AREAS OF PRACTICE

Amy Goldman serves as Chair for the firm-wide Bankruptcy and Insolvency department.  She has more than 20 years experience in the bankruptcy field and handles the following matters:

• Management responsibilities for individual Chapter 7 and complex  corporation Chapter 11 cases
• Representation of Chapter 11 and 7 Trustees, Debtors, Debtors-in-Possession, Secured and Unsecured Creditors (including professionals, non-profits, healthcare entities, and insurance companies) in bankruptcy and work-out   proceedings in a wide variety of industries
• Representation of Assignees for the Benefit of Creditors, Federal and State Court Receivers, and Disbursing Agents Under Chapter 11 or out-of-court work-outs
• Chapter 7 Panel Trustee for the Central District of California (1998 - present) appointed by the Office of the United States Trustee

ASSOCIATIONS

• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Board of Directors (2005-2008) 
• California Bankruptcy Forum Board of Directors Member (1996-present):
  • President (2008-2009)
  • Vice President (2007-2008)
  • Secretary (2006-2007)
  • Treasurer (2005-2006) 
• Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum Board of Directors Officer and Member (1986-present):
  • President (1999-2000)
  • Vice President (1998-1999)
  • Treasurer (1997-1998)
  • Secretary (1996-1997)
• Ad Hoc Trustee Committee on Amending Local Bankruptcy Rules (2006)
• International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
  • Co-Chairperson of Southern California Chapter (2004-2006)
• Women of Los Angeles
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Los Angeles County Bar (Bankruptcy Insolvency Section)

CONFERENCES AND PROGRAMS

• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees - August 2005, New York, New York
• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Representative of California
  Bankruptcy Forum, Spring Seminar 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada 
• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees - September 2000, Monterey, California, Educational Co-Chair
• California Bankruptcy Forum 2005
• California Bankruptcy Forum 2003 - Conference Chair
• California Bankruptcy Forum 2002 - Educational Chair
• California Bankruptcy Forum 2001 - Program Book Chair
• Central District Bankruptcy Trustee Seminar - September 2001
• Central District Bankruptcy Trustee Seminar - March 2000, Educational Chair
• California Bankruptcy Forum - 1998, Educational Chair
• California Bankruptcy Forum Program - May 1998, Educational Co-Chair, "Advanced Examination and Tactical Skills in Bankruptcy Cases Through Mock Trial"
• Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum - June 17, 1996, Moderator, "Indecent Exposure" - Plans and Disclosure Statements of the Rich and Famous and Poor and Unknown (Use of Standardized Plans and Disclosure Statements) 
• Second Annual Women Insolvency Professionals' Workshop - March 8, 1996, Co-Organizer, "Surviving in the '90s and Beyond"

AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS

Author: 

• Case Control?  Electing a Chapter 7 Trustee:  The Trustee's Viewpoint, California Bankruptcy Journal, Vol. 26 (2002) 258
• Tort Claimants Beware:  Lockouts Can Occur in Chapter 11 Cases, Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser, Ed pg. 5, July 1993
• In re Hyman:  Post-Petition Appreciation - Trustee's Right, California Bankruptcy Journal, Vol. 20 (1992) 253, 967 F.2d 1316 (9th Cir. 1992)

Speaker:

• San Fernando Valley Bar Association, "Recent Decisions From the Woodland Hills Bankruptcy Court", October 22, 2008
• Office of the United States Trustee Seminar, "Trustee's Ability to Surcharge Debtor's Exemptions", May 21, 2008
• San Fernando Valley Bar Association, "Bankruptcy Program on Decisions and Orders of the Woodland Hills Bankruptcy Judges in the Past Year", October 24, 2007
• LA County Bar Association, Panel Association on Impanct of BACPA
• Beverly Hills Bar Association, Panel Presentation on Trustee Issues, January 12, 2006
• Lorman Education Services Seminar-"Understanding the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005" (December 15, 2005)
• Office of the United States Trustee brown bag presentation, March 2005, "Talk To Your Trustee" 
• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees 2003 Conference, Washington, D. C., "Mediation, Perfection, and a Whole Mess of Issues"
• Coalition of Higher Education Assistance Organizations' Summer 2000 Meeting
• Office of the United States Trustee Consumer Attorney Educational Program 2001, "What To File?  Should Your Client Be in a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13?"

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

• Lexington Insurance Company: Represented Lexington Insurance Company in a heavily contested interpleader action in Bankruptcy Court.
• William E. Preston Trust: Represented the Chapter 7 Trustee with respect to complex royalty tax issues, various property rights and avoidance actions, and successfully addressed unique bankruptcy filing requirements set fourth in BAPCPA.
• Valencia Imaging Medical Group:  Represented the Radiology Group at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in an adversarial Chapter 11 case with respect to their employment and compensation claims.
• North Beach Leather International, Inc.: Represented Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors in effectuating the liquidation of the company's assets and resolving leasehold interests at various locations nationwide.
• MCC Events Management, Inc.: Represented Chapter 7 Trustee in effectuating the sale of a $10 million property in the City of Temecula, resolved all disputed secured liens, and resolved the tax claims of the City of Riverside.
• Westland Apartments, Ltd.: Represented the City of Huntsville, Alabama in a bankruptcy case where they were a secured creditor on a low-income housing project.  Assisted in negotiating a consensual Plan of Reorganization with the Debtor.
• Smokehouse Restaurant:  Assisted in the Chapter 11 case of this well-known Burbank restaurant, resulting in a confirmed Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization which included resolving the salary and benefit claims of the Union employees.
• Represented L.A. Fiber Company, a large environmental company, in resolving financial issues.
• Represented Estate Representative in the administration of  In re Tony Kaye Films, Inc., a post-confirmation Chapter 11 case. 
• As Chapter 7 Trustee operated and sold Right-on-Time Moving & Storage, Inc., a moving and storage company, and resolved complaints of the Better Business Bureau.
• Represented Chapter 11 Trustee of BRB #1 Partners in the sale of an ambulatory care facility, which provided for the payment to all secured creditors.
• Represented Chapter 7 Trustee of FasTV, Inc. in the liquidation of the collateral and other assets of a major failed dot com and resolving the lessor's claim, which resulted in the distribution  to the estate's creditors.
• Represented Chapter 7 Trustee of National Home Funding, Inc. in the liquidation of securitized notes and deeds of trust and resolved competing lenders' claims to the proceeds.

EDUCATION

• Loyola Law School, Juris Doctor, 1987
• University of California Los Angeles, Paralegal Program, Litigation Paralegal 1983
• University of California Los Angeles, Bachelor of Arts History and English