David J. Barton

Mr. Barton represents clients in a variety of business and corporate transactions, including debt and equity financings, business acquisitions, loans, securities offerings, and franchisings. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Barton was vice president and general counsel of Sizzler International, the NYSE international chain restaurant company, where he supervised legal affairs throughout the company's chapter 11 reorganization. He is a graduate of UCLA and got his J.D. from Harvard Law School. Mr. Barton is admitted to practice in California and holds an AV Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell's highest peer recognition for ethical standards and legal ability. He is a resident in our Los Angeles office.

Professional Affiliations

• Member, State Bar of California Business Law Section Partnership Committee (1986-1989).
• Member, State Bar of California Business Law Section Corporations Committee (1989-1992).
• Member, American Corporate Counsel Association Corporate and Securities Committee (1995-1997).
• Co-Chair, Corporate and Securities Law Committee Insider Trading Procedures Practice Area Group (1997).

Publications

• "Tougher SEC Standards Are Clogging the PIPEline," Journal of Corporate Renewal (May 2007).
• "Rule 144A: Why Foreign Companies Are 'Taking the Plunge' into the U.S. Private Placement Market," Int'l Executive 9 (Nov./Dec.1990).
• "California's Real Estate License Requirement: Obstacles and Risks for Real Estate Syndicators," 5 California Business Law Practitioner 145 (Fall 1990).
• "Recent Development, Taxation of Foreign Income —Decree of the Supreme Soviet of U.S.S.R. of May 12, 1978," 20 Harvard International Law Journal 213 (1979).
• Consultant, Advising California Partnerships ch. 2(CEB 2d ed.).

Programs and Lectures

• Moderator, "Organizing and Advising California Partnerships," Continuing Education of the Bar and California State Bar Business Law Section (May 1989).
• Lecturer, Export Marketing Seminars, Los Angeles District Office of U.S. Department of Commerce (June-July 1990).