Biography
By
Kathy Bazoian Phelps
and
Hon. Steven Rhodes
Published by
LexisNexis®
Kathy Bazoian Phelps
Partner, Diamond McCarthy, LLP
1999 Avenue of the Stars
11th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
310-651-2997
kphelps@diamondmccarthy.com
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Partner, Diamond McCarthy, LLP, Los Angeles, California
Admitted to the California Bar, 1991
Juris Doctor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1991
Bachelor of Arts, Pomona College, 1988
Professional Concentration
Kathy represents trustees and receivers, debtors, and secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy cases, with extensive litigation experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of bankruptcy litigation matters.
She has significant experience in tracing and recovering assets in large-scale complex cases and is familiar with all issues arising in Ponzi cases. She represents many different types of parties who may become involved in a Ponzi scheme case, including investors, defendants in litigation, and trustees and receivers.
She also frequently represents operating and liquidating trustees in cases pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court as well as receivers in the United States District Court and the Superior Court of the State of California.
Kathy also serves as a mediator in bankruptcy matters, other complex disputes, and mediations requiring a subject matter expert on fraud and Ponzi schemes.
Publications
The Depths of Deepening Insolvency: Damage Exposure for Officers, Directors and Others (American Bankruptcy Institute 2013)
Handling Claims in Ponzi Scheme Bankruptcy and Receivership Cases, 42 Golden Gate U. L. Rev. 567 (2012)
What Do You Do When the Feds Come For Your Assets? Third-Party Claims in Forfeiture Proceedings, American Bar Association Business Law Section's Online Resource, Business Law Today, June 21, 2012
Supplementing the Tools in the Trustee's Toolbox, NABTalk, The Journal of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Trustees, Spring 2012
The Ponzi Book: A Legal Resource for Unraveling Ponzi Schemes, LexisNexis (2012)
Liability of Professionals and Insiders in Ponzi Schemes, 27 CEB Cal. Bus. L. Prac. 22 (Winter 2012)
Emergence of Mareva by Letter: Banks' Liability to Non-Customer Victims of Fraud, co-authored with Lincoln Caylor, Martin S. Kenney, and Yves Klein, Business Law International, Vol. 12 No. 2, May 2011
In Pari Delicto and The Blame Game: Should Receivers Get Caught in the Fray?, Receivership News, January 2011
Opportunities for Trustees in Ponzi Scheme Cases, NABTalk, The Journal of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Summer 2010
Bankruptcy Issues Arising in Ponzi Schemes, Century City Bar Association Newsletter, April 2010
Positions
Member, Panel of Mediators, United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
Member, Board of Directors, National Association of Federal Equity Reveivers
Member, International Chamber of Commerce FraudNet
Editor in Chief, Receivership News
Member, Board of Directors and Secretary, Los Angeles/Orange County Chapter, California Receivers Forum
Member, Advisory Board, Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists
Member, Insolvency Law Committee for the State Bar of California, 2000-2003
Memberships
Financial Lawyers Conference
American Bankruptcy Institute
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
National Association for Equity Receivers
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Beverly Hills Bar Association
Armenian Bar Association
Speaking at Conferences and Seminars
National Association of Federal Equity Receivers
American Bar Association
American Bankruptcy Institute
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Accountants
International Association for Asset Recovery
National Association of Attorneys General
California Bankruptcy Forum
California Receivers Forum
Commercial Finance Corporation of California
Other local organizations in Southern California
Bar Admissions
State Bar California, 1991
United States District Court, Central District of California, 1991
United States District Court, Southern District of California, 2011
United States District Court, Eastern District of California, 2011
United States District Court, Western District of Michigan, 2010
Personal
Interests and accomplishments include extensive travel and the study of the Chinese language.
