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David A. Gill P.C.
Los Angeles, California
Senior Partner
Phone : (310) 277-0077
Fax : (310) 277-5735
Email : dgill@dgdk.com
David A. Gill was admitted to the California Bar in 1962. His educational background is as follows: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1958); Stanford University (J.D., 1961).

He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (Chair of the Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section 1984-85), American Bar Association (Member, Consumer Bankruptcy and Business Bankruptcy Committees, Section of Corporation, Banking and Business Law, 1976-date), the State Bar of California (Member, Committee on Debtor-Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy, 1976-1982) and, as a mediator in bankruptcy and other business related matters, is an associate member of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution and a Director of the Los Angeles Receivers' Forum. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.

He is a senior partner in the law firm of Danning, Gill, Diamond & Kollitz, LLP, which specializes in debtors' and creditors' rights, receivership, and bankruptcy and reorganization.

Mr. Gill has specialized in representation of debtors and creditors and administration of estates in trusteeships and receiverships. . He represents debtors in reorganizations, workouts and liquidations, creditors' committees, trustees and receivers. He frequently serves as an operating and liquidating trustee appointed by the United States Trustee in the United States Bankruptcy Court and as a receiver appointed by the United States District Court and the Superior Court of the State of California, where he is also qualified as a Provisional Director. He is qualified as a mediator in the Bankruptcy Court and United States District Court for the Central District of California. Mr. Gill is admitted to practice in these courts, various other federal courts, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. He has lectured at programs dealing with bankruptcy, receivership and workout matters for various local, A.B.A. and other groups. He has written and lectured on bankruptcy and receivership related matters. He is the author of "Personal Bankruptcy and Wage Earner Plans" (Calif. C.E.B. 1971) and co-editor of "Basic Bankruptcy," Matthew Bender, 1992, and has written articles in other publications.

Mr. Gill has represented numerous debtors in reorganization including Attorneys Office Management, Inc., the entity developing the original "Fegen Suites" and a number of such cases now pending. Among other recent assignments, Mr. Gill has served as principal counsel to the Official Creditors' Committee in the Maxicare reorganization, has participated on the Creditors' Committee in the Orange County Chapter 9 Reorganization, and has served as bankruptcy or reorganization trustee in the matters of Oasis Petroleum, Producers Sales Organization and Financial Corporation of America, each of which are multi-million dollar Bankruptcy Court operations and/or liquidations. He has served as receiver in numerous cases, including the liquidation of Wyman Bautzer Kuchel & Silbert and other law firms and currently serves as Federal Equity Receiver in the matter of Diversified Lending Group. Inc., and affiliates, a large alleged Ponzi scheme case. . Mr. Gill has also served as operating or liquidating trustee or receiver in hundreds of cases, and as counsel for receivers, trustees and Chapter 11 debtors-in-possession with the same responsibilities. He currently serves as Receiver of Physicians' Interindemntiy Trust, liquidating a large mutual indemnity medical malpractice insurance trust which he brought from an insolvent position through litigation resulting in generation of $50 million, funding full payment of creditors with interest.
Areas of Practice:
Debtors' and Creditors' Rights
Receivership
Bankruptcy and Reorganization
Bar Admissions:
California, 1962
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, 1961 J.D.
University of California, Los Angeles, California, 1958 B.A.
Published Works:

"Personal Bankruptcy and Wage Earner Plans", University of California-Continuing Education of the Bar, 1971
"Basic Bankruptcy" (Co-Editor), Matthew Bender, 1992
Classes/Seminars Taught:

Lecturer, Bankruptcy, Receivership and Workout Matters, A.B.A.
Honors and Awards:

Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
Professional Associations and Memberships:

San Fernando Valley Bar Association Member
Century City Bar Association Member

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, 1984 - 1985 Chair

American Bar Association, Section of Corporation, Banking and Business Law, 1976 - Present Member, Consumer Bankruptcy & Business Bankruptcy Committees

State Bar of California, 1976 - 1982 Member, Committee on Debtor-Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy

Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution Associate Member

Los Angeles Receivers' Forum Director

United States Bankruptcy Court Operating and Liquidating Trustee and Receiver

Superior Court of the State of California Operating and Liquidating Trustee and Receiver

Attorney Profiles

Partners
John J. Bingham Jr.
Richard K. Diamond
David A. Gill
Robert A. Hessling
Eric P. Israel
Howard Kollitz
Walter K. Oetzell
Kathy Bazoian Phelps
George E. Schulman
John N. Tedford IV
 

Associates
Enid M. Colson
Michael G. D'Alba
Aaron E. de Leest
Matthew F. Kennedy
Gilbert G. Mikalian
Uzzi O. Raanan
Steven J. Schwartz
Zev Shechtman

Of Counsel
Julia W. Brand
James J. Joseph

Senior Staff Attorney
Michael C. Abel

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Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: (310) 277-0077
Fax: (310) 277-5735
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