Palomba Weingarten
The firm served as counsel to the examiner appointed in the chapter 11 case of Palomba Weingarten in the Central District of California. The debtor owned and managed several companies related to a residential development project located in San Diego, California. The examiner was appointed to analyze whether the debtor and her spouse had a valid and enforceable interspousal transmutation agreement and to investigate the debtor’s conduct of her businesses. With the assistance and counsel of the firm’s attorneys, the examiner prepared and submitted a comprehensive report on the interspousal agreement issues and an extensive report on various financial/accounting matters. These reports, which involved the investigation and analysis of complex legal and factual issues, increased the distribution to creditors.