Robert B. Orgel
[email protected]Robert Orgel, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, has represented a variety of constituencies in chapter 11 cases, including creditors, trustees, official committees, and publicly traded and privately held company debtors. Rob has been listed in Best Lawyers in America every year since 2010 and has been named a Super Lawyer in a peer survey conducted by Law and Politics and the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine every year since 2005. Martindale-Hubbell has granted Rob an AV Preeminent Peer Rating, its highest recognition for ethical standards and legal ability. Rob served as a judicial clerk for a federal district court Judge in Hawaii, received his JD from UCLA School of Law, and holds an undergraduate degree from Rutgers College.
Credentials
Education
- Rutgers University (B.A. 1977)
- University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D. 1981)
Bar and Court Admissions
- 1981, California
Clerkships
- Judicial law clerk, Judge Martin Pense (D. Hawaii 1981-82)
Representations
- Chapter 11 debtors: True Religion; Monaco Coach
- Creditors’ committees: Boy Scouts of America; TK Holdings Inc. (Takata)
- Creditors: Lehman Brothers Holdings (in Palmdale Hills Property and 25 related cases)
- Trustees: Hiuka America Corporation
Professional Affiliations
- Member, American Bankruptcy Institute and Advisory Board, ABI Annual West Coast Conference (2004 – 2010)
- Member, American Bar Association and Chair, ABA Task Force on Health Care-Related Bankruptcy Issues (1995-98)
- Member, State Bar of California and Business Law Section Franchise Law Committee (1992-94)