Richard A. Marshack

Richard A. Marshack is a founding partner of Marshack Hays Wood LLP in Irvine, Calif., and has been an attorney since 1982. He serves as an attorney and as a professional fiduciary. As an attorney, his focus is on commercial matters arising in bankruptcy proceedings, such as representing debtors/busi- nesses and creditors/creditor committees in reorganization proceedings and representing bankruptcy trustees. After completing law school, Mr. Marshack clerked for Hon. Folger Johnson, Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon from 1982-84. He has been in private practice since 1984, working primarily on bankruptcy and commercial law issues. Mr. Marshack is a frequent lecturer and presenter of seminars (over 50) on bankruptcy and commercial law issues. Additionally, he has authored more than 20 articles and materials relating to the practice of law. Mr. Marshack received the 2016 Hon. Peter M. Elliott Award by the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, and he has been listed as a Super Lawyer. He taught at the University of California at Irvine from 1985-92 and was an adjunct professor of bankruptcy law at Western State College of Law. Mr. Marshack is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California. He received his B.A. in 1979 from the University of California, Irvine and his J.D. magna cum laude from California Western School of Law. Following law school, he clerked for Hon. Folger Johnson, Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon.