Benjamin
S.
Seigel
Los Angeles, California
Shareholder
phone (213) 891-0700
fax (213) 630-5676
email bseigel@buchalter.com
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Los Angeles, California
Shareholder
phone (213) 891-0700
fax (213) 630-5676
email bseigel@buchalter.com
vCard
PDF version
Biography
Benjamin Seigel is a Shareholder in the firm's Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group in Los Angeles. Mr. Seigel has represented numerous types of interests in bankruptcy cases throughout the country. He has represented significant parties in bankruptcy cases including:
• B.U.M. International, Inc. (counsel to exit financier)
• Carter, Hawley, Hale (counsel to largest unsecured creditor and served on creditors committee)
• Converse (special counsel to creditors committee)
• Fedco, Inc. (counsel to property owner and other interests)
• Frederick's of Hollywood (counsel to creditors committee)
• Laykin et Cie (liquidating trustee)
• Orange County (counsel to Orange County Employees' Retirement System)
• Susan J. Powter (counsel to equity group)
• Sambo's Inc. (counsel to landlords)
• Standard Brands Paint Co. #2 (counsel to liquidator)
• TR‐3 Industries (counsel to senior secured creditor)
• The Sirena Apparel Group (counsel to creditors committee)
• Teddi of California, Inc. (counsel to senior secured lender)
• Factory 2‐U Stores Inc. (counsel to preference defendants)
• Health Plan of the Redwoods (counsel to creditors committee)
• Brotman Medical Center, Inc. (counsel to creditors committee)
• S&B Surgery Center (counsel to creditors committee)
Mr. Seigel served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1958‐1961, where he was a trial and defense counsel for Special Courts‐Martial.
As an adjunct instructor at the University of West Los Angeles School of Law and Paralegal Studies, Mr. Seigel taught legal theory and practice, contracts, torts, real property, business planning and bankruptcy. He frequently lectures to accounting firms, financial institutions and other organizations on debtor/creditor topics, including the financial and psychological benefits of resolving disputes through mediation.
Mr. Seigel has published several articles on the practical aspects of mediation of business disputes and has served as a mediator for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California since 1995. He is the founder and current President of the American Mediation Association, Inc.
Recent Presentations and Publications
• “ Meltdown Mediation,” Dispute Resolution Magazine, Winter 2010
• “Staying Alive; Making $$$ in a Down Market,” Fashion Group International, March 26, 2009
• “ Contingent Liabilities,” RMA Journal, March 2009
• “Alternatives to Chapter 11 After the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA),” California Capital Markets Meeting, September 19, 2008
• “Chapter 11 After BAPCPA: Alternatives Revisited,” Points & Authorities, Spring 2007
• “Mediation of Professional Liability Disputes,” County Bar update, March 2006
• “ Using Contingent Liability Analysis in the Loan Approval Process,” RMA Journal, December 2005-January 2006
• “ Valuation of contingent liabilities: some risk management considerations for lenders,” RMA Journal, 2005
• “Mediation of Bankruptcy Disputes: An Economic Lesson for Lenders,” Points & Authorities, Fall 2004
Mr. Seigel is the founding President and Director of the California Bankruptcy Forum. He is also a Director and former President of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum and past Chair of the Bankruptcy Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association. Mr. Seigel is a member of the Financial Lawyers Conference and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He served on the Debtor/Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy Committee of the California State Bar. He was the principal drafter of assignment for benefit of creditors legislation enacted in California in 1992 and 1999.
Mr. Seigel is a member of the Executive Board of the California Fashion Association. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Apparel Industries Group of City of Hope and is Chairman Emeritus of the Israel Cancer Research Fund.
Mr. Seigel earned his J.D. cum laude from the University Of West Los Angeles School Of Law. He received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
Benjamin Seigel is a Shareholder in the firm's Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group in Los Angeles. Mr. Seigel has represented numerous types of interests in bankruptcy cases throughout the country. He has represented significant parties in bankruptcy cases including:
• B.U.M. International, Inc. (counsel to exit financier)
• Carter, Hawley, Hale (counsel to largest unsecured creditor and served on creditors committee)
• Converse (special counsel to creditors committee)
• Fedco, Inc. (counsel to property owner and other interests)
• Frederick's of Hollywood (counsel to creditors committee)
• Laykin et Cie (liquidating trustee)
• Orange County (counsel to Orange County Employees' Retirement System)
• Susan J. Powter (counsel to equity group)
• Sambo's Inc. (counsel to landlords)
• Standard Brands Paint Co. #2 (counsel to liquidator)
• TR‐3 Industries (counsel to senior secured creditor)
• The Sirena Apparel Group (counsel to creditors committee)
• Teddi of California, Inc. (counsel to senior secured lender)
• Factory 2‐U Stores Inc. (counsel to preference defendants)
• Health Plan of the Redwoods (counsel to creditors committee)
• Brotman Medical Center, Inc. (counsel to creditors committee)
• S&B Surgery Center (counsel to creditors committee)
Mr. Seigel served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1958‐1961, where he was a trial and defense counsel for Special Courts‐Martial.
As an adjunct instructor at the University of West Los Angeles School of Law and Paralegal Studies, Mr. Seigel taught legal theory and practice, contracts, torts, real property, business planning and bankruptcy. He frequently lectures to accounting firms, financial institutions and other organizations on debtor/creditor topics, including the financial and psychological benefits of resolving disputes through mediation.
Mr. Seigel has published several articles on the practical aspects of mediation of business disputes and has served as a mediator for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California since 1995. He is the founder and current President of the American Mediation Association, Inc.
Recent Presentations and Publications
• “ Meltdown Mediation,” Dispute Resolution Magazine, Winter 2010
• “Staying Alive; Making $$$ in a Down Market,” Fashion Group International, March 26, 2009
• “ Contingent Liabilities,” RMA Journal, March 2009
• “Alternatives to Chapter 11 After the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA),” California Capital Markets Meeting, September 19, 2008
• “Chapter 11 After BAPCPA: Alternatives Revisited,” Points & Authorities, Spring 2007
• “Mediation of Professional Liability Disputes,” County Bar update, March 2006
• “ Using Contingent Liability Analysis in the Loan Approval Process,” RMA Journal, December 2005-January 2006
• “ Valuation of contingent liabilities: some risk management considerations for lenders,” RMA Journal, 2005
• “Mediation of Bankruptcy Disputes: An Economic Lesson for Lenders,” Points & Authorities, Fall 2004
Mr. Seigel is the founding President and Director of the California Bankruptcy Forum. He is also a Director and former President of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum and past Chair of the Bankruptcy Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association. Mr. Seigel is a member of the Financial Lawyers Conference and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He served on the Debtor/Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy Committee of the California State Bar. He was the principal drafter of assignment for benefit of creditors legislation enacted in California in 1992 and 1999.
Mr. Seigel is a member of the Executive Board of the California Fashion Association. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Apparel Industries Group of City of Hope and is Chairman Emeritus of the Israel Cancer Research Fund.
Mr. Seigel earned his J.D. cum laude from the University Of West Los Angeles School Of Law. He received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
Areas of Practice
- Financial Solutions
- Bankruptcy
- Insolvency
- Mediation
- Workouts
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Tax Court
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Supreme Court