“Jessica’s compassion, empathy, and dedication to social responsibility make her not only an exceptional legal professional but also a commendable individual.”
Jessica Bagdanov is a partner with BG Law in Woodland Hills, Calif., and focuses her practice on insolvency and restructuring. She consistently represents chapter 7 trustees and receivers, as well as both debtors and creditors in chapter 11 matters. She also has significant business litigation experience, and is routinely responsible for a wide range of motion practice in contested matters, adversary proceedings and related appeals. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Bagdanov clerked for Hon. Ellen Carroll (ret.) and Hon. Robert N. Kwan of the Los Angeles Division of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. Additionally, she worked as a staff attorney for the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. Ms. Bagdanov serves as a board member for the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum and an associate editor of the Business Law News section of the California Lawyers Association, and she is an Education co-chair for the 2020 California Bankruptcy Forum. Previously, she served as one of the Young Insolvency Professionals (YIP) co-chairs for the 2019 California Bankruptcy Forum, and as secretary of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (2015-17). Ms. Bagdanov has been recognized as a Southern California Rising Star in Super Lawyers from 2015-21, and she has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2018. Ms. Bagdanov received her undergraduate degree in philosophy from Westmont College and her J.D. from Chapman University Fowler School of Law.
Education
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Bachelor of Arts, Westmont College
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Juris Doctor, Chapman University School of Law