Lovee D. Sarenas

Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Los Angeles, CA

lovee.sarenas@dinsmore.com

Lovee concentrates her practice on trustee representations in bankruptcy cases under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code and representing creditors’ committees and distressed mid-cap and small businesses in Chapter 11 cases. She has assisted and worked with institutional banks, insurance companies, airlines, storage facilities, commercial property landlords and owners, small businesses, and turnaround professionals. Her experience includes counseling international companies in major retail bankruptcy cases; handling bankruptcy-related real estate issues; defending institutional clients in a variety of bankruptcy litigation, avoidance actions and fraudulent transfer claims; and serving as debtor-in-possession counsel to a B2B e-commerce company in an intellectual property sale. She has experience with PACA claims and bankruptcy-related issues in farm business reorganizations. Having a dedicated and broad bankruptcy experience enables her to create practical, cost-efficient, and innovative solutions to a variety of insolvency situations her clients may confront.

Lovee clerked for two bankruptcy judges: the late Richard M. Neiter and Ellen A. Carroll (ret.) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. Before she clerked with Judge Neiter, Lovee practiced as a restructuring attorney for a prominent chapter 11 boutique bankruptcy firm in Northern California. She is active in several local and statewide bar and community organizations holding leadership positions. She co- founded the Hon. Richard M. Neiter Summer Externship Fellowship that awards stipends to law students from underrepresented backgrounds who work as full-time externs with the federal bankruptcy judiciary in the Central District. Lovee is a partner at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP that has a nationwide practice in 15 states.