Gregory Michael Salvato

Gregory M. Salvato   is a Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law and the founding member of Salvato Law Offices, a litigation and bankruptcy firm located in downtown Los Angeles and Orange County, California, specializing in creditor rights and business litigation.  

Mr. Salvato has litigated matters in the Bankruptcy or Federal District Courts in Arizona, Coloado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia, and Texas, and before the California Superior Courts, Courts of Appeal, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

He has been a Bankruptcy Specialist since 2002, certified by the California Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of California and is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification.  Mr. Salvato  is the former chair of the Bankruptcy Law Advisory Commission of the State Bar of California. He is Martindale-Hubbell A-V rated, and Los Angeles Magazine named him a "Southern California Super Lawyer" from 2004 through 2020.  

Mr. Salvato is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s sections on Commercial Law and Bankruptcy, Litigation, and Remedies (Chair, 2002-2003), the Italian American Lawyers Association (President 2019, Board of Trustees), Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, Orange County Bankruptcy Forum,  California Bankruptcy Forum, Financial Lawyers Conference, American Bankruptcy Institute, and American Bar Association.

He received his B.A. magna cum laude in 1976 from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, and his J.D. in 1986 from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, where he was the Chief Articles Editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review.   

 Published cases include:  In re Amwest Ins. Group, Inc. (L. Tim Wagner, Liquidator v. Amwest Ins. Group), 285 B.R. 447 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 2002); In re First T.D. & Investments, Inc. (Neilson v. Chang),  253 F. 3d 520 (9th Cir. 2001); In re First T.D. & Investments, Inc. (Neilson v. Chang), 218 B.R. 92 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1999), In re Cobe (Smith v. Cobe), 229 B.R. 15 (BAP 9th Cir. 1998); In re Colonial Realty Company (Colonial Realty Co. v. River Bank America), 122 B.R. 1 (Bankr. D. Conn. 1990); In re Peregrine Entertainment Group (National Peregrine, Inc. v. Capitol Federal Savings), 116 B.R. 194 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1990).