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Practice Areas
- Bankruptcy
- Fiduciary Duty Litigation
- Creditors' Rights
Experience
Jeff has been a partner at
Wendel Rosen since 1995. His practice focuses on bankruptcy
and insolvency matters along with debtor-creditor relationships.
In addition to bankruptcy planning and administration
experience, Jeff has extensive bankruptcy-related commercial
litigation experience at both the trial and appellate
levels. His sub-specialty is fiduciary duty litigation
within an insolvency context. Most recently, Jeff recovered
several million dollars for his client based on claims
against corporate directors and attorneys for the breach
of their fiduciary duties owed to the corporation and
its creditors.
Reported Cases
- In re Harvey, 222 B.R.
888 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 1998)
- In re JTS Corp., 305 B.R. 529 (Bankr. N.D.
Cal. 2003)
- In re Bair Island Marina & Office Center,
116 B.R. 180 (Bankr. N.D. Cal. 1990)
Admissions
- State Bar of California
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals,
Ninth Circuit
- State Bar of Pennsylvania
Affiliations
- Alameda County Bar Association
Publications
- "Limitation on Use
of the California Homestead Exemption in Bankruptcy
Cases," author, 21 California Bankruptcy Journal
323,1993
- California Mechanics' Liens
and Related Construction Remedies, 3d ed., contributor,
1998, Continuing Education of the Bar
Speaking/Teaching
- "Golden Gate University Law
School, adjunct professor of Bankruptcy Law
- "New Developments in the Homestead Law,"
Alameda County Bar Association
- "Recent Developments
in Bankruptcy Law," Contra Costa County Bar Association
Awards/Recognitions
- Named among the "Best
Lawyers" in the Bay Area by Bay Area Lawyer
Magazine, 2005
- Recognized as Northern California
"Super Lawyer" in bankruptcy by Law &
Politics (as seen in San Francisco Magazine)
in both 2004 and 2005
Education
- Rutgers University of Law,
Camden, New Jersey; J.D. (1984)
- Georgetown University, Washington,
D.C.; B.A., cum laude, International Relations (1981)
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Favorite quote: "Why should there not
be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the
people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?"
–– Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address,
March 4, 1861
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