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Cecily A.
Dumas
Cecily
A. Dumas is a founding member of Friedman Dumas & Springwater
LLP. She practices in the areas of business bankruptcies,
commercial transactions and commercial litigation.
Representative
Matters
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Counsel
to trustee in chapter 11 cases of mortgage loan originator
and blind pool fund involving $180 million claims and
Ponzi scheme allegations.
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Local
counsel to Chapter 11 trustee in liquidating chapter 11
case which resulted in seminal decisions regarding bankruptcy
professionals' disclosure requirements.
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Counsel
to debtor in chapter 11 case of multi-store luxury clothing
retailer. Successfully closed section 363 sale within
thirty days after petition date.
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Counsel
to debtor in chapter 11 of food and beverage operator
in hotel chain. Litigated issues of first impression relating
to timing of assumption of executory contracts under BAPCPA.
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Represented
over 100 former partners in bankruptcy cases of two major
law firms with respect to claims by trustees for recovery
of partner distributions.
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Represented
secured lenders in numerous chapter 11 cases, and handled
issues involving use of cash collateral, postpetition
financing, adequate protection, stay relief and cross-border
issues.
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Ongoing
representations of several Fortune 500 Silicon Valley
companies regarding customer credit and bankruptcy matters.
Possess expertise in treatment of technology equipment
leases and licenses in bankruptcy.
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Ongoing
representation of major regulated utility regarding bankruptcy
matters, commercial litigation and purchase of power from
renewable energy sources.
Honors
and Awards
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Fellow,
American College of Bankruptcy
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Northern
California Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor,
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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AV®
Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Publications
and Speaking Engagements
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Co-Author
with M. Sheneman, Equipment Leasing/Leveraged Leasing
(Practising Law Inst. 4 th Ed.), Chapter 7 “Equipment
Leasing and the Bankruptcy Code,” Feb. 2010
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Author,
Financing and Protecting California Businesses
(CEB), Chapter 10 “Equipment Leases” ( commencing
2009 )
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Annual
“Recent Developments in Business Bankruptcy” panel of
Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum and the Bar Association of San
Francisco, with Hon. Dennis Montali and Ron Oliner, Esq.
- Association
of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors
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2010
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Moderator,
“Shell Games, Ponzi Scheme
Cases: The Liability of Investors, Sales Agents, Professionals
and Others” |
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2009
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Presenter,
“Turning out the Lights When the Party is Over,” panel
discussion at National Conference of Bankruptcy
Judges, October 2009 |
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2005
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Presenter,
“Overview of Recent Cases Involving Post-Confirmation
Litigation Issues” |
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2004
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Presenter,
“Emerging Trends in Structuring Tranche B Loans” |
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2003
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Presenter,
“Recent Developments in Chapter 11” |
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2002
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Presenter,
“After the Gold Rush: Selected Issues in Dot-com Bankruptcies” |
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Litigation
Section of the American Bar Association
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Author,
“Enjoining Payment of Letters of Credit” |
- PLI,
“Nuts and Bolts of Corporate Bankruptcy,” Presenter 2008 –
2010. Various topics.
Memberships
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Ninth
Circuit Lawyer Representative, Northern District of California
(2009 – 2012)
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Member,
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors
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Member
Bar Association of San Francisco; Chair, Commercial Law
& Bankruptcy Section (2002)
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Member,
American Bar Association, Business Law Section
- Member,
American Bankruptcy Institute
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Golden
Gate University School of Law, J.D. 1983
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University
of California at Berkeley, A.B. Political Economy of Industrial
Societies, cum laude, 1980
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