Jeff D. Kahane practices in the area of business reorganization and financial restructuring law. He is a recipient of the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence. He specializes in advising insurers, unsecured and secured creditors in chapter 11 cases. Mr. Kahane has represented clients in numerous complex bankruptcy cases such as In re Mid-Valley, In re Pittsburgh Corning, In re Federal-Mogul Global, In re Kaiser Aluminum, In re The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Portland, In re A.P.I., In re C.E. Thurston, In re ASARCO, In re Northwest Airlines, In re Thorpe Insulation, In re the Diocese of Wilmington, In re Champion Homes and In re CFB Liquidation Corp. He has defended numerous preference and fraudulent transfer actions, and represented plaintiffs in breach of contract, turnover, and fraud actions in adversary proceedings before the bankruptcy court. Mr. Kahane is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief and Chief Technology Editor of the UCLA Journal of Law and Technology, and a cum laude graduate of California State University at Northridge.

Representative Matters

• Counsel to unsecured creditor in In re Patten Energy Enterprises.

Areas of Practice

• Reorganization and Finance Law
• Financing and Financial Restructuring Transactions
• Business Bankruptcy
• Creditors' Rights
• Insurance and Reinsurance

Admissions

• California
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Education

• University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 2002
• California State University Northridge, B.A., cum laude, 1999

Other Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Associate, 2005-present
• Coudert Brothers LLP
  - Associate, 2002-2005

Professional Activities

• California State Bar

Honors / Awards

• American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence, 2002