Leslie R. Horowitz

Les has counseled and represented clients in a variety of commercial and bankruptcy matters.  The following is a brief list of the matters that he has handled.

• Successfully represented clients in pre-judgment remedies, including writs of attachments, writs of possession, and varying post-judgment remedies.
• Counsels trustee in the administration of a family trust with issues involving beneficiaries who are also creditors of the trust.
• Successfully advised insolvent client who was the tenant in a large commercial space and resolved matter without litigation.
• Represented debtor in corporate Chapter 11 asbestos bankruptcy case. Assisted in confirmation of plan of reorganization.
• Successfully represented Chapter 11 Trustee in large real property fraud case.
• Represent foreign clients in domesticating Federal Court and state court judgment and enforcing sister states judgments with post-judgment collection proceedings reducing the amount of the debt.
• Successfully represented corporate client who purchased assets through an Article 9 foreclosure sale.
• Successfully defend clients in preference in a bankruptcy cases.
• Counsel assignor restaurant in an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors and all the related issues involving creditors and landlord issues.
• Successfully represented insolvent manufacturer in out of court workout with secured lender and unsecured creditors and sale of assets to buyer.
• Represent Banks as secured lenders in Chapter 11 cases.
• Successfully obtained relief from the automatic stay in several Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases for banks and finance companies as secured lender.
• Successfully represented secured lenders in Chapter 13 cases.
• Counseled former county government employee who pleaded guilty of taking bribes and successfully negotiated settlement with county and preserved various exemptions.
• Represented corporate client which successfully purchased assets from Chapter 7 Trustee.
• Represent and counsel privately held international companies in the tech manufacturing field for various insolvency issues including protection of secured loans, purchase of assets and making secured loans.
• Counsel corporate clients involving insolvency issues regarding toxic waste problems.
• Represented assignor in Assignment for Benefit of Creditors of manufacturing company.
• Successfully represented bank client in bankruptcy court involving the judgment debtor examination lien created by code of civil procedure, wherein the Court ruled that the client had a lien for one year after service of the judgment debtor examination.  Assisted in the drafting of the appellate brief in which the 9^th Circuit upheld the ruling.
• Successfully restructured real estate transaction between mother and son to resolve litigation for avoidable transaction commenced by mother’s Chapter 7 trustee.
• Assisted client with Freedom of Information Act request.
• Assist out-of-state clients with Sister-state judgments and enforcements.
• Defend bankruptcy preferences.