Richard Alan Marshack

Richard A. Marshack is a founding member of the firm. Mr. Marshack has been an attorney and bankruptcy trustee for over twenty-five years.

He was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated from University of California at Irvine in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and from California Western School of Law in 1982 (Magna Cum Laude). Mr. Marshack received numerous achievement awards, including: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award: Agency and Partnership. He was also a Staff Writer, 1980-1981, and Lead Articles Editor, 1981-1982, for the California Western Law Review. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1982 and the U. S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit in 1984.

Mr. Marshack was Law Clerk to the Honorable Folger Johnson, Chief Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Oregon, 1982-1984, and an Adjunct Professor: Bankruptcy Law, Western States University College of Law, Bankruptcy Law, 1993; Bankruptcy Law, University of California, Irvine, 1985-1992.

He has authored several articles, including: “The Toxic Claim: Using Bankruptcy Law to Limit Environmental Liabilities,” California Bankruptcy Journal, Volume 19, Number 3, 1991; “Recent Developments Under Section 546 of the Bankruptcy Code,” Tactics for Unsecured Creditors of Bankrupt Debtors,” California Lawyer 21, August, 1984; “Adequate Protection for the Unsecured Creditor Under the Bankruptcy Code”, Commercial Law Journal 621, December 1983; “Recent Developments for Reclaiming Goods Under the Bankruptcy Code and the Uniform Commercial Code, “Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal 187, July, 1983; “Reclamation of Goods Under the Bankruptcy Code,” Oregon Debtor-Creditor News Letter, I, July 1983; “Sindell vs. Abbot Laboratories: Is Market Share Liability the Best Remedy to the DES Controversy” California Western Law Review 143, 1981.

Memberships: Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, Director and President 1995-96; Orange County Bar Association (Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section), Chairman, 1989; California State Bar Association; Commercial Law League of America; Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum.

Panel Bankruptcy Trustee for U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, 1985 – Present.