[CLBS] California referral request

Wed Mar 22 16:25:26 MDT 2017

Kelly,

I would call Jess Bressi.  I met him during the Tamarack debacle and found him to know his stuff. 1 949 241 8967  http://www.dentons.com/en/jess-bressi

Mr. Bressi's practice involves business and lending litigation, secured transactions involving real property, loan sales, financial remedies, workouts and loan restructuring, and bankruptcy.
In addition to his role as a practitioner, Mr. Bressi serves as the managing partner for Dentons' Orange County office. In this position, he manages the operations of the office and spearheads plans for the office's strategic growth.
Experience
Lead attorney for CMBS special servicer in US$250 million debt-to-equity conversion of mezzanine debt on large portfolio of office properties.
Lead counsel for mezzanine lender in US$450 million CMBS loan modification resulting in payment in full of the most junior lender in underwater project.
Lead attorney in representation of investment fund in successful deed-in-lieu of foreclosure of property owned by non-traded REIT.
Lead trial attorney in defense of US$28 million lender liability claim against CMBS lender and special servicer resulting in full defense verdict and award of all legal fees and costs. 
Lead bankruptcy counsel for CMBS special servicer in defeating attempted "cram-down" plan of reorganization and obtaining full reinstatement of US$25 million loan including attorney's fees and late charges.
Lead attorney for receiver in successful sale by receiver of hotel, conference center, and related improvements.
Lead counsel in successful defense and settlement of hundreds of millions of dollars of allegedly defective loans contributed to RMBS securitizations.
Represented owner of four Mexican resort hotels in successful loan modification transactions.
Represented owner/developer of four multi-state timeshare developments in lender liability counterclaims that resulted in very favorable settlement and restructuring of loans.
Represented National Hotel Company's Timeshare Division in successfully resolving through reformation over 2,000 defective grant deeds improperly recorded in favor of purchasers of timeshare interests in very high end project.
Recognition
Awarded the 2012 Peter M. Elliott Award by the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum for substantial knowledge of bankruptcy law, highest level of honesty, integrity and ethics, serving to enhance and improve access to justice, and serving as a mentor and educator to others.
Martindale-Hubbell® AV Rating.
Super Lawyers,T  First Awarded, 2006; last awarded, 2015.
Insights
"A Bad Day For Bad Boy Guarantees: The Cherryland Mall Case And The Legislative Reaction To The Birth Of The "Non" Non-Recourse Loan," Dentons Client Alert, April 18, 2012
"Court Sustains Demurrer Finding Borrower Cannot Allege Lender Caused Damage Where All Home Values Declined," co-author (with Deanna Mayer Spelber), September 13, 2011
"In the Batter Box: Media score easy points by bashing Dodgers owner Frank McCourt far in excess of his transgressions," co-author (with Rachel Bressi), Commentary: Los Angeles Business Journal, July 25, 2011
"New Anti-Deficiency Protection for Residential Real Property Loans," October 1, 2010
"The Elephant in the Courtroom: Ethical Issues and Criteria in Selecting Receivers," California Receivers Forum Receivership News, Summer 2010
"Credit Warming: First New CMBS Sale in Over Two Years Ready to Close," November 19, 2009
"You Can "Extend and Pretend," "Delay and Pray," or "Pay and Pray" and Not Get Criticized . . . Sort Of," November 4, 2009
"Major New Opportunity to Modify CMBS Loans Created by New Tax Rule - Special Servicer's Hands Untied," September 17, 2009
Jess authored or co-authored numerous chapters of books and articles in the substantive areas of bankruptcy, creditors' rights, and secured transactions including:
"Bankruptcy Issues, Retail Leasing - Drafting and Negotiating the Lease," California Commercial Leasing Series, Chapter 30, Continuing Education of the Bar, California, 2007
"Strategic Use of Acquired Claims in Chapter 11," 5 Real Estate Workouts & Asset Management, Number 1, p.1, Warren, Gorham & Lamont, July 1996
