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LAWRENCE PEITZMAN
Tel: (310) 712-0091
Fax: (310) 552-3101
Email: lpeitzman@pwkllp.com
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Practice Areas
 Bankruptcy
Debtor, Creditor, Official
Committees, Acquisitions
Workouts
Debtor, Creditor, Ad Hoc
Committees, Acquisitions
Commercial Law
Litigation
Biography
Mr. Peitzman has practiced bankruptcy and commercial law since he graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law in 1974. In recent years, Mr. Peitzman has served as counsel for such debtors as B.I. Commerce Liquidation, Inc. (formerly, BMK, Inc.), Industrial Parts Depot, Inc. and for official creditors’ committees in such cases as Express.com, Illuminations.com, Komag, Incorporated, Reference Clothing, Steel Horse Automotive Accessories and Zyan Communications.
Mr. Peitzman has lectured widely for such organizations as the American Bar Association, California Continuing Education of the Bar, the California Bankruptcy Forum and the Financial Lawyers Conference. His numerous articles have appeared in such publications as American Bankruptcy Law Journal, California Law Review, and the California Business Law Reporter.
Mr. Peitzman has been president of the Financial Lawyers Conference, chair of an ABA committee on Loan Workouts and a member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Commercial and Bankruptcy Section. He has been elected a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and named one of “The Best Lawyers in America” in the book of that name by S. Naifeh and G.W. Smith. Mr. Peitzman has been repeatedly named a Southern California “Super Lawyer" and one of the top 100 lawyers in Southern California by “Law & Politics” and “Los Angeles Magazine.”
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News & Publications
• "A Primer on Chapter 11 for the Non-Bankruptcy Lawyer, Parts I, II, III" Business Law News (January, 2008)
• "The Top Ten Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Business Bankruptcy Decisions of 2007" California Business Law Reporter (January, 2008) (Peitzman)
• Bankruptcy Practice and Strategy (A. Resnick, ed., 1987) (Peitzman, contributing author)
• California Business Law Reporter, 1983- present (Peitzman, contributing editor)
• “Drafting Bankruptcy Provisions in Commercial Contracts and Leases” 2 Calif. Bus. Law. Pract. 32 (1987) (Peitzman, co-author)
• “How Revised Article 9 Will Change the Dynamics of Workouts” 13 Journal of Corporate Renewal 4 (2000) (Peitzman, author)
• “The Secured Creditor's Complaint: Relief from the Automatic Stays in Bankruptcy Proceedings” 65 Calif. L. Rev. 1216 (1977) (Peitzman, co-author)
• “The Top Ten Bankruptcy Cases of the 20th Century” 35 BCD News and Comment, Issue 8, p. 1 (2000) (Peitzman, author)
• “Without a Trace: The Secured Creditor's Interest in Deposit Account Proceeds” 49 Am. Bankr. L.J. 303 (1975) (Peitzman, co-author)
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Education
J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law,
University of California,
Berkeley (1974, Order of the Coif)
M.A., Harvard University (1970)
B.A., University of California Riverside
(1969, Phi Beta Kappa)
Bar Admissions
California, 1974
Central District of California, 1974
Affilliations
American Bar Association
Chair, Loan Workouts Committee,
Commercial Financial Services Committee
(1997-present). Member, Uniform
Commercial Code Committee, Business
Bankruptcy Committee (1978-present).
State Bar of California.
Member, Uniform Commercial Code
Committee, Business Law Section
(1978-81);
Insolvency Committee (1999 - 2003).
Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Member, Executive Committee,
Commercial and Bankruptcy Law
Section (1993-present).
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum.
Board of Directors (2001-2005).
Financial Lawyers Conference.
President 1994-95; Board of Governors
(1986-89; 1992-present.)
Honors
Listed in “The Best Lawyers in America”
Recognized As Bankruptcy/Restructuring Leader
by “Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business"
2007 and 2008
Named one of Southern California's
"Super Lawyers" by “Law & Politics” and
“Los Angeles Magazine” in 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
Named one of Southern California's Top
100 lawyers by “Law & Politics” and
“Los Angeles Magazine” 2005, 2006
Fellow of the American College
of Bankruptcy
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