Mr. Gary E. Klausner

Gary E. Klausner is a senior partner with Levene, Neale, Bender, Yoo & Brill L.L.P. in Los Angeles, where he represents chapter 11 debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors? committees, trustees and receivers, licensors and franchisors, purchasers of assets out of bankruptcy cases, and parties involved in litigation and appeals in connection with bankruptcy cases. He has handled cases involving a broad range of businesses and industries including manufacturing, retail, real estate development, hospitality and restaurants, aerospace, entertainment, health care, financial institutions and transportation. Previously, he was a senior shareholder at Stutman, Treister & Glatt P.C. Mr. Klausner has expertise in chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code and was the lead lawyer in the chapter 9 case of Valley Health System, in which he successfully confirmed a chapter 9 plan of adjustment. Mr. Klausner has been actively involved and has held prominent positions in local and national professional organizations and bar associations. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Financial Lawyers Conference and served as its president from 1993-94. He also is a board member of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum (serving as its president from 2003-04), and he is a member of the American Bar Association?s Section on Business Law, for which he chaired its task force on The Economics of Chapter 11 Practice, chaired its Subcommittee on Bankruptcy Fraud, Crimes and Abuse of the Bankruptcy Process, and chaired its Chapter 9 and Chapter 11 Subcommittees. In addition, he is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, for which he has served as a member of the Executive Committee of its Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section and as vice chair of the Section?s Bankruptcy Committee. In 2010, Mr. Klausner was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, and in 2012, he was recognized as ?Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year? by the Century City Bar Association. He also has served as a Lawyer Representative to The Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and chaired the U.S. District Court Standing Committee on Attorney Discipline. Mr. Klausner speaks frequently on subjects involving bankruptcy and commercial law and has published numerous articles on bankruptcy-related topics. He is a member of the California and Maryland Bar Associations and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Central District of California. Mr. Klausner received his B.A. from the University of Maryland in 1971 and his J.D. with honors from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1974, where he served on the editorial staff of the University of Maryland Law Review from 1972-73.