Kavita Gupta
Kavita Gupta’s practice focuses on representing a variety of debtors and creditors in all phases of complex distressed financial situations including out of court work outs and Chapter 11 cases. She has experience in large scale restructuring and has advised clients in distressed situations across industries including retail, real estate, non-profit entities, hospitality, and energy. Before joining Gupta Ferrer LLP, Kavita was counsel at a bankruptcy boutique firm and before that, she was a career law clerk for a federal bankruptcy judge.
Kavita can also serve as a court appointed fiduciary, e.g., a Chapter 11 or Chapter 7 trustee, liquidating plan trustee, state court receiver, and/or assignee for the benefit of creditors. She has been appointed as a Chapter 11 trustee by the Office of the United States Trustee and/or elected as a Chapter 7 trustee in a variety of large corporate and individual cases.
Kavita has lectured extensively, is widely published and has been interviewed by numerous national publications.
Publications
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- Co-Author, Bankruptcy and the Insured vs. Insured Exclusion in Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Policies, State Bar of California, Business Law News, Issue No. 3, 2017
- Author, Chasing the Money: Pursuing a Debtor’s Shareholders under an Alter-Ego Liability Theory, ABI Journal, No. 11, 14, 74-75 (December/January 2013)
- Author, Confirmation Issues Facing a Non-Profit Debtor, ABI Journal, No. 3, 32, 111-112 (April 2012)
- Author, Representing a Non-Profit Debtor in Bankruptcy, 31 Cal. Bankr. J. No. 4, 843, 857 (2012)
Education
J.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1988
B.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1983
In the Media
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- Las Vegas Review-Journal “Abandoned property on Las Vegas Strip for Sale again” – February 24, 2020
- Wall Street Journal – “Failed Skyvue Site on Las Vegas Strip Hits Auction Block” – January 30, 2020
- Best U.S. Casinos – “Bankruptcy Auctions Sells 38 Acres of Property on Las Vegas Strip,” January 30, 2020
- Wall Street Journal Pro – “Stech’s Take: West Virgina Judge Tells Lender Nonprofits Don’t Have to Profit, May 12, 2017
- Merced Sun-Star – “These clinics treated thousands of Merced residents. Now they’re under investigation.”
- ABI Press Release – “Creditors Pursuit of a Debtors’ Shareholders Under Alter Ego Liability Gaining Traction, December 5, 2012
Speaking Engagements and Published Cases:
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- Panelist, Pincus Education, Business Insolvency Essentials, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and More, September 2014
- Panelist, Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, Parties Gone Wild, March 2014
- Panelist, Stafford Publications, Leveraging Substantive Consolidation, Alter Ego and Piercing the Corporate Veil, July 2013
- Panelist, Pincus Education, Demystifying the Acquisition of Distressed Businesses and Assets, March 2013
- Presenter, California Receiver Forum Loyola V Complex Case Symposium, The Intersection Between Receiverships and Bankruptcy, January 2013
- In re Real Estate Partners, Inc., 2012 WL 8702859 (C.D. Cal. 2012)
- Panelist, Pincus Education, Business Insolvency Essentials (September 2012)
- Presenter, California State Bar, Nonprofit Organizations Committee, Nonprofits in Bankruptcy (2012)
- In re Crystal Cathedral Ministries, 454 B.R. 124 (C.D. Cal. 2011)
- Panelist, Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, Evidence and Bankruptcy, 2010
- Panelist, Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, Getting Paid in the Bankruptcy Court, 2009
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Fellow, National Association of Legal Fee Analysis
- American Bar Association, Business Committee
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Diversity Working Group and Ethics and Compensation Committee
- Committee Member (2016-2019), State Bar Business Law Section, Insolvency Law Committee
- Board Member (2013-2015), California Bankruptcy Forum, Inland Empire