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J. Scott Bovitz

Bovitz & Spitzer
About/Bio

Senior partner, Bovitz & Spitzer (bovitz-spitzer.com, 1991-present).

Board Certified, Business Bankruptcy Law, American Board of Certification (abcworld.org, 1993-present; past chair of American Board of Certification).

Certified Specialist, Bankruptcy Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization (californiaspecialist.org, 1993-present; past chair of Board of Legal Specialization).

Rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell (martindale.com, AV rated 1993-present). Selected Southern California “Super Lawyer” in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights (20 years).

Adjunct Professor of Law: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (1982-1987); University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law (2022); California Western School of Law (2022-present).

Inductee, American College of Bankruptcy, Class XXXIV (scheduled March 2023) 

Lawyer Representative, U.S. District Court, Central District

of California, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference (2018-2023).

Mediator (1995-present) and contributing editor, Bankruptcy Mediation News (U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, 2019 present).

Executive editor, Personal and Small Business Bankruptcy Practice in California (CEB.com, 2003-2006). Past president, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum (labankruptcyforum.org, 2000-2001).

Education co-chair (2001) and conference co-chair (2004), California Bankruptcy Forum.

Information Technology Committee, United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California (2012-present).

Columnist and coordinating editor, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (abi.org, 2014-2021). Webmaster, bankruptcydog.com (calendar site for bankruptcy professionals). 

Musician, more than 647 songs (bovitz.biz).

CLEs

NextGen Membership

Courtesy of Lawyers’ Mutual Insurance Company. Attorneys with fewer than three years in practice, law students, and those awaiting bar results receive Sustainer-level membership free of charge.

Free CLE for Public Interest, Federal, State, and Local Government Attorneys and Others

Attorneys who qualify under any of the following categories are eligible for free live and OnDemand BHBA CLEs.

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