Jeremy V. Richards

Mr. Richards has extensive experience representing the major constituencies in bankruptcies, out-of-court workouts, and related litigation, with an emphasis on debtor and creditors' committee representations in large, complex reorganizations. He has written and lectured extensively on insolvency and insolvency-related issues, and has served as director and program committee chair for the Turnaround Management Association Southern California chapter. Mr. Richards mediates cases for the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Central District of California. He is a graduate of Oxford University (B.A. 1979; B.C.L. 1980) and was a Frank Knox Fellow at Harvard Law School (1980-81), where he received his LL.M. He holds an AV Preeminent Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell's highest recognition for ethical standards and legal ability; has been named a "Super Lawyer" in the field of Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights every year since 2007 in a peer survey conducted by Law & Politics and the publishers of Los Angeles magazine, an honor bestowed on only 5% of Southern California attorneys; and was selected by Best Lawyers in America for both Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy. Mr. Richards is admitted to practice in California, and is a resident in our Los Angeles office.

Representations

• Chapter 11 debtors: Woodside Homes (formerly one of the nation's largest privately owned homebuilders); People's Choice Home Loan (formerly a major national subprime lender and loan originator); Thorpe Insulation Company (formerly one of the largest California-based installers and distributors of insulation products); Peregrine Systems (major software developer/distributor); Murray, Inc. (paper products); Precision Specialty Metals
• Creditors' committees: AMC Entertainment; Qintex Entertainment; Weintraub Entertainment; Leisure Technology; First Capital Holdings; Loews Cineplex
• Bondholder & equity committees: Barry's Jewelers; Sun World
• Trustees: Georges Marciano (Guess Jeans cofounder); Triad America Corporation; Oppenheimer Industries
• Examiners: Metropolitan Mortgage (real estate investment and finance entity); DVI, Inc. (equipment financer)
• Secured creditors in Meruelo Maddux Properties
• Provides regular insolvency advice to a major Hollywood studio and other significant entertainment industry participants
• Lead insolvency counsel to a national homebuilder in the successful out-of-court restructure of more than $400M of debt

Professional Affiliations

• Mediator, United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California - Certified mediator with expertise in collaborative and facilitative mediation of complex disputes

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