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A Business Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Litigation Boutique

Founded by veteran attorneys from elite, global law firms, Peitzman Weg LLP provides clients sophisticated counsel, cutting-edge theories and novel solutions that yield real world and business-practical, successful results. Our partners’ collective experience spans decades of practice involving important, and often high-profile, business restructuring, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation matters in California and nationwide.

First Tier 2013 in Bankruptcy and Litigation

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Our clients include:
  • Troubled companies
  • Chapter 11 debtors
  • Creditors and creditors’ committees
  • Institutional lenders
  • Bondholders
  • Buyers of assets and claims
  • Directors and officers
  • Franchisors and franchisees
  • Landlords and tenants
  • Private equity and hedge funds
  • Shareholders, partners, members
  • Bankruptcy trustees
  • Liquidating and litigation trusts
Rankings by legal peers and clients place Peitzman Weg among top-tier law firms 100 times larger in size, a qualitative distinction we achieved by maximizing the advantages of a high-performance boutique. Clients recognize the Peitzman Weg difference by our continuity of hands-on senior attorneys, tactical resources, efficiency and the powerful reach of specialized practice expertise. Throughout our website you can learn how Peitzman Weg attorneys turn tough cases around and innovate case strategies and structures adopted by the Bankruptcy Bar today.
Peitzman Weg Attorneys on the Panel Circuit
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Financial Lawyers Conference Annual Seminar Names Lorie Ball 2013 Rookie of the Year
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“Email Chains and the Attorney-Client Privilege,” LA Daily Journal Publishes Article by Peitzman Weg Attorney Lucas Messenger
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Peitzman Weg Litigator Michael Bowse Obtains Antitrust Appellate Ruling for Structured Finance Attorney Alleging Major Banks’ Antitrust Conspiracy on Airport Bond Ratings
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LA Business Journal Features Petersen Trust Counsel Howard Weg and James Menton in Lawsuit Against Maguire Aviation
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U.S. News-Best Lawyers Ranks Peitzman Weg LLP in Top-Tier 2013 “Best Law Firms” in Bankruptcy, Recognizes National Litigation Practice
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Securing Nonparty Discovery
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The Loop Case and Its Potential Impact on Cramdowns in Chapter 11 Cases
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Prepackaged Bankruptcies: The MGM Lesson For Unsecured Creditors
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Building Your Bankruptcy Book of Business
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Winning and Losing: The Battle Over D&O Insurance in Bankruptcy
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Objections to Bankruptcy Sales
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Clear Channel: An Appeal For Reinterpretation
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A Primer on Chapter 11 for the Non-Bankruptcy Lawyer
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November 2012
  • Corporate Officers Accountable For Decision Making
  • The Supreme Court Settles Split On Right To Credit-Bid
  • The Loop Case And Its Potential Impact On Cramdowns In Chapter 11 Cases
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October 2011
  • Can You Sail Into The Safe Harbor?
  • Circuit Courts Split Decisions On Credit Bidding
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March 2011
  • Between Possibility And Plausibility:  New Federal Requirements Influence Bankruptcy Litigation
  • Circult Court Rules On When IP License Is An Executory Contract 
  • Stalking Horses:  When Is A Break Up Fee Appropriate?
  • Creditors And LLCS:  Membership Interests And Derivative Standing
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October 2010
  • Lenders Beware:  The Turning Tide Of Lender Liability
  • Contingent Equitable Indemnity Claims Dischargeable In Bankruptcy
  • Eighth Circuit Rejects Clear Channel Decision
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