About Esbinlaw.com

Background and Experience:

1984-1985: Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Cameron W. Wolfe (deceased), United States Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of California, Oakland Division. Primary responsibility to Judge Wolfe and judges sitting by assignment: Honorable Elizabeth Perris (currently, Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel) and Honorable Lawrence Ollason (deceased - former Ninth Circuit BAP Judge).

1985-1986: Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Samuel L. Bufford United States Bankruptcy Judge, Central District of California, Los Angeles Division. First law clerk appointed. Court calendar management function. Drafted first General Order on Chapter 13 Practice, later adopted as Local Rule, and also, later adopted by other districts as a model for courts throughout the Ninth Circuit.

1986-1987: Associate, Wyman, Bautzer, Christensen, Kuchel & Silbert (currently, Katten, Muchin & Zavis and Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, et.al.). Represented Fortune 500 Companies, including in telecommunications and entertainment, in all aspects of Bankruptcy and Insolvency planning and litigation, and a committee of independent movie producers and international film distribution companies. Member, L.A. Bankruptcy Forum Forms Subcommittee on Court Practice and Procedures.

1987-1989: Junior Associate, Neiser, Cecchini & Ellersdorfer (defunct). Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, investment bankers, venture funds and turn around specialists represented in the course of insolvency proceedings, with purpose to recapture and redistribute net operating loss carry forwards preceding the introduction of high tech products to market.

1989-1991: Senior Associate, Rosen, Wachtell & Gilbert (defunct). As Bankruptcy Attorney for San Francisco Office of a Century City Law Firm, represented Bay Area businesses and Southern California clients. Chairperson, S.F. Bar Association Subcommittee on Professional Employment and Compensation under United States Trustee Program; associate editor for California Bankruptcy Journal.

1991-1993: Senior Associate, Smith & Smith (defunct). Represented special assets, diversified assets and liquidation departments of Wells Fargo, First Interstate Bank, Bank of California, Chase Auto Leasing, as well as creditors stock brokerage holding company.

1993-Present: Law Offices of Louis J. Esbin Represent businesses, individuals, private lenders, casinos, and others. General Counsel to start up companies. Debtor's counsel for sole proprietors, individuals and close corporations. Creditor's counsel for distressed debt traders, corporate vendors and individuals. Counsel for other parties in proceedings and actions in bankruptcy and state court. 1998-1999, of counsel to Esbin & Associates, New York, during which represented Wall Street Broker Dealers in the trading of distressed debt.

Bar Admissions/Education:

State Admissions:  California (admitted 1985); Connecticut (admitted 1998).
Federal Court:  Northern, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California, Ninth Circuit.
Education:  Golden Gate University School of Law, J.D., 1984. Emphasis: Commercial Law/Litigation. SUNY Albany (Albany State), B.S., 1981. Major: Finance and Accounting. Minor: Sociology.

Civic and Professional Associations and Publications:

National Association of Consumber Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA); American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI); California Bankruptcy Forum and Financial Lawyers Conference; Los Angeles County, San Fernando, Santa Clarita, and Antelope Valley Bar Associations; Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association (CDCBAA)(Charter Member and Board Member); Santa Clarita Valley Bar Association (Founding Member and Inaugural Treasurer); Santa Clarita Valley Rotary Club (Former Secretary and Vocational Service Chair); Valencia Industrial Association and Chamber of Commerce (Principal for a Day Participant). Featured Writer: Santa Clarita Valley Living Magazine; The Signal Newspaper.