Thomas H. Bienert, Jr. selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America" in the specialty of White-Collar Criminal Defense. For over a quarter of a century, Best Lawyers has been regarded – by both the profession and the public – as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Selection to Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey comprising more than 2.5 million confidential evaluations by the top attorneys in the country.

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Steve Katzman addresses the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Steve Katzman addresses the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges on the servicing of mortgage loans in bankruptcy, whether are there systematic abuses and how to best address them. Read about the Conference at:

http://www.ncbj.org

Jury Awards $1.7 Million in Malpractice Case Harry P. (Hap) Weitzel and Thomas H. Bienert, Jr. earn a $1.7 million verdict in legal malpractice case.

http://bmattorneys.com/documents/06-08 Daily Journal Article.pdf

Case Remanded for Wrongful Denial of New Trial Motion Kenneth Miller successfully argued in United States v. Sanchez, USCA No. 06-50329, that the District Court wrongfully denied the defendant's new trial motion. The Ninth Circuit reversed the District Court's order denying the new trial motion and remanded the case for further proceedings.

http://bmattorneys.com/documents/Sanchez.pdf

Firm member recognized by Court for superior legal work. Steve Katzman, co-lead counsel for the United States Trustee Program in the case of In re Parsley, was recently recognized for his legal work by the United States Bankruptcy Court in a published decision, where the Court stated: ”The Court would also note that the discovery conducted by the UST, and its examination of witnesses at the show cause hearings, has been very thorough and skillful. . . . .The Court greatly respects the UST's work in this case.” Read the decision at:

http://bmattorneys.com/documents/Parsley.pdf

Lazar Is Sentenced in Milberg Case Mr. Bienert won a favorable result for his client, who pled guilty in the Milberg Weiss case in which the government alleged a kickback scheme involving class-action lawsuits.

http://bmattorneys.com/documents/Lazar Sentencing.pdf

$21 Million Dollar Verdict Fired UPS worker wins $21 million from L.A. jury.

Major Reduction in Criminal Restitution Based on the efforts of Tom Bienert and Christi Coles, court reconsidered and then lowered criminal restitution order from $4 million to $490,000.

Peregrine Fraud Trial Ends in Hung Jury Mistrial declared in the Pergrine Systems financial-fraud trial after jury deadlocked over all counts for all four defendants.

http://bmattorneys.com/documents/Lenz Hung Jury.pdf

Defense Calls Case vs. Exec Unproven Representing a former Peregrine Systems executive, Mr. Bienert argued that federal prosecutors failed to show that his client, Gary Lenz, intentionally joined in the corporate conspiracy to defraud investors.

http://bmattorneys.com/documents/Lenz Closing Argument.pdf

Firm member questions Bishop under oath. Firm member Steve Katzman extensively examined Bishop Robert Brom of the San Diego Diocese in relation the Diocese bankruptcy, assets and liabilities. Read about the examination at:

http://bmattorneys.com/documents/Brom.pdf

http://bmattorneys.com/documents/God_Inc.pdf

Court Disallows Retirement Accounts To Shield Assets From Collection Read Judge John E. Ryan's decision.

http://bmattorneys.com/documents/memdecision.pdf