Aram is the Chair of the Firm’s Cannabis Industry Practice Group and West Coast Team Leader of the Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring Group.

Aram has broad?based reorganization and bankruptcy litigation and appellate experience in a wide area of insolvency matters, from various perspectives, including: representation of businesses and high net?worth individuals facing financial distress, purchasers of assets, individual and corporate creditors, creditors' committees, trustees, and parties to out of court work?out transactions with debtors, before, during and after bankruptcies.

Aram has advised businesses in connection with debt restructuring, securitization, trust formation, acquisitions, divestitures, and wind?downs in connection with financially distressed assets, and has advised corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships on creditors' rights, governance, and control issues.

Industries

Cannabis

Practices

Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring

Bar & Court Admissions

California

US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit

US District Court, Central District of California

US Bankruptcy Courts, California

US District Court, California

Education

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, JD (American Jurisprudence Award for Advocacy; Moot Court Honors Program)

California State University, Northridge, BA, 1993

Professional Affiliations

Mr. Ordubegian is involved in a variety of professional organizations on regional, state, and national levels.

American Bar Association

Litigation Section, Commercial and Business Litigation Committee Co?Chair, Bankruptcy Subcommittee, December 2010 – December 2012

Litigation Section, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Committee Chair, Twombly Task Force, September 2010 – September 2011

Chair, Appellate Subcommittee, November 2008 – September 2010

Editor?in?Chief, Bankruptcy Litigation Journal, September 2009 – September 2010;

Associate Editor, May 2007 – August 2009

Member, 2000 ? present

American Bankruptcy Institute

Member, 2005 – present

California Bankruptcy Journal

Editor, 2007 – present

Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum

Board of Directors, September 2008 – September 2011

Member, 2000 – present

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section

Bankruptcy Committee, 2001 – present

Barristers Executive Committee, elected member 2001 – 2003

Member, 1996 – present

Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce

Board of Directors, 2006 – 2015; President 2015

Crescenta Valley Town Council

Elected councilmember, 2016; Vice?President 2019?present

Personnel Commissioner, Glendale Unified School District

Member, 2016 – present, Chair 2017 and 2020.

Loyola Law School, Board of Governors

Member, 2015?present