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A Business Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Litigation Boutique

Founded by veteran attorneys from elite, global law firms, Peitzman Weg LLP provides clients sophisticated counsel, cutting-edge theories and novel solutions that yield real world and business-practical, successful results. Our partners’ collective experience spans decades of practice involving important, and often high-profile, business restructuring, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation matters in California and nationwide.

First Tier 2011-2012, Lawyer of the Year 2012 in Bankruptcy and BK Litigation

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Our clients include:
  • Troubled companies
  • Chapter 11 debtors
  • Creditors and creditors’ committees
  • Institutional lenders
  • Bondholders
  • Buyers of assets and claims
  • Directors and officers
  • Franchisors and franchisees
  • Landlords and tenants
  • Private equity and hedge funds
  • Shareholders, partners, members
  • Bankruptcy trustees
  • Liquidating and litigation trusts
Rankings by legal peers and clients place Peitzman Weg among top-tier law firms 100 times larger in size, a qualitative distinction we achieved by maximizing the advantages of a high-performance boutique. Clients recognize the Peitzman Weg difference by our continuity of hands-on senior attorneys, tactical resources, efficiency and the powerful reach of specialized practice expertise. Throughout our website you can learn how Peitzman Weg attorneys turn tough cases around and innovate case strategies and structures adopted by the Bankruptcy Bar today.
Peitzman Weg Partner Scott Gautier Receives American Bankruptcy Institute’s Top Annual Honor - 2012 Service Award
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Case Update: KFC-Wagstaff Chapter 11, Opening Brief Filed In 8th Circuit Court Of Appeals
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"Theories of Recovery Against Insiders, Auditors and Others," ABI Panel Moderated By Partner Scott F. Gautier
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Cramdowns In Real Estate Bankruptcies: David Shemano Presents To LACBA March 21, 2012
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CBF Insolvency 2012 Conference Supported By Peitzman Weg LLP; Associate Tania Moyron Produces Ethics Panel Program
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Peitzman Weg LLP Establishes New Firm Name For Top-Ranked Business Bankruptcy And Litigation Boutique
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Baggage Checked: PWK's Scott Gautier and Tania Moyron Represent Ricardo Beverly Hills in Acquisition of Skyway Luggage
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U.S. News-Best Lawyers Ranks Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP in Top-Tier Spot, Lawyer of the Year and Adds BK Litigation
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Best Lawyers Awards Lawrence Peitzman “Lawyer of the Year 2012”
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Winning and Losing: The Battle Over D&O Insurance in Bankruptcy
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Objections to Bankruptcy Sales
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Clear Channel: An Appeal For Reinterpretation
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A Primer on Chapter 11 for the Non-Bankruptcy Lawyer
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October 2011
  • Can You Sail Into The Safe Harbor?
  • Circuit Courts Split Decisions On Credit Bidding
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March 2011
  • Between Possibility And Plausibility:  New Federal Requirements Influence Bankruptcy Litigation
  • Circult Court Rules On When IP License Is An Executory Contract 
  • Stalking Horses:  When Is A Break Up Fee Appropriate?
  • Creditors And LLCS:  Membership Interests And Derivative Standing
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October 2010
  • Lenders Beware:  The Turning Tide Of Lender Liability
  • Contingent Equitable Indemnity Claims Dischargeable In Bankruptcy
  • Eighth Circuit Rejects Clear Channel Decision
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