
Career Highlights: Appointed to U.S. Bankruptcy Court by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, April 5, 2005. Serves on the Central District's Rules Committee and Executive Committee, in addition to hearing bankruptcy matters. Reappointed to second 14-year term on March 5, 2019. Founding partner, Albert, Weiland & Golden, 1995-2005; partner, Buchalter APC, 1983-1995; associate, Corbett, Steelman & Davidson, 1980-1983; associate, Myers, Stevens & Walters, 1978-1980
Law School: UCLA School of Law, 1978
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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SANTA ANA - Cessio bonorum.
Literally translated from Latin, it means "surrender of goods." But as a legal appeal, it once saved the lives of those who uttered the words.
In 2003, two years before his appointment to the federal bankruptcy court, J... (continued)