William N. Lobel

William N. Lobel is an attorney with Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones in Los Angeles and specializes in chapter 11 reorganizations and out-of-court restructurings. He is certified by the state bars of California and Florida and has more than 45 years of experience as one of the nation’s leading bankruptcy lawyers.Mr. Lobel represents clients in the real estate industry, including home builders, commercial real estate developers and subprime lenders. He also has represented gaming casinos and restaurant chains, and has experience in the fields of hospitality, technology, health care and media. Mr. Lobel is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a co-founder of the Orange County and California BankruptcyForums. He has been a lecturer at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and hasserved as a member of the board of visitors for Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law. Mr.Lobel formerly taught real estate bankruptcy as an adjunct professor at his alma mater, the University of Miami School of Law. He currently serves as a Ninth Circuit Lawyer Representative, and previously served from 1990-96. Mr. Lobel has been listed in Southern California Super Lawyers and in Los Ange-les Magazine every year since 2004, in The Best Lawyers in America every year since 2006 (bankruptcy& creditor/debtor rights), and in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in 2008(bankruptcy/restructuring). He received the Peter M. Elliot award for “Outstanding Scholarship, Ethics and Service to the Orange County Bankruptcy Community” in 1999, and is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Lobel received both his B.A. in 1965 and his J.D. in 1969 from the University of Miami.