Attorney Info
Ron Oliner
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 2200
One Market Plaza, Spear Tower
San Francisco, CA 94105-1127
USA
Phone: +1 415 957 3104
Fax: +1 415 520 5308
Email:
roliner@duanemorris.com
Ron Oliner practices in the area of business reorganization and financial restructuring. He represents financial institutions, including loan servicers, mortgage lenders and asset based lenders, as well as bankruptcy trustees, creditors' committees, and rents and equity receivers.
Mr. Oliner currently serves as a chapter 11 trustee in the Northern District of California Bankruptcy Court, San Francisco Division, and is a court-appointed mediator and examiner. He has testified in jury trials as a qualified expert witness on bankruptcy and commercial remedies, and is versed in all creditors' remedies in both state and federal courts. He has also defended appeals in bankruptcy appellate courts, district courts, and before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
In recent years, Mr. Oliner has served as counsel to creditors' committees in Health Plan of the Redwoods, one of the largest chapter 11s ever filed in Santa Rosa; Swift Instruments, Inc. in San Jose; London Fog in Reno, Nevada; SonicBLUE, Inc. in San Jose and Cedar Funding, Inc. in San Jose. He has represented trustees in several very large cases, including Cyberhome Entertainment, Inc. and 3DFX Interactive, Inc. in the Northern District of California. Mr. Oliner is currently representing the Vallejo Police Officers Association in the City of Vallejo chapter 9 bankruptcy case, pending in Sacramento.
Mr. Oliner is the 2009 president of the California Receivers Forum. He was elected chair of the Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section of the San Francisco Bar Association in 2005; served on the Northern District of California's Bench-Bar Liaison in 2003-2005; and served as president of the California Receivers Forum, Bay Area Chapter, in 2001-2002.
Mr. Oliner has written and spoken on a variety of topics in the bankruptcy and receivership fields. He has been named as one of Northern California's Super Lawyers in the bankruptcy field in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law; and has been repeatedly recognized as one of the top bankruptcy lawyers in the country by The Deal.
Mr. Oliner is a 1990 graduate of the University of Oregon School of Law with a certificate in business law. While in law school, he served as Articles Editor for the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation.
Professional Activities
- San Francisco Bar Association
- 2005 Chair, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section
- 2004 Vice Chair, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section - Northern District Bankruptcy Court's Bench-Bar Liaison
- 2004 Cash Collateral Guidelines Subcommittee - California Receivers Forum
- 2001, 2002 President, Bay Area Chapter
- 2009 President, Statewide Organization - Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum
- American Bankruptcy Institute
Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Courts for the Central and Eastern Districts of California
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
- University of Oregon School of Law, J.D., 1990
- Articles Editor, Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation
- Certificate of Completion in Business Law
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2006-present - Buchalter Nemer, PC
- Partner, 1999-2006
Board Memberships
- California Receivers Forum, Statewide Chapter
- Officer and Board Member
Selected Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, "Interaction of Real Property Law and Bankruptcy in Litigation," 82nd Annual Meeting of the State Bar of California, San Diego, September 12, 2009
- Panelist, "Recent Developments in Business Bankruptcy," San Francisco, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Speaker, "Bankruptcy 101," Private Client Seminar, September 2008
- Panelist, "Recent Developments in Business Bankruptcy," San Francisco, November 7, 2007
- Speaker, "BAPCPA Meets Chapter 11: Extreme Makeover?" Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum event, San Francisco, January 23, 2007
- Mr. Oliner frequently lectures on bankruptcy-related topics.
