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Practice Areas
Experience
Mark has substantial experience representing debtors,
committees, trustees, creditors and other interested
parties in bankruptcy proceedings and workouts.
He has served as lead counsel to the debtor in possession
or trustee in many Chapter 11 cases for a wide range
of companies, including a mortgage banker, a wireless
service reseller, a pet supply resale distributor, a
regional restaurant chain, an auto repair business,
and gas station operators, among others. He also represented
numerous official and informal creditors' committees,
trustees and receivers. His practice emphasizes bankruptcy
administration and litigation.
Prior to entering private practice in 1983, Mark served
as an extern for the Honorable Robert L. Hughes, chief
judge for the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for Ninth Circuit.
Admissions
Affiliations
- California Bankruptcy Forum
- Alameda County Bar Association
- Bankruptcy Section, member
- Santa Clara Bar Association
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
Published Opinions
- In re Golden, 789 F.2d 698 (9th Cir. 1986)
holding that a bankruptcy trustee may recover un-reinvested
homestead sale proceeds despite the lack of objection
to the debtor's exemption claim.
- In re Serrato, 117 F.3d 427 (9th Cir. 1997)
holding that a bankruptcy trustee is not a federal
officer for purposes of perfecting an appeal from
the district court.
- In re Serrato, 214 B.R. 219 (Bankr. N.D.
Cal. 1997) finding that a transfer was avoidable as
an intentional fraudulent transfer under 11 U.S.C.
§544(b).
Education
- University of San Francisco, School of Law; J.D.
(1983)
- University of California, Berkeley; B.A., Rhetoric
(1978)
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