Attorney Profiles

Mr. Israel was admitted to the California bar in 1987. His educational background is as follows: He holds degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1981) and Southwestern University (J.D., with honors, 1987). Member, Southwestern University Law Review. He authored the articles "Hints on Making the Most of Your Estate's Assets: Often Overlooked Methods to Maximize Equity", 26 Cal. Bankr. J. 199 (2002) and "Of Racketeers, RICO, the Enterprise-Separateness Issue and Chicken Little: What's Really Falling?" 17 Sw. L. Rev. 565 (1988). He is a member of the Financial Lawyers Conference, The California (Board Member), Los Angeles and Orange County Bankruptcy Forums, the Bankruptcy Study Group and the Century City, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations. He has been an editor of the California Bankruptcy Journal since 1998 and special issue editor for Special Trustee Issue (26 Cal. Bankr. J. vol. 26 (2002)); Mr. Israel currently serves as a co-managing editor of the California Bankruptcy Journal.  He is a certified mediator through the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution of the Pepperdine University School of Law and has served on the panel of mediators for the Bankruptcy Courts for the Central District of California from the inception of the mediation program in 1995.