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Kathy Bazoian Phelps
Raines Feldman LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Partner
Kathy Bazoian Phelps has been a lawyer since 1991 and is currently a partner at Raines Feldman LLP in the Los Angeles office. Kathy practices in the area of insolvency law, fiduciary representation, and fraud litigation, and she serves as serving as a fiduciary herself. Kathy’s practice includes representing federal equity and state court receivers and bankruptcy trustees, as well as serving as a receiver and trustee herself. Kathy frequently serves as special litigation counsel for fiduciaries and interested parties in fraud-related litigation and she is particularly knowledgeable about the administration of Ponzi scheme cases.
Kathy has lectured widely and written on bankruptcy and receivership matters, with a focus on Ponzi schemes. In addition to her roles as lawyer, speaker and author, Kathy also serves as a mediator and is currently on the mediation and arbitration rosters for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, as well as the Bankruptcy Mediation Panel for the Central District of California and the Bankruptcy Mediation Panel for the District of Arizona.
Some of her principal publications include:
· The Ponzi Book: A Legal Resource for Unraveling Ponzi Schemes. co-authored with Hon. Steven Rhodes (Ret.) (LexisNexis® 2012)
· Ponzi-Proof Your Investments: An Investor’s Guide to Avoiding Ponzi Schemes and Other Fraudulent Scams (IRR Publishing 2013)
· Fraud and Forensics: Piercing Through the Deception in a Commercial Fraud Case, co-author (American Bankruptcy Institute 2015)
· The Depths of Deepening Insolvency: Damage Exposure For Officers, Directors and Others, co-authored with Prof. Jack F. Williams (American Bankruptcy Institute 2013)
· Author of The Ponzi Scheme Blog at www.theponzischemeblog.com
Bar Admissions
• State Bar California, 1991
• United States District Court, Central District of California, 1991
• United States District Court, Southern District of California, 2011
• United States District Court, Eastern District of California, 2011
• United States District Court, Northern District of California, 2012