Attorney Profile: Daniel B. Spitzer

Daniel B. SpitzerPrincipal

Email: Contact Attorney Daniel B. Spitzer
Phone: 818-990-9700
Fax: 818-990-9705

He has earned an AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell™, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for his professionalism and ethics.

Practice areas

  •     Business litigation
  •     Real estate
  •     Bankruptcy and insolvency
  •     Condominium law
  •     Legal malpractice
  •     Arbitration
  •     Alternative dispute resolution
  •     Mediation
  •     Asset protection
  •     Bankruptcy litigation
  •     Fraudulent conveyance
  •     Workouts
  •     Business law
  •     Business enterprises
  •     Business mediation
  •     Business torts
  •     Small business law
  •     Commercial real estate
  •     Commercial real estate litigation
  •     Leases and leasing
  •     Commercial leasing
  •     Industrial leasing
  •     Real property
  •     Unfair competition

Admitted

  • California, 1985
  • U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California, 1986
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1996
  • Admitted pro hac vice in Nevada and Arizona

Education

  • University of California at Los Angeles, J.D., 1985
  • University of California at Los Angeles, MA, Comparative Literature, 1983
  • Univerity of California at Los Angeles, BA, summa cum laude, 1976

Associations & memberships

  • San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles County (Member, Prejudgment Remedies Law Sections) Bar Associations
  • State Bar of California
  • Community Associations Institute, 1993–
  • Board of Trustees, Valley Beth Shalom Day School, 1995-2004
  • Vice President, Legal Affairs, Valley Beth Shalom Day School, 1998-2004
  • Bureau of Jewish Education, Educational Services Committee, 2009–

Language

  • Hebrew

Author

  • “Beyond a Reasonable Order,” a chapter of Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Phoenix
    Books, 2006), ed. by Larry King.
  • Bankruptcy Reform Legislation of 2005, Focus: News and Information from
    Community Associations Institute, November/December 2005
  • An Unlawful Detainer Primer, Apartment Owner/Builder, November and December
    1990, January 1991.
  • Contra Goff: Of Retirement Trusts and Bankruptcy Code Section 541(c)(2), 32
    UCLA Law Review 1266 (1985).

Representative cases

  • In re Bosse, 122 B. R. 410 (Bkrptcy. C.D. Cal. 1990)
  • Okrand v. City of Los Angeles, 207 Cal. App.3d 566, 254 Cal. Rptr. 913 (1989)
  • Leasequip, Inc. v. Dapeer (2002) 103 Cal.App. 4th 394
  • Doe v. Luster (2006) 145 Cal. App. 4th 139

Biographical details

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, University of California at Los Angeles, 1983
  • Recipient, Certificate of Completion, “Mediating the Litigated Case,” Pepperdine University School of Law, December 2000
  • Counsel to Loeffler Thomas LLP, Northbrook, Illinois

The Law Offices of Daniel B. Spitzer serves clients in Los Angeles and throughout Ventura County.