Shirley S. Cho
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
Recognized since 2016
Los Angeles, California
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Ms. Cho has more than twenty years' experience advising debtors, creditors’ committees, creditors, and purchasers. She has represented some of the largest companies in America to restructure billions of dollars of debt, acquirers of assets out of bankruptcy, and dozens of committees of unsecured creditors across a variety of industries.
Ms. Cho also has significant experience representing U.S. debtors involved in cross-border proceedings and has also represented foreign creditors, including Fortune Global top 20 companies, to successfully pursue significant claims in chapter 11. Ms. Cho has also served as an expert on U.S. insolvency law in foreign proceedings.
An active member of the community, Ms. Cho was recently appointed to the national council of Korean Americans and has also served as co-chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute Battleground West, the Annual Insolvency Restructuring Advisors Annual Conference, and on the board of trustees of her law school and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA. Ms. Cho has won numerous accolades, including being named as one of The Best Lawyers in America for the past five years and the Daily Journal’s Top 100 Women Lawyers in 2019.
Ms. Cho has written and lectured extensively on U.S. bankruptcy law. She began her career as a law clerk for the Honorable John E. Ryan, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California and the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit. Ms. Cho is admitted to practice in California and New York and holds a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of California, Berkeley.
- Lawyer Page: https://www.pszjlaw.com/attorneys-shirley-s-cho.html
- 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 13th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067-4003
- University of California Berkeley, B.A., graduated 1994
- California, 1997
- New York, 2002
- Council of Korean Americans - Member
- International Bar Association - Member
- United States Bankruptcy Court
64 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
2 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
Daily Journal: Named to 2019 Top 100 Women Lawyers list
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
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