"Investor and Creditor Roulette in Orange County - The Big Municipal Squeeze," Institutional Real Estate Letter, Volume 7, Number 4, April 1995
"Determining the Appropriate Interest Rate in Mortgage Loan Cram-Downs," Real Estate Issues, Volume 18, Number 2, Fall/Winter 1993
"Lethal Weapon: Recovering Prepetition Retainers From Debtor's Counsel," 21 Cal. Bankr. J. 239, 1993
Activities and Affiliations
Presentations
Speaker, "How to Document Your Real Estate Transaction and Make it "Bankruptcy Proof," presented by the Orange County Bar Association Real Estate Section, Newport Beach, California, March 25, 2014
Moderator and Program Committee Member, "Judges' Night: Differing Perspectives on Important Legal Issues," presented by the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, Costa Mesa, California, October 1, 2013
Moderator and Panel Producer, "Mapping a Course through the Maze of Municipal Distress," Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, Costa Mesa, California, May 30, 2013
Moderator and Panel Producer, "Opportunities in Troubled Assets and Bank Notes,"  2013 RealShare National Investment & Finance Conference, June 18, 2013, San Diego, California.
Moderator and Panel Producer, "Five Years Into the Cycle - Special Servicing Lessons Learned, Current Issues and Future Trends," Trigild Fall Lender Conference, October 18, 2012, San Diego, California
Moderator and Program Committee Member, "Judges' Night:  Effective Oral Advocacy,"  presented by the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, Costa Mesa, California, June 14, 2012
Moderator and Panel Producer, "Distress - Still an Option?," RealShare Real Estate 2012 Conference, March 22, 2012
Moderator and Program Committee Member, "Understanding Basic Principles of Accounting and Financial Statements: What Every Lawyer Should Know," presented by the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, Placentia, California, March 6, 2012
Moderator and Panel Producer, "Receivers' Perspectives Panel," 9th Annual Winter Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing Forum, Laguna Beach, California, January 18, 2012.
Session Chair and Session Producer, "How Is the Current Macro Situation Impacting Your Workout Strategy?," Bank & Financial Institution Special Asset Executive Conference on Real Estate Workouts, presented by Information Management Network (IMN), Los Angeles, California, September 26, 2011
Moderator and Panel Producer, "The Armchair Series Presents: Bleeding Dodgers' Blue (or is it Red) Ink?," Jonathan Club Speakers Series, Los Angeles, California, August 3, 2011
Moderator and Panel Producer, "The Dodgers' Bankruptcy: Panel Discussion," Presented by the Pacific Club Distinguished Speakers' Series and the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, Newport Beach, California, July 13, 2011
Moderator, "The Truth About Distress," RealShare Conference Series: Real Estate 2011, Los Angeles, California, March 15, 2011
Moderator, "Judges' Night: True "Writ" or Best Practices with Written Advocacy Before Our Bankruptcy Courts," presented by the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, Costa Mesa, California, March 1, 2011
Speaker and Moderator, "Pandora's Box Opened: Pursuing and Defending Loan Repurchase Claims," Seminar, San Diego, California January 19, 2011
Speaker and Moderator, "Pandora's Box Opened: Pursuing and Defending Loan Repurchase Claims,"  Seminar, Costa Mesa, California, January 20, 2011
Speaker, "Insolvency in State Courts," George Mason University JEP - 6th Annual Meeting of the American College of Business Court Judges, Fairfax, Virginia, December 3, 2010
Moderator, "Apartments 2010," "Distressed Chess Match: Whose Move?," RealShare Conference produced by Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com, Los Angeles, California, October 21, 2010
Speaker, "Navigating a Bank's Special Asset Department: How to get GLAD, Not MAD, at SAD," IMN's 2nd Bank & Special Asset Executive Forum on Distressed Real Estate, Los Angeles, California, September 27, 2010
Speaker, "Workouts and Restructuring 2.0," 2nd Annual RealShare Distressed Assets Conference, Dallas, Texas, September 16, 2010
Panel Moderator, "flashFORWARD: The Next Decade in the Southern California Real Estate Market," IREM's 20th Annual Southern California Real Estate Conference and Tradeshow, Irvine, California, May 14, 2010
