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February 2012 Lowdown on Cramdowns: David Shemano Presents To Urban Land Institute — LA
January 2012 Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky Attorneys Remain “Super Lawyers” in 2012
January 2012 TMA Elects James P. Menton, Jr. to its Southern CA Board of Directors
January 2012 Scott Gautier Speaks on “Lender-Liability Claims Rising Again” at ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference
December 2011 Read Howard Weg’s Tips for Building Your Bankruptcy Book of Business
December 2011 PWK Welcomes Two Bankruptcy Attorneys — Lauren N. Gans and Tania M. Moyron
December 2011 Financial Lawyers Conference: David Shemano Presents Program on Constructive Trusts
December 2011 Major Media Mentions for PWK’s Counsel to Chapter 11 Debtors
November 2011 U.S. News-Best Lawyers Ranks Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP in Top-Tier Spot, Lawyer of the Year and Adds BK Litigation
November 2011 “Safe Harbor” in Enron, Quebor and Picard is Focus of ABA Newsletter Article by PWK’s Weg and Russo
November 2011 PWK Attorneys Present at Practising Law Institute in New York and San Francisco in November and December
October 2011 Pleading Preference Claims: Practical Tips From PWK’s James Menton, Jr.
October 2011 Best Lawyers Awards Lawrence Peitzman “Lawyer of the Year 2012”
September 2011 PWK’s David Shemano Leads Club Ventures/DavidBartonGym Through Chapter 11 Plan Confirmation
September 2011 The Best Lawyers In America 2012 Recognizes PWK Attorneys Larry Peitzman and Howard Weg for Continued Excellence in Counsel
September 2011 ABA Leadership Recognizes PWK’s James Menton, Jr. as Editor in Chief of Best Newsletter of the Year
September 2011 ABI Southwest Bankruptcy Conference 2011
August 2011 “Cram Downs in Real Estate Bankruptcies and Protecting the Guarantors”
July 2011 Chambers USA 2011 Recognizes Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP
June 2011 Am Law Daily Cites Lawrence Peitzman’s Counsel to Citi in Howrey Chapter 11
June 2011 They Came Back: Holder of Rights to “Terminator” Movie Franchise Exits Chapter 11
June 2011 Dodgers Sliding Toward Chapter 11? PWK’s Shemano Strikes Cautionary Note in LA Daily Journal
June 2011 Variety Features PWK Chapter 11 And Litigation Counsel To Halcyon
May 2011 ABA Recognizes PWK Partner James Menton, Jr. For Leadership Of Bankrutpcy Litigation Newsletter
May 2011 PWK’s Scott Gautier Leads Counsel In Sexy Hair Concepts’ Swift Emergence From Chapter 11, Capped By $88M Private Equity Deal
April 2011 Insurance And Bankruptcy Litigation Insights: PWK’s John Keith Writes For Los Angeles Lawyer And ABA’s Bankruptcy Litigation Newsletter
April 2011 Bloomberg Law Reports Features “Prepackaged Bankruptcies: The MGM Lesson For Unsecured Creditors” By PWK’s David Shemano
March 2011 Parent Company of DavidBartonGym Represented by PWK in Chapter 11 Restructuring
March 2011 LA Daily Journal Features PWK Partners in “Building on the Core”
March 2011 Attending California Bankruptcy Forum Conference in Squaw Valley?
