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 has served as 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; and SonicBlue Inc. in San Jose. He currently serves as court-appointed counsel to trustees in several large cases, including Cyberhome Entertainment, Inc. in Oakland and 3DFX Interactive, Inc. in San Jose.

Mr. Oliner is the 2008 vice chair 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 and 2008; is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law; and was recently 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
- 2007 Treasurer, Statewide Chapter
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

Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation

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

Panelist, "Recent Developments in Business Bankruptcy," San Francisco, November 6, 2008
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.