Speaker, "Structuring Bids: Due Diligence and Pricing," Distressed Commercial Real Estate Summit West, Los Angeles, California, May 12, 2010
Moderator and Program Producer, "Caught in a Bad Finance: Advanced Loan Workout Strategies and Practices," Luce Forward Private Label Program, Orange County, California, April 13, 2010
Moderator and Program Producer, "Caught in a Bad Finance: Advanced Loan Workout Strategies and Practices," Luce Forward Private Label Program, San Diego, California, April 15, 2010
Moderator, "Caught in a Bad Finance: Advanced Loan Workout Strategies and Practices, " Luce Forward Private Label Program, Los Angeles, California, April 20, 2010
Moderator, "Caught in a Bad Finance: Advanced Loan Workout Strategies and Practices," San Francisco (April 21, 2010)
Moderator, "Workouts and Restructuring 101," RealShare Conference: Real Estate 2010,  Los Angeles, California, March 16, 2010
Speaker, "Flashy or Fishy: Asset Protection and Exemption Planning in 2010," Orange County Bar Association, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section Meeting, February 25, 2010
Speaker, "Special Servicer Perspective: Getting Through the CMBS Mess & Mezzanine Workouts," Information Management Network's Seventh Annual Winter Forum on Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing, Laguna Beach, California, January 14, 2010
Speaker, "When 13 Is an Unlucky Number: Individual Chapter 11 Cases, How to Successfully Fit a Square Peg Into a Round Hole," Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, November 12, 2009
Speaker, "Understanding the Instant Impact of the CIT Bankruptcy Plan on Lawyers, Their Clients and Future Cases," ExecSense Webinars, November 6, 2009
Speaker, RealShare Conference Series, "Apartments 2009," Los Angeles, California, October 8, 2009
Moderator, "Acquiring and Disposing of Broken Condominium Projects: What You Need to Know," Luce Forward Seminar, Newport Beach, California, July 30, 2009
Moderator, "Acquiring and Disposing of Broken Condominium Projects: What You Need to Know," Luce Forward Seminar, San Francisco, California, September 23, 2009
Moderator, "Acquiring and Disposing of Broken Condominium Projects: What You Need to Know," Luce Forward Seminar, Los Angeles, California, September 30, 2009
Moderator, "Buying a Project Out of Receivership / Bankruptcy / Foreclosure," Information Management Network's 2nd Western Symposium on Distressed Residential & Multifamily Real Estate, Los Angeles, California, September 15 and 16, 2009
Speaker, "Workouts and Restructures - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," 7th Annual RealShare Conference, Orange County, California, August 27, 2009
Speaker/Faculty, "Bankruptcy and Real Estate: What Every Real Estate Lawyer Needs to Know," State Bar of California, June 16, 2009, 28th Annual Real Property Law Retreat, Lake Tahoe, California, May 15, 2009
Memberships
Member of the Orange County Bar Association ("OCBA"), Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, Financial Lawyers Conference, California Bankruptcy Forum, and California Receivers Forum.
Former OCBA Section Chair and former OCBA Educational Programs Chair.
Served for three years as the Program Chair and Moderator for the OCBA Bankruptcy Judges' Night.
Past president of the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum and a long-time member of its Board of Directors.
Former Member of the Board of Directors of the California Bankruptcy Forum.

TJ

T. J. Angstman
Angstman Johnson
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Boise, Idaho 83703
208-384-8588
208-853-0117 (FAX)

tj at angstman.com
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From: CLBS [mailto:clbs-bounces at admws.idaho.gov] On Behalf Of Kelly Greene McConnell
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 5:05 PM
To: 'Bankruptcy list' <clbs at admws.idaho.gov>
Subject: [CLBS] California referral request

Please let me know if you have a referral for an attorney who can defend a very complex 727 adversary in Riverside or Orange County, California. Thanks!

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KELLY GREENE MCCONNELL
GIVENS PURSLEY LLP
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