Representative Experience
Distressed commercial, real estate, agricultural and investment matters; has represented secured and unsecured lenders, lender syndicates, equipment lessors and equity investors in numerous high profile workouts and bankruptcy cases throughout the country
Represents clients in a variety of industries and financing products, including secured asset-based debt, long-term unsecured debt, subordinated debt, credit enhancement financing, mezzanine debt, equipment financing, real estate debt, real estate leases, project finance and leveraged leases
Reorganization cases, including contested plan proceedings and asset acquisitions
Advises entrepreneurs in emerging companies and other businesses
Prior Experience
Shareholder, Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, San Francisco, CA
Publications and Presentations
Nationally recognized speaker on a wide range of business restructuring and bankruptcy topics
Co-author of numerous course books on out-of-court restructuring and Chapter 11 topics for the Practicing Law Institute
Served as a co-editor of a compendium of international bankruptcy law for the National Institutes (ABA)
Served as a panelist on a variety of professional educational programs, including "Lending Transactions and the Bankruptcy Act," "Bankruptcy Practice for Bank Counsel," "Agricultural Workouts and Bankruptcies," "Advanced Bankruptcy Workshop: Chapter 11 Problems," "The Role of High Yield Bondholders in Workouts and Bankruptcies," and "Restructuring a Debtor's Financial Obligations"
Served as a panelist for the Central and Eastern Europe Regional Bankruptcy Project (United States Agency for International Development)
Guest commentator on corporate restructuring and insolvency, Bloomberg Financial Radio
Memberships and Activities
State of California Bar, 1974
One of the founding directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute; served as a director during its formative years
Named in various “best lawyer” publications, including “Best Lawyers in America,” “Best Lawyers in the Bay Area” and “Northern California Super Lawyers”
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1974
- Member, Georgetown Law Journal
Licensed as a Certified Public Accountant, 1971
B.S. in Accounting, with Highest Honors, University of Maryland, 1971
