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Judge Lee R. Bogdanoff Judicial Profile

Judge Lee Robert Bogdanoff received his A.B. in history and political science Phi Beta Kappa and as a Regent Scholar from the University of California, Davis in 1982 and his J.D. Order of the Coif from University of California, Berkeley – School of Law in 1985. During law school he served as Associate Editor of the California Law Review. After passing the California in 1985, he worked as a law clerk to Justice David A. Thompson at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals before joining law firm Stutman, Triester & Glatt PC. There, he eventually rose to the rank of senior partner until leaving to co-found Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP, where he remained until 2019. In private practice, he focused his work on insolvency and reorganization. During this time, he was a fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. From 2017 until his appointment to the bench, he volunteered at The Legal Aid Foundation, Los Angeles in the domestic violence clinic and as a judge pro tem at the Los Angeles Superior Court. He was appointed to the bench in 2020 by Governor Gavin Newsom.

Author

"The Sale of Assets Outside of a Plan of Reorganization Under the Bankruptcy Code?" 4th Annual Private Equity Forum 2003 Author

"The Labrum Case: Is a Lease an Asset or a Liability (Or Neither or Both) Under Bankruptcy Code Insolvency Analysis?" 12 Distressed Business & Real Estate News Letter 1999 Author

"The Purchase and Sale of Assets in Reorganization Cases-Of Interest and Principal, of Principles and Interests," The Business Lawyer 1992 Author

"Exemptions Under the Bankruptcy Code: Using California's New Homestead Exemption as a Medium for Analysis," 72 California Law Review 922

Awards

2007 – Century City Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year

2014 – Bankruptcy Litigator of the Year by Best Lawyers

2014 – Top 500 Lawyers in the World by Intercontinental Finance Magazine

2014 – One of America’s Top 75 Restructuring Lawyers and one of California’s Top 16 Restructuring Lawyers by K&A Restructuring Register

2016 – Recognized as one of the world’s leading figures in insolvency and restructuring law by Who’s Who Legal

Links

Los Angeles Suprior Court - Courtroom Rules

The Robing Room - Hon. Lee R. Bogdanoff

Lee R. Bogdanoff - Ballotpedia