Cecily A. Dumas
Cecily
A. Dumas is a partner with Friedman Dumas & Springwater
LLP specializing in commercial finance and corporate reorganizations.
She has been included in the Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor
Northern California SuperLawyers Survey for 2008 and 2009.
Bankruptcy.
Ms. Dumas' recent representations include counsel for the
debtor in Wilkes Bashford Company, the chapter 11 trustees
in Cedar Funding, Inc. and SONICblue, Incorporated, former
partners of Brobeck Phleger & Harrison LLP and former
shareholders of Heller Ehrman LLP. She represented Pacific
Gas and Electric Company in proceedings on remand from the
United States Supreme Court in Travelers Cas. & Surety
Co. v. Pacific Gas and Electric Co., 549 U.S. 443, 127 S.Ct.
1199, 167 L.Ed.2d 178 (2007).
Real
Estate. Ms. Dumas has handled all aspects of
distressed real estate, including receiverships, judicial
and nonjudicial foreclosures, mechanic's liens, and claims
on title insurance policies and surety bonds.
Business
Transactions. Ms. Dumas has particular expertise
in equipment leasing and represents technology equipment lessors
and financiers. Recent transactions include documenting private
label financing programs in the United States and Latin America
for a major technology company. She also has particular
expertise in outsourcing and vendor contracts.
Commercial
Litigation. Ms. Dumas also has significant experience
in commercial litigation in federal and state courts.
She has handled numerous commercial lawsuits including lender
liability, contract disputes, business torts and all aspects
of bankruptcy litigation.
Publications.
Ms. Dumas is a panelist for the annual “Recent Developments
in Business Bankruptcy” sponsored by the Bar Association of
San Francisco and the Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum. She
is Co-Author with M. Sheneman of “Equipment Leasing and the
Bankruptcy Code” in Equipment Leasing — Leveraged Leasing
(Practicing Law Inst. 1999). She has authored articles for
the American Bar Association, Glasser LegalWorks, the Association
of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors and other publishers
on various topics in bankruptcy and finance.
Education.
She received her A.B. with honors from the University of California
at Berkeley in 1980, and her J.D. from Golden Gate University
School of Law in San Francisco , California in 1983.
She is a member of the State Bar of California, Bar Association
of San Francisco, and American Bar Association.