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Jeffrey I. Golden

Jeffrey I. Golden

Partner

JEFFREY I. GOLDEN is a founding partner of Weiland, Golden, Smiley, Wang Ekvall & Strok LLP.  He is a Bankruptcy Trustee, Examiner and Receiver of the Central District of California, Los Angeles Division.  He is a former shareholder of Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger.

He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at San Diego – Revelle College in 1984, cum laude, and his law degree from the University of Southern California in 1987.  After graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Peter M. Elliott and to the Honorable Calvin K. Ashland, Judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court and the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.

Mr. Golden is co-Editor-in-Chief of the California Bankruptcy Journal, a national publication, and has lectured and written various articles regarding insolvency and commercial law matters.  Mr. Golden currently is a Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference Lawyer Representative.  Since 2005, Mr. Golden has been recognized by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine as a Super Lawyer, representing the top 5% of the practicing attorneys in Southern California.

Mr. Golden is a past President and former Secretary and Director of the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum.  He was recently selected to receive the Judge Peter M. Elliott Award.  He also has been an adjunct faculty member of the University of California at Irvine Extension Program, teaching bankruptcy litigation.  Mr. Golden is a graduate of the Straus Institute for Alternative Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law, and serves on the panel of trained mediators in bankruptcy matters for the United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California.  He has served on various committees to develop and implement new Local Bankruptcy Rules and General Orders for the Central District.

Mr. Golden engages in a variety of charitable services.  Currently he serves on the Board of Directors of Temple Beth David and has been President of the Huntington Seacliff Elementary School PTA.  He also has been active with Serving People In Need (SPIN), and other local charities.  Mr. Golden has also recently been selected to Chair a national committee to develop family programming and family conferences for entrepreneurs for the Entrepreneur Organization.

Mr. Golden concentrates his practice in the areas of complex bankruptcy litigation, business reorganizations, and commercial litigation in the state and federal courts.  He is available to mediate bankruptcy controversies and other commercial disputes.