D Edward Hays
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>D. Edward Hays</strong> is a founding member of Marshack Hays LLP in Irvine, Calif., where he focuses his practice on bankruptcy and litigation matters. He was admitted to practice in 1992. Mr. Hays has been a Certified Bankruptcy Law Specialist with the State Bar of California. In 2020, he was the president of the California Bankruptcy Forum. In 2000 and 2017, Mr. Hays chaired the Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section of the Orange County Bar Association. He also has served as a director or member of the following organizations: the Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum; the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum; the William P. Gray Legion Lex American Inns of Court, the Federal Bar Association, and the Executive Council for the College of Business at Cal State Fullerton. In 1998 and 1999, Mr. Hays also served as a Judge <em>Pro Tem</em> for the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles. He has been selected on numerous occasions to present continuing education lectures on various legal topics, including bankruptcy, litigation, exemptions and legal research. He has spoken at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, the California Bankruptcy Forum, the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, the Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum, the Orange County Bar Association and the Office of the U.S. Trustee for multiple regions, and he served on the Central District Task Force for Amendments to the Local Bankruptcy Rules. Mr. Hays received his B.A. in business with honors from California State University at Fullerton in 1989 and his J.D. from the University of Southern California Law Center in 1992, where he was a member of the Hale Moot Court Honors program.</p>