Bernard
Bo
Bollinger
Los Angeles, California
Shareholder
phone (213) 891-5009
fax (213) 896-0400
email bbollinger@buchalter.com
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Los Angeles, California
Shareholder
phone (213) 891-5009
fax (213) 896-0400
email bbollinger@buchalter.com
vCard
PDF version
Biography
Bernard ("Bo") Bollinger is Chair of the Firm's Insolvency and Financial Solutions Practice Group, and a member of the Firm’s Board of Directors. He is also Co-Chair of the Firm’s Continuing Legal Education Committee. Mr. Bollinger focuses his practice on bankruptcy matters and regularly represents secured and unsecured creditors and debtors in various corporate reorganizations. He also regularly represents creditors and acquirers in real estate‐related bankruptcy cases, including multiple engagements for one of the largest real estate development companies in Southern California. This expertise was the basis of "Out of Mind But No Longer Out of Sight–Bankruptcy Issues Real Estate Professionals Will Soon Face," an educational program that Mr. Bollinger presented to numerous organizations, including the San Francisco Real Estate Roundtable; various developers; a nationally-known real estate brokerage company; and to aspiring real estate developers at the University of Southern California's Graduate School of Policy, Planning and Development.
Mr. Bollinger has authored and co-authored numerous publications including:
"Could an Increase in Bankruptcy Sales Change the Game?" Commercial Investment Real Estate, January/February 2012
Interview: “6 Questions for Buchalter Nemer’s Bo Bollinger,” GlobeSt.com, October 14, 2011
“To Serve or Not to Serve? The Creditors’ Committee Conundrum,” Points & Authorities, Spring 2011
“A Committee Member’s Guide to Financing and Cash-collateral Stipulations,” ABI Unsecured Trade Creditors, Volume 3, Number 3, June 2005
“Has Sarbanes-Oxley Altered The Bankruptcy Landscape? A Survey Of The Impact Of Sarbanes-Oxley Upon The Practice Of Bankruptcy Law In The Eighteen Months Since Its Enactment,” California Bankruptcy Journal, Spring 2004
Co-author “Delaware Deals,” The Economic Times, 12 August 2000
“Incorporation Issues: Why Delaware?” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Vol. XVIII, No. 8, October 1999
“Recent Bankruptcy Issues Affecting Creditors,” Commercial Lender, 1998
In addition to writing, Mr. Bollinger was also the panel moderator on Stern v Marshall at the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal Symposium in Atlanta (2012). He recently presented, “Restructuring TICs: Strategies for Troubled Loans Secured by Tenant-In-Common Interests,” at the Financial Lawyers Conference (December 2012). He has also been a guest speaker for the Los Angeles County Bar Association (Real Property Section) concerning insolvency-related real estate issues, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association (Commercial Loan and Bankruptcy Section) concerning Ninth Circuit decisions (2009). Mr. Bollinger has lectured on various insolvency-related topics at Loyola Law School, Southwestern University School of Law, and at the University of Southern California Graduate School of Policy, Planning and Development.
Mr. Bollinger's recent engagements include:
Joint debtors in restructuring of $160 million credit facility secured by portfolio of multi‐family residential apartment complexes (In re Gulfstream Apt. Portfolio, LLC)
Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (In re Benjamin S. Catlin, IV)
Acquirer of parcels of real estate from the bankruptcy case of a developer (In re Landsource Communities Development LLC, et al.)
Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (In re Active Wallace Group)
Potential Acquirer of claims held by a secured creditor in the bankruptcy case of a developer (In re Laughlin Ranch, LLC)
Mr. Bollinger, who is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale Hubbell, is a member of the Financial Lawyers Conference and the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. He is also active in numerous community based organizations, including Citrus Valley Health Partners, where he is a member of the board of directors and is Chair of the Citrus Community College District Citizens Oversight Committee. He is a past President of the Claremont Friends of the Library and a past Chair of the Citrus College Foundation and Claremont Community Foundation board of directors. Mr. Bollinger also recently moderated a Dialogues On Freedom session, an annual program presented by the Los Angeles County Bar Association in cooperation with the Los Angeles Superior Courts and the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Mr. Bollinger earned his J.D. at Loyola Law School in 1987 and received his B.A. in English and Journalism at the University of Southern California in 1984.
Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
Bernard ("Bo") Bollinger is Chair of the Firm's Insolvency and Financial Solutions Practice Group, and a member of the Firm’s Board of Directors. He is also Co-Chair of the Firm’s Continuing Legal Education Committee. Mr. Bollinger focuses his practice on bankruptcy matters and regularly represents secured and unsecured creditors and debtors in various corporate reorganizations. He also regularly represents creditors and acquirers in real estate‐related bankruptcy cases, including multiple engagements for one of the largest real estate development companies in Southern California. This expertise was the basis of "Out of Mind But No Longer Out of Sight–Bankruptcy Issues Real Estate Professionals Will Soon Face," an educational program that Mr. Bollinger presented to numerous organizations, including the San Francisco Real Estate Roundtable; various developers; a nationally-known real estate brokerage company; and to aspiring real estate developers at the University of Southern California's Graduate School of Policy, Planning and Development.
Mr. Bollinger has authored and co-authored numerous publications including:
In addition to writing, Mr. Bollinger was also the panel moderator on Stern v Marshall at the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal Symposium in Atlanta (2012). He recently presented, “Restructuring TICs: Strategies for Troubled Loans Secured by Tenant-In-Common Interests,” at the Financial Lawyers Conference (December 2012). He has also been a guest speaker for the Los Angeles County Bar Association (Real Property Section) concerning insolvency-related real estate issues, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association (Commercial Loan and Bankruptcy Section) concerning Ninth Circuit decisions (2009). Mr. Bollinger has lectured on various insolvency-related topics at Loyola Law School, Southwestern University School of Law, and at the University of Southern California Graduate School of Policy, Planning and Development.
Mr. Bollinger's recent engagements include:
Mr. Bollinger, who is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale Hubbell, is a member of the Financial Lawyers Conference and the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. He is also active in numerous community based organizations, including Citrus Valley Health Partners, where he is a member of the board of directors and is Chair of the Citrus Community College District Citizens Oversight Committee. He is a past President of the Claremont Friends of the Library and a past Chair of the Citrus College Foundation and Claremont Community Foundation board of directors. Mr. Bollinger also recently moderated a Dialogues On Freedom session, an annual program presented by the Los Angeles County Bar Association in cooperation with the Los Angeles Superior Courts and the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Mr. Bollinger earned his J.D. at Loyola Law School in 1987 and received his B.A. in English and Journalism at the University of Southern California in 1984.
Areas of Practice
- Insolvency and Financial Solutions
- Bankruptcy
Bar Admissions
- California