Industry Contacts
Related Practices
Mass Tort Cases
The firm has represented committees of survivors of clergy sexual abuse in seventeen chapter 11 cases of Catholic dioceses and religious orders and consults with plaintiffs' counsel around the country. The firm obtained a groundbreaking trial court opinion in which parish real property was determined to be property of the diocese's bankruptcy estate. In its representation of the creditors' committee in the San Diego diocese case, the firm negotiated the highest average award in any of the diocese settlements in the country.
News
- January 27, 2023
- December 30, 2022
- September 8, 2022
- Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal, May 18, 2022
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 13, 2021
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- October 2020
- Boy Scouts Victims Urge Judge to Release Names of AbusersBloomberg, February 19, 2020
- January 9, 2020
- November 2019
- August 2019
- UC Hastings Magazine, May 23, 2019
- James Stang’s firm represents committee of film studio’s unsecured creditors, which includes women who have claims for damages against companyApril 2018
- March 30, 2018
- March 24, 2017
- January 12, 2017
- Court Reinstates $60mm Fraud Lawsuit and Takes Case Away From Judge RandaMarch 9, 2015
- Cases Against Christian Brothers of Ireland Come From 17 States and CanadaMay 24, 2013
- January 2013
- The Deal, August 2012
- The Economist, August 2012
- September 2011
- July 29, 2011
- May 2011
- March 25, 2011
- June 2010
- March 2009
- An Unholy DisputeCalifornia Lawyer, October 2007
- Settlement Reached in San Diego Diocese Chapter 11 CaseSeptember 9, 2007
- September 9, 2005
- July 14, 2005
Publications
- 356 American Bankruptcy Trustee Journal 30 (No. 3 Summer 2019), September 2019
Representative Cases
Events
- Zoom Webinar, December 7, 2022
- CACB Summer 2022 Extern and Law Clerk Bankruptcy Educational Program SeriesJuly 12, 2022
- 37th Annual Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors Bankruptcy & Restructuring ConferenceVirtual, June 29, 2021
- Bar Association of San Francisco Commercial Law & Bankruptcy SectionWebcast, September 8, 2020
- 31st Annual TMA ConferenceCleveland, September 25, 2019
- INSOL International Annual Regional Conference in the AmericasNew York, April 29, 2018
- American Bankruptcy Institute Winter Leadership ConferencePhoenix, December 4, 2015
- 2013 National Conference of National Center for Victims of CrimePhoenix, September 9, 2013
- Northwest Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association Annual Cross-Border ConferencePortland OR, September 9, 2011
- Bay Area Bankruptcy ForumApril 28, 2011
- ABI Winter Leadership ConferenceScottsdale AZ, December 2010