Victoria Newmark specializes in bankruptcy law, focusing on commercial chapter 11 reorganization cases. Leveraging decades of experience and a diverse client base, she skillfully and efficiently navigates companies through the intricacies of the bankruptcy process. She frequently collaborates with operations personnel on large-scale workforce, real-property lease portfolio, and other operational issues related to restructurings and chapter 11 filings. Additionally, she handles acquisitions and sales of distressed assets and steers parties on all sides of disputes through out-of-court workouts and briefs complex issues of law in bankruptcy litigation and appellate matters.
She holds a degree from UC Berkeley and a JD from Yale Law School. At Yale, she served as an editor for the Yale Law Journal and the managing editor for the Yale Journal of International Law. She also co-authored a scholarly article on trade vendor rights legislation under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005.
In addition to her legal practice, Victoria taught legal writing as an adjunct instructor at California State University, Los Angeles.
Her professional accomplishments include being recognized as a Southern California Rising Star by Law & Politics Media Inc. from 2004 to 2010, an honor published in both Los Angeles Magazine and the Southern California edition of Super Lawyers.
Victoria, licensed to practice in California, is resident in our Los Angeles office. Her expertise and dedication make her an integral part of our team.
Publications
•First Day Motions (3d ed.) A Guide to the Critical First Days of a Bankruptcy CaseAmerican Bankruptcy Institute, June 2012
•Coauthor, “Tradeoffs,” The Deal (May 23, 2005)
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
Third Edition of First Day Motions Guide Published
American Bankruptcy InstituteJune 1, 2012
Southern California Rising Star Seven Years Running
July 1, 2010
Two 'Southern California Rising Stars' at Pachulski
Los Angeles MagazineJuly 1, 2008
Events
The Secured Creditor's Right to Credit Bid Under The Bankruptcy Code:Trusty Shield, Fickle Sword
Beverly Hills, October 2, 2014
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