Associate Corey R. Weber focuses on commercial bankruptcy law and litigation, commercial collection actions and business litigation.
His experience includes representation of committees of unsecured creditors in preference litigation and adversary actions in bankruptcy proceedings. Among his successful cases are those involving corporations, receivers and assignees for the benefit of creditors in commercial collection, and state court preference actions. Weber’s clients range from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies involved in business litigation and professional liability matters.
Weber earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame, with an emphasis in finance and marketing, and while there he was a member of the John Cardinal O’Hara Society. He has worked in global finance for a Fortune 500 company and currently is chairman of the California Republican Lawyers Association.
Practice Emphasis
- Commercial Bankruptcy Law and Litigation
- Commercial Collection
- Commercial Litigation
Qualifications/Memberships
- State Bar of California
- U.S. District Courts, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Judicial Extern for the Honorable Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- California Republican Lawyers Association, Member of the Board of Directors and Past Chairman
Education
- University of Notre Dame, M.B.A., Finance and Marketing, 2001
- University of Southern California, J.D., 1999
- University of California at Irvine, B.A., 1995
Representative Matters
- In re Queen’s Seaport Development, Inc. (represent the City of Long Beach, a creditor, landlord and party-in-interest, in the Queen Mary bankruptcy case and in adversary cases brought by the City within the bankruptcy case)
- In re Lux Corporation (represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the prosecution of preference and fraudulent conveyance actions within the bankruptcy case for the Mr. Rags chain of surf/skate retail stores and in preparing and obtaining approval for a creditors’ plan of liquidation)
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors v. Claire’s Stores, Inc. (represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in a complex fraudulent conveyance case involving a leveraged buyout, and obtained a settlement for $5 million for the bankruptcy estate which funded the creditors’ plan of liquidation)
- In re Berjis (represented the Chapter 7 Trustee at trial in a fraudulent conveyance case in which the Trustee obtained a judgment of actual fraud against the Debtor and recovered transferred property)
- Eric Shaw as Receiver of Nikota U.S.A., Inc. (represented the court-appointed receiver in cases filed against insiders of Nikota U.S.A., Inc., a prominent distributor of power tools and electric scooters)
- New York Credit/CKM Industries, Inc. collection actions (represented New York Credit, Inc., as assignee of Bank of the West, in collecting on the accounts receivable of CKM)
In addition to his legal experience, Mr. Weber also has a strong background in business and finance, having earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame, with an emphasis in finance and marketing. While at Notre Dame, Mr. Weber worked for IBM’s international financial consolidation group within IBM’s personal computer division. Mr. Weber’s background in business and finance provides Mr. Weber a unique perspective on bankruptcy litigation and business litigation, providing a significant advantage in complex cases such as those involving fraud or fraudulent transfers and multifaceted business, contract or lease disputes.
Mr. Weber’s experience includes representation of municipalities, committees of unsecured creditors and other creditors in adversary actions in bankruptcy proceedings and in state court proceedings.