Jason Wallach
Uncommon Expertise. Unparalleled Service. Unflinching Advocacy.
Jason Wallach
Uncommon Expertise.
Unparalleled Service.
Unflinching Advocacy.
Jason Wallach has broad and deep experience in the legal and financial aspects of business bankruptcy, corporate, commercial transactions and litigation. He has particular expertise in helping financially stressed businesses and individuals, and keeping financially healthy clients out of litigation. Additionally, Jason has been selected, every year since 2005, by his peers as a Southern California Super Lawyer. Fewer than five percent of California attorneys receive this distinction.Jason is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell.
Jason’s corporate practice represents a diverse group of business clients, in connection their transactions. including business formation, corporate structure, purchases and sales of businesses, financing , real estate acquisition, shareholder and partnership agreements, loan agreements. business reorganization and other agreements. He serves as outside general counsel to several small and mid-sized businesses, advising clients on day-to-day operations as well as negotiating and structuring significant transactions, in order to provide his clients with the highest quality of strategic advice in order to achieve their business objectives.
Jason is extremely successful at anticipating areas that have potential for conflict and protecting his clients’ interests. When disputes do arise, he is able to resolve them quickly and cost-effectively utilizing alternative dispute resolution, or litigation, when necessary. Jason has tried cases in both Federal and State courts on matters involving sale of businesses, partnership disputes, financial nondisclosure, fraud, trade secrets, lease defaults, construction disputes, and sheep husbandry, among others.
In his bankruptcy and insolvency practice, Jason counsels stressed businesses, creditors, debtors, trustees, lenders, investors, landlords, tenants, shareholders, directors, spouses and other parties in all aspects of bankruptcies, workouts, turnarounds, restructurings and appeals. He has substantial experience in handling a wide variety of debtor-creditor disputes, and works with clients to assess the benefits and detriments of bankruptcy proceedings and alternatives in order to achieve successful outcomes.
Jason has led Sections of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, as Chair of the Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, the Bankruptcy Committee, and the Remedies Section.
Bar Admissions
- California and New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Second Circuits
- U.S. District Courts, Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California
- U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Education
- J.D. – New York University School of Law, 1974
- B.A. – University of Pennsylvania, 1971
Memberships
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum
- Financial Lawyers Conference
- American Bar Association
- Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association