstanding young bankruptcy lawyers in the nation in 2002, 2003 and 2004, was recognized as the Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year by the Century City Bar Association for 2002-2003, was recognized as one of the top 20 young lawyers in the State of California in 2002, and was recognized as one of the top 100 lawyers in Los Angeles County in 2004 and 2005.
On the debtor side, Mr. Tuchin represented Samuels Jewelers, Inc. (a national publicly traded retailer of fine jewelry operating more than 130 stores), Fountain View, Inc. (operator of more than 50 skilled care nursing and assisted care living facilities), Frederick's of Hollywood, Inc. (a world-renowned retailer of innovative specialty apparel operating more than 150 stores, a catalogue, and an internet business), Maple Plaza, Ltd. (the owner of a significant commercial property in Beverly Hills, California), and, as special counsel, American Restaurant Group (the owner of the Stuart Anderson's Black Angus chain of restaurants) in connection with their highly successful chapter 11 cases. Out of court, Mr. Tuchin has led successful restructurings of the Lusk Company (a large California homebuilder with close to $1 billion in debts), a large giftware company, an international manufacturer of computer accessories, a national express delivery business, and L.A. Kings, Ltd. (the then-owner of the Los Angeles Kings hockey franchise). Mr. Tuchin has represented creditors in numerous chapter 11 cases, including American Rice (Corpus Christi, Texas), Ameriserve (Delaware), Black Hawk Casino (Denver, Colorado), Carmike Theatres (Wilmington, Delaware), Catapult Entertainment (San Jose, California), Chevy's (Oakland, California), Crescent Jewelers (Oakland, California).
He represented a large equity holder of the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team in connection with the Penguins' chapter 11 case in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the sole shareholder of Transpacific Enterprises, Inc. (a full-service airlines support company) in connection with Transpacific's chapter 11 case, and the sole shareholder of Organized Living in connection with Organized Living's chapter 11 case.
Mr. Tuchin has represented numerous purchasers of assets (including Viacom, Paramount Pictures, and The Gap) and is an expert on successor liability issues.
Mr. Tuchin is extremely active in bar activities. He is a past President and member of the Board of Governors of the Financial Lawyers Conference of Los Angeles, past President and a member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, and a member of the Board of Directors of the California Bankruptcy Forum. He has co-authored articles on single asset real estate cases and successor liability and is an Editor of the California Bankruptcy Journal. He lectures frequently at the local and national level. |
