Robert S. Marticello

Robert S. Marticello is a founding partner of Smiley Wang-Ekvall, LLP in Los Angeles, where he focuses his practice on business bankruptcy matters and related litigation. He represents virtually all parties in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and out-of-court restructurings, including debtors, committees, secured and unsecured creditors, equity holders, trustees, asset-purchasers and others. Mr. Marticello has represented clients in a broad range of industries, such as real estate, nonprofit, retail, restaurant and<br>technology, and has represented clients in multiple forums throughout the U.S. He is also experienced in representing plaintiffs and defendants in bankruptcy avoidance actions and plaintiffs in non dischargeability actions. Mr. Marticello was honored as one of ABI’s first “40 Under 40.” In 2012, he was selected to participate in the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges’ Next Generation Program. Mr. Marticello has also been consistently selected as a “Rising Star” in Super Lawyers and has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for multiple years running. He also is a frequent speaker and author on insolvency issues and has presented on current and expected trends in real estate related bankruptcies and the hospitality industry. Mr. Marticello has served as an officer and director of a number of professional organizations. He is co-chair of the Lawyer Representatives to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, and director of both the Federal Bar Association (Orange County Chapter) and the TurnaroundManagement Association (Southern California Chapter). Mr. Marticello was the president of the California Bankruptcy Forum from 2015-16. He previously was a director of the Orange County BankruptcyForum from 2008-11 and served as its president from 2010-11. Mr. Marticello clerked for Hon. John E.Ryan in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California from August 2005 to February2007, and for Hon. Robert N. Kwan in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California from March to August 2007. Mr. Marticello received his undergraduate degree from California StateUniversity Chico and his J.D. magna cum laude from Californian Western School of Law in 2005, where he was a member of the California Western Law Review.