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Shirley S. Cho

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2016
  • Recognized in:
    Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Law School:
    UC Hastings College of the Law
  • Lawyer Page:
    http://www.pszjlaw.com/attorne...
  • Website:
    https://www.pszjlaw.com
  • Location:
    10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 13th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90067-4003

Ms. Cho has more than twenty years' experience advising debtors, creditors’ committees, creditors, and purchasers. She has represented some of the largest companies in America to restructure billions of dollars of debt, acquirers of assets out of bankruptcy, and dozens of committees of unsecured creditors across a variety of industries.

Ms. Cho also has significant experience representing U.S. debtors involved in cross-border proceedings and has also represented foreign creditors, including Fortune Global top 20 companies, to successfully pursue significant claims in chapter 11. Ms. Cho has also served as an expert on U.S. insolvency law in foreign proceedings.

An active member of the community, Ms. Cho was recently appointed to the national council of Korean Americans and has also served as co-chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute Battleground West, the Annual Insolvency Restructuring Advisors Annual Conference, and on the board of trustees of her law school and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA. Ms. Cho has won numerous accolades, including being named as one of The Best Lawyers in America for the past five years and the Daily Journal’s Top 100 Women Lawyers in 2019.

Ms. Cho has written and lectured extensively on U.S. bankruptcy law. She began her career as a law clerk for the Honorable John E. Ryan, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California and the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit. Ms. Cho is admitted to practice in California and New York and holds a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Ms. Cho has more than twenty years' experience advising debtors, creditors’ committees, creditors, and purchasers. She has represented some of the largest companies in America to restructure billions of dollars of debt, acquirers of assets out of bankruptcy, and dozens of committees of unsecured creditors across a variety of industries.

Ms. Cho also has significant experience representing U.S. debtors involved in cross-border proceedings and has also represented foreign creditors, including Fortune Global top 20 companies, to successfully pursue significant claims in chapter 11. Ms. Cho has also served as an expert on U.S. insolvency law in foreign proceedings.

An active member of the community, Ms. Cho was recently appointed to the national council of Korean Americans and has also served as co-chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute Battleground West, the Annual Insolvency Restructuring Advisors Annual Conference, and on the board of trustees of her law school and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA. Ms. Cho has won numerous accolades, including being named as one of The Best Lawyers in America for the past five years and the Daily Journal’s Top 100 Women Lawyers in 2019.

Ms. Cho has written and lectured extensively on U.S. bankruptcy law. She began her career as a law clerk for the Honorable John E. Ryan, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California and the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit. Ms. Cho is admitted to practice in California and New York and holds a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Education:

  • UC Hastings College of the Law, J.D., graduated 1997
  • University of California Berkeley, B.A., graduated 1994

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
 

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  • United States Bankruptcy Court
 

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Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
https://www.pszjlaw.com
 
Headquarters
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 13th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067-4003
310-277-6910
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