February 2011 M&A Advisor 2011 Turnaround Awards Nominate PWK in Two Categories
February 2011 PWK Moves to New Century City Office 2/19/11
February 2011 PWK Attorney Kathryn Russo Participates in LACBA Panel
February 2011 El Pollo Loco Franchisees’ Chapter 11 Filing Made by PWK
January 2011 PWK Entertainment Restructuring and Bankruptcy Counsel Featured in Super Lawyers
January 2011 Sexy Hair Concepts Represented By PWK In Chapter 11 Filing
January 2011 ABI Volo Website Receives Rave Reviews, Conceptualized By PWK Partner Scott Gautier
December 2010 Howard Weg Is Co-Chair and Speak at PLI program in NY
November 2010 PWK Launches Content-Rich Website
November 2010 Howard Weg Is Co-Chair and Speaker at PLI program in SF
October 2010 Lawrence Peitzman published article in Bankruptcy Journal
October 2010 Scott Gautier speaks at NCBJ in New Orleans
September 2010 Scott Gautier speaks at ABI Conference in Vegas
September 2010 PWK Earns Top-Tier Spot In “Best Law Firms”
August 2010 James Menton appointed Editor of Bankruptcy Newsletter
August 2010 James Menton re-appointed member of the Editorial Board of GPSolo Magazine
August 2010 Jennifer Leland appointed Co-Chair of the Litigation Section of WLALA
July 2010 David Shemano a panelist for Orange County Bankruptcy Forum
July 2010 David Shemano elected to serve as Secretary of the FLC
July 2010 David Shemano presented joint program through CPA Educational Foundation
July 2010 Scott Gautier co-chaired TMA’s Western Regional Conference
April 2010 David Shemano presented Objections to Bankruptcy Sales
April 2010 Louis Kempinsky speaks at ABI Annual Meeting
March 2010 Lawrence Peitzman named treasurer of American College of Bankruptcy Foundation
March 2010 David Shemano a panelist at Bankruptcy Sales for Business Practitioners
March 2010 David Shemano a panelist on Beverly Hills Bar Association program
February 2010 James Menton co-presented Insurance Issues in Bankruptcies and Restructurings
January 2010 Lawrence Peitzman’s annual survey of bankruptcy cases published
January 2010 James Menton co-authored article on D&O insurance
December 2009 Howard Weg a panelist at PLI program in NY
November 2009 Howard Weg a panelist at PLI Program in SF
October 2009 David Shemano began serving on Board of Governors of Beverly Hills Bar Association
September 2009 Jennifer Leland appointed to California State Bar Committee
August 2009 James Menton re-appointed Co-Chair of Bankruptcy Litigation Subcommittee
August 2009 Jennifer Leland re-appointed Co-Chair of the Public Action Grant Committee
July 2009 Scott Gautier co-chaired TMA’s West Coast Regional Conference
June 2009 Jennifer Leland published an article in ABTL newsletter
April 2009 Lawrence Peitzman named Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year
April 2009 Scott Gautier elected Director of the American Bar Institute
March 2009 Howard Weg a panelist on program discussing recent cases and strategies
March 2009 Howard Weg a panelist for program about bankruptcy and entertainment
December 2008 Lawrence Peitzman a panelist at PLI programs
September 2008 Monsi Morales served on planning committee for Hispanic Nat’l Bar Ass. Convention
September 2008 James Menton appointed to Executive Committee of Business Law Section
September 2008 David Shemano a panelist at ABI program in Vegas
June 2008 Lawrence Peitzman a panelist for LACBA program
June 2008 Lawrence Peitzman completed publication of three-part article
April 2008 Lawrence Peitzman a panelist for PLI’s Annual Current Development program
April 2008 Howard Weg a panelist for a program on Bankruptcy and Intellectual Property
March 2008 Howard Weg appointed Ninth Circuit Regent for American College of Bankruptcy
March 2008 Lawrence Peitzman published second part of three-part article
February 2008 Scott Gautier co-chaired 16th Annual ABI Bankruptcy Battleground West
January 2008 Lawrence Peitzman published his annual survey of bankruptcy cases
September 2007 James Menton appointed as Editor of Business Law News and Chair of editorial board
September 2007 James Menton re-appointed as Editor of Business Law News and Chair of Editorial Board
September 2007 James Menton appointed Chair of Executive Committee
July 2007 David Shemano elected President of Insolvency Committee
July 2007 Howard Weg elected to Cornell University Council
June 2007 Louis Kempinsky a panelist at Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum program
March 2007 James Menton a panelist at FLC
March 2007 David Shemano a panelist at ABI Bankruptcy Battleground West
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"Getting into a chapter 11 is easy: it's getting out that's hard."

--Lawrence Peitzman