Friedman Dumas & Springwater LLP was founded in 2003 to serve our clients in our specialty practice areas of Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Commercial Finance, General Business Transactions and Commercial Litigation. Since then, we have broadened our Litigation practice to include civil, regulatory and appellate litigation, focusing on the public utility industries such as energy, telecomunications and water, and related environmental issues. Our lawyers represent some of the largest technology, public utility, and financial services companies in the country, as well as debtors and creditor's committees in bankruptcy cases. Our clients receive service-oriented high quality legal representation.

Our lawyers hold top credentials and have broad expertise in our practice areas. Our partners and senior counsel each have over 20 years experience in their fields. Our associates come from highly-ranked law schools, and most left large law firm practices to join us. Our size allows us to deliver quality legal services at competitive rates.

The firm's Commercial Finance lawyers have extensive experience in asset-based lending, including receivables and inventory financing, flooring arrangements and project finance. We also have specialists in technology equipment financing. We have developed a particular expertise in sales of credit card portfolios. One of our partners is a recognized expert in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Another partner publishes in the area of equipment leasing and bankruptcy in a leading treatise. Due to our cross-over expertise in bankruptcy, our finance lawyers are particularly skilled in debt restructuring and distressed asset sales.

Our Bankruptcy and Insolvency representations include debtors, official creditor's committees and secured and unsecured creditors. We counsel clients seeking to acquire assets in bankruptcy, including intellectual property assets.

In General Business Transactions, the firm has particular expertise in outsourcing, and supply and vendor arrangements. A team of our lawyers developed the contract manufacturing agreements utilized by a world-wide technology company. We also are expanding our practice in renewable energy procurement and transmission to meet the growing demand for expertise in green power.

The firm's Commercial Litigation practice includes all aspects of bankruptcy litigation as well as enforcement of creditor's rights in real and personal property. Our lawyers have tried numerous cases to verdict and compete favorably with the largest firms in the country.

Our Regulatory Litigation practice involves proceedings before state and federal agencies, including compliance filings, enforcement proceedings, investigations, complaint proceedings, certificate applications, ratesetting proceedings, rulemakings and industry-wide investigations. We have particular expertise in representing parties before the California Public Utilities Commission in matters involving regulated industries such as energy, telecommunications and water. We are well equipped to handle regulatory proceedings relating to matters such as renewable energy, climate change, broadband, "green" water systems, and energy and water conservation. We are also well versed in environmental issues.

Our Appellate Litigation practice involves representing clients in writs, appeals and in some cases lawsuits challenging and defending the actions of administrative agencies and courts. Our lawyers have argued numerous cases before the California Court of Appeal, the California Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.