Ms. Jeannie Kim

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Buchalter, Costa Mesa | CA | US

Jeannie is always respectful to subordinates, who are happy to assist her in completing her tasks. She is a kind and generous mentor to younger lawyers. She is a respectful yet stubborn advocate for her positions, unintimidated by robes or suits. She is sociable, very intelligent, and has a fine sense of humor.

<p>Jeannie Kim is a partner at Golden Goodrich, LLP. She represents corporate debtors in possession, official committees of unsecured creditors, chapter 11 trustees, asset-purchasers and individual creditors in all aspects of complex chapter 11 cases, related litigation, state and federal receivership cases, state insolvency proceedings and out- of-court workouts. She has also represented financial institutions, technology companies, commercial landlords and vendors as secured creditors, contract counterparties and administrative creditors in insolvency proceedings. Ms. Kim has provided general legal counsel to commercial clients in a range of in- dustries including technology, commercial leasing, entertainment, retail, hospitality, manufacturing and distribution, consumer products, alternative energy, mining, aviation and real estate development. She was featured as a “Southern California Rising Star” in Super Lawyers from 2013-16, and in 2017 was selected for the inaugural class of ABI’s “40 Under 40.” Jeannie received her B.A. in history from the University of California, Los Angeles, a postgraduate diploma in International Political Thought from the University of St. Andrews (Scotland), and a J.D. from Loyola Law School.</p>

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