Martin R. Barash
Martin R. Barash is a member of KTBS.
Mr. Barash graduated magna cum laude, from Princeton University with an A.B. degree in politics and a certificate with distinction in American studies. He graduated from the UCLA School of Law in 1992, prior to which time he served as editor and the business manager for the UCLA Law Review. From 1992 to 1993, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Procter R. Hug Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Mr. Barash has concentrated his practice since 1993 on chapter 11 cases, out-of-court workouts, bankruptcy litigation and appeals, representing debtors, secured creditors, creditors' committees, and large creditors in a wide range industries including communications, distribution and shipping, entertainment, food service, manufacturing, health care, hospitality, real estate, retail, telecommunications, technology, and telemarketing.
Mr. Barash is co-author of numerous papers, including most recently, The Shifting Balance Of Power Between Lessors And Lessees In Business Reorganization Cases: A Review Of New Lease Provisions In The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention And Consumer Protection Act Of 2005 (2005), published in an anthology focusing on the 2005 revisions to the Bankruptcy Code. He has taught courses in the Department of Business Law, California State University, Northridge, and has been a panelist on bankruptcy law issues for the American Bankruptcy Institute, the California Bankruptcy Forum, the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, Lorman Seminars and the Practicing Law Institute.
Mr. Barash currently serves as Co-Chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute's Bankruptcy Battleground West, and is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Financial Lawyers Conference, the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, and the Business Law section of the State Bar of California and the American Bar Association. Mr. Barash also serves as Vice President and a Director of the Junior Statesman Foundation, a non-partisan, non-profit foundation supporting civics programs for high school students.
Mr. Barash is admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, and the United States District Courts for the Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of California and the District of Colorado.