PROFILE OF STEVEN A. SCHWABER
Biographical Data: Born New York, N.Y., November 13, 1942; admitted to bar, 1969, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court. Certified Specialist, Business Bankruptcy Law (American Board of Certification), 1992. Certified Mediator, Pepperdine University, 1995. Education/background: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1965); Loyola University of Los Angeles (J.D., 1968). Law Clerk to California Court of Appeals, Justice John F. Aiso, 1969.
Court appointed mediator, Bankruptcy Court Mediation Panel, Central District of California, 1995-present; Judge pro tem and Arbitrator, Los Angeles Superior Court, Business Litigation Panel, 1984-present. Mediator, Los Angeles Superior Court, Business Litigation Panel, 1999-present. Approved by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the U.S. Trustee to serve as Trustee in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 Bankruptcy cases, 1986-1990. Appointed to Central District of California Bankruptcy Court Legislation Implementation Task Force, 2005. Member, American Bankruptcy Institute Federal Rules Task Force. Named by Los Angeles magazine as a Southern California Superlawyer, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011; named by Pasadena Magazine as a Top Lawyer, 2009, 2010.
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Memberships and Activities: American Bankruptcy Institute (Director, 1997-2000); Associate Editor, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, 1994-2011; Executive Editor, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, 2011-Present; Appointed to the American Bankruptcy Institute's National Standards Task Force on Ethical Standards in Bankruptcy, 2011; Author, "The Realities of Chapter 7 Trustee Compensation," 1991 Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, Callaghan & Company, 1991. Author, "Itemization of Costs and Expenses", Getting Paid: Retention and Compensation in Bankruptcy Cases: A Guide for Non-attorney Professionals, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2005. Director, Southern California Bankruptcy Inn of Court, 2008-Present. Listserv moderator, American Bankruptcy Institute, Ethics Committee, 2008-9; Education Director, American Bankruptcy Institute, Ethics/Professional Compensation Committee, 2010-Present. Education Director, American Bankruptcy Institute, Committee on Professional Compensation. Panelist, American Bankruptcy Institute, Consumer Law Committee, presentation of "Reorganizing a Really Small Business", 2009.
Certifications: Board Certified Specialist, Business Bankruptcy Law (American Board of Certification), 1992. Certified Mediator, Pepperdine University, 1995. Martindale-Hubbell rated "AV", 1984.
Areas of Concentration: Practice is limited to representation of creditors, debtors and third parties in bankruptcy matters and workouts and in all proceedings before the United States Bankruptcy Courts. Accepts selected appointments as expert witness in bankruptcy matters. Accepts selected appointments as arbitrator and mediator in state and federal courts.
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