Linda Cantor, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, focuses her practice on representing companies and creditor representatives in financial restructurings and bankruptcy reorganizations. She has substantial experience representing debtors, trustees, secured creditors, and creditors’ committees in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. She has been named to the
Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal’s list of “Top 100 Women Lawyers,” which identifies California’s leading women lawyers. The
Daily Journal recognized Linda for her roles in representing the chapter 11 trustee for Guess Jeans co-founder Georges Marciano and representing American Suzuki Motor Corporation in its chapter 11 case. A member of the firm since 1990, she has been active in several other top PSZJ cases, including representing the chapter 11 trustee appointed in the bankruptcy cases of Penthouse Global Media and its fourteen debtor subsidiaries. She holds an AV Preeminent Peer Rating,
Martindale-Hubbell‘s highest recognition for ethical standards and legal ability, and has been named to Super Lawyers’ coveted “Top Women” list, consisting of only fifty practitioners in the region. She has also been listed in
Best Lawyers in America every year since 2018. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where she later received her J.D.
Programs & Lectures
ABI Winter Leadership Conference (issues arising in hotel bankruptcy cases);
ABI Southwest Bankruptcy Conference (post-confirmation/jurisdiction);
California Bankruptcy Forum (ethics matters)
Publications
•“The Impact of Bankruptcy on Entertainment License Agreements: Protecting the Rights of Debtor Licensees,” 19 California Bankruptcy Journal 225 (1991)
News
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
August 15, 2024
Nineteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2024 Southern California “Super Lawyers” List
January 10, 2024
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 17, 2023
Eighteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2023 Southern California’s “Super Lawyers” List
January 1, 2023
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 18, 2022
Seventeen PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2022 Southern California’s “Super Lawyers” List
January 20, 2022
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 19, 2021
Nineteen PSZJ Attorneys Named 2021 Southern California “Super Lawyers”
January 1, 2021
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 20, 2020
Twenty-One PSZJ Attorneys Named 2020 Southern California “Super Lawyers”
January 15, 2020
PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2019
Twenty-One PSZJ Attorneys Named 2019 Southern California “Super Lawyers”
January 30, 2019
PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2018
Twenty PSZJ Attorneys Named 2018 Southern California “Super Lawyers”
January 31, 2018
Thirty-Five PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2017
Eighteen PSZJ Attorneys Named 2017 Southern California “Super Lawyers”
January 25, 2017
Linda Cantor and Shirley Cho: Top Women Lawyers in Southern California
September 1, 2016
Thirteen PSZJ Attorneys Selected as Southern California Super Lawyers
Los Angeles magazineFebruary 1, 2015
Linda Cantor Named in Daily Journal's 'Top Women Lawyers' List
May 7, 2014
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones: Five M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards
February 1, 2014
American Suzuki Swiftly Glides to Plan Confirmation
March 6, 2013
Events
Do the Right Thing: Dealing With Unethical Tactics in Bankruptcy, Both Inside and Outside of the Courtroom
California Bankruptcy Forum 25th Annual Insolvency Conference San Diego, May 18, 2013
Distinguished: An excellent rating for a lawyer with some experience. This rating indicates the attorney is widely
respected by their peers for high professional achievement and ethical standards.
Notable: This rating indicates that the lawyer has been recognized by a large number of their peers for strong ethical standards.
