Robert B. Orgel

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Robert B. Orgel: Attorney with Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
Attorney Awards
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer AV Preeminent Rating
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Biography

Robert Orgel, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, has represented a variety of constituencies in chapter 11 cases, including creditors, trustees, official committees, and publicly traded and privately held company debtors. Rob has been listed in Best Lawyers in America every year since 2010 and has been named a Super Lawyer in a peer survey conducted by Law and Politics and the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine every year since 2005. Martindale-Hubbell has granted Rob an AV Preeminent Peer Rating, its highest recognition for ethical standards and legal ability. Rob served as a judicial clerk for a federal district court Judge in Hawaii, received his JD from UCLA School of Law, and holds an undergraduate degree from Rutgers College.

Clerkships

•Judicial law clerk, Judge Martin Pense (D. Hawaii 1981-82)

News

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

August 15, 2024

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 17, 2023

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 18, 2022

Best Lawyers in America Names Jeffrey Pomerantz, Henry Kevane, Robert Orgel as 2022 “Lawyers of the Year”

August 19, 2021

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 19, 2021

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 20, 2020

PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America

August 15, 2018

Twenty-One PSZJ Attorneys Named 2019 Southern California “Super Lawyers”

January 30, 2019

PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America

August 15, 2019

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

Judge Confirms Diocese of Stockton Chapter 11 Plan

January 12, 2017

Nineteen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America

August 1, 2016

Seventeen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America

August 17, 2015

Thirteen PSZJ Attorneys Selected as Southern California Super Lawyers

Los Angeles magazineFebruary 1, 2015

Thirteen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America

August 1, 2014

Ten Southern California Super Lawyers at Pachulski Stang

Los Angeles magazineFebruary 1, 2014

Eight Southern California Super Lawyers at Pachulski Stang

Los Angeles magazineJanuary 1, 2013

Prince Sports Confirms Reorganization Plan; Shifts From Manufacturing Business to Licensing Operation

August 1, 2012

Eight Southern California Super Lawyers at Pachulski

Los Angeles MagazineMarch 1, 2008

Events

Back to the Future: Bankruptcy Litigation Is Back With a Vengeance

ABI 18th Annual Bankruptcy Battleground West Los Angeles, March 5, 2010

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Areas of Practice (1)

  • Bankruptcy

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Rutgers University, B.A., 1977
Law School Attended:
University of California School of Law, Los Angeles, J.D., 1981
Year of First Admission:
1981
Admission:
1981, California
Memberships:

Professional Affiliations

•Member, American Bankruptcy Institute and Advisory Board, ABI Annual West Coast Conference (2004 - 2010)
•Member, American Bar Association and Chair, ABA Task Force on Health Care-Related Bankruptcy Issues (1995-98)
•Member, State Bar of California and Business Law Section Franchise Law Committee (1992-94)

Birth Information:
Elizabeth, New Jersey, September 5, 1955
Reported Cases:
Representations: Chapter 11 debtors: True Religion; Monaco Coach; Creditors' committees: Boy Scouts of America; TK Holdings Inc. (Takata); Creditors: Lehman Brothers Holdings (in Palmdale Hills Property and 25 related cases); Trustees: Hiuka America Corporation
ISLN:
904672501

Peer Reviews

5.0/5.0 (2 reviews)
Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent Rating Badge

  • Legal Knowledge

    5.0/5.0

  • Analytical Capability

    5.0/5.0

  • Judgment

    5.0/5.0

  • Communication

    5.0/5.0

  • Legal Experience

    5.0/5.0

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Partner on 09/23/11 in Bankruptcy

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  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Senior Associate on 09/22/11 in Bankruptcy Chapter 11

    I have been involved in at least two chapter 11 cases represetning a creditor in which Mr. Orgell represented the debtor and based on my experience he handled those matters exceptionally well to efficiently accomplish a reorganiztion for the affecte... Read more

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www.pszjlaw.com

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