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Lei Lei Wang Ekvall

Lei Lei Wang Ekvall

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LEI LEI WANG EKVALL received her undergraduate degree in information and computer science in 1988 from the University of California, Irvine and her law degree in 1992 from the University of Southern California.  She served a judicial clerkship to the Honorable Alan M. Ahart, William J. Lasarow, Kathleen T. Lax, Kathleen P. March, and Vincent P. Zurzolo, United States Bankruptcy Judges, from October 1992 to September 1993.  From September 1993 to September 1994, she served a judicial clerkship to the Honorable Kathleen P. March, United States Bankruptcy Judge.  Ms. Wang Ekvall was an associate with Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger before joining Weiland, Golden, Smiley, Wang Ekvall & Strok LLP when it was formed in August 1995.

Ms. Wang Ekvall is a leader of the Southern California legal community. After serving on the board of the Orange County Bar Association for several years, she was elected and served as the 2010 President of the Orange County Bar Association. She currently serves on the board of the Orange County Bar Association Charitable Fund and served as its President in 2011.  Ms. Wang Ekvall also chaired various committees and sections of the Orange County Bar Association, including the pro bono committee, the resolutions committee, and the commercial law and bankruptcy section.  She is a past president and director of the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum and the Orange County Asian American Bar Association, and has served as a co-chair and member of the Central District of California Lawyer Representatives to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. 

Among other recognitions, since 2008, she has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer, representing the top 5% of practicing attorneys in Southern California, and in 2011, she was named one of five Top Bankruptcy Attorneys by O.C. Metro magazine.  Ms. Wang Ekvall is a frequent speaker on the topic of bankruptcy law and co-authored Bankruptcy for Businesses, published in April, 2007 by Entrepreneur Media, Inc., and distributed by McGraw-Hill.

Ms. Wang Ekvall concentrates her practice on bankruptcy-related matters including business reorganizations, creditors rights, and trustee representation.