Honors and Awards

Appreciated by Clients, Honored by Peers

Professional Awards from Clients

• Best Bankruptcy Attorney – Winner. Voted #1 by readers of Signal Newspaper
• Best Bankruptcy Attorney – Winner. Voted #1 by readers of SCV Living Magazine
• Best Bankruptcy Attorney – Winner. Voted #1 by readers of SCV Living Magazine
• Best Bankruptcy Attorney – Winner. Voted #1 by readers of SCV Living Magazine
• Best Attorney (all fields) – Nominee.  By readers of the AV Press Newspaper

Professional Honors by Colleagues

• Voted President of CDCBAA. The cdcbaa (Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association) is the largest local group of bankruptcy lawyers representing debtors in the nation.
• Voted President of CDCBAA. For a second term.
• Voted President of CDCBAA. One of only two people honored to serve three (3) terms in this prestigious role, the first to do so without a Co-President.
• Voted President of CDCBAA. For a fourth term, twice the traditional years of service of his predecessors.
• Voted President of James T King Socal Bankruptcy Inn of Court. The Inn is a group of bankruptcy judges, bankruptcy trustees, and bankruptcy attorneys who meet and elevate the practice of our specialty
• Appointed Chair of Chapter 13 Committee.  Asked to serve as Chair of committee for cdcbaa which meets with bankruptcy judges, trustees, and creditor counsel to shape the local forms and rules for Chapter 13 bankruptcy
• Appointed Chair of Zoom Administration Committee. Asked to serve as Chair of committee for cdcbaa which presents, hosts, and moderates MCLE programs, coordinating with bankruptcy judges, bankruptcy trustees, and creditor lawyers as continuing education for about 100 bankruptcy lawyers viewing each month
  
• Appointed Chair of Bylaws Committees. Asked to serve as Chair of two different committees for cdcbaa which updated the organization’s bylaws, reviewing 25-page document, sentence-by-sentence with other bankruptcy lawyers, the changes of which were approved by the board of directors unanimously.
  
• Spearheaded increase of CDCA Chapter 13 fees: In 2024, helped lead an effort to increase the no-look fees for the Central District of Calif in Chapter 13 cases, both for the RARA and supplemental fees. This is the first increase in the district since 2016.