Attorney Andy Winchell has spent his legal career almost exclusively in the fields of bankruptcy and foreclosure defense since his graduation from the University of Southern California School of Law in 1996.
Financial Acumen
Andy is a Certified Bankruptcy Specialist, as approved by the American Board of Certification. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Erithe A. Smith in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California and is also a two-time graduate of Max Gardner's Bankruptcy Boot Camp, considered among the best training programs for consumer bankruptcy and foreclosure defense attorneys in the country.
Firm Experience
Andy has experience working for multiple prestigious law firms prior to opening his own private practice. His previous tenures include:
• Lowenstein, Sandler PC, Roseland, New Jersey
• Togut, Segal & Segal LLP, New York City
• Sidley, Austin LLP, Los Angeles, California
• Stutman, Treister & Glatt, Los Angeles, California
• Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, Los Angeles, California
Publications and Presentations
Andy's published articles include the following:
• Understanding Foreclosure Defense: Application Of the Uniform Commercial Code As It Relates To Mortgage Notes, Lawline, May 2012 Webcast, Co-Authored With Robert Napolitano
• How Can We Sleep When Rule 2019 Is Burning, 2010 American Bankruptcy Institute - Bankruptcy Litigation Community Newsletter
• Examining the Mortgage Documentation Mess, American Bankruptcy Institute Podcast, October 27, 2010 With Professor Laura Bartel
• A Clean Slate, The Bankruptcy Blog
• Missing the Forest for the Trees in Section 363: How the Ninth Circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Neglected the Big Picture in the Clear Channel Decision, 2009 No. Norton Bankr. L. Adviser 2
Andy's presentations include the following:
• 2010 American Bankruptcy Institute Spring Meeting
• Foreclosure Defense, National Business Institute, July 11, 2013
Case History
Over the course of his career, Andy has handled numerous high-profile cases. His case history includes:
• In re Lear Corporation
• In re Archangel Diamond Corporation
• In re Delphi Corporation
• In re Collins & Aikman Corporation
• In re Tower Automotive, Inc.
• In re StorMedia Inc.
• Simon v. FIA Card Servs., N.A., 732 F.3d 259 (3d Cir. 2013)
• In re Enron Corporation
• In re Federal-Mogul Group
• In re DPP-Visalia
• In re Mariner Post-Acute Network
• Vickie Lynn Marshall (aka Anna Nicole Smith) v. Koch Industries Inc.
• Burtch v. Revchem (In re Sierra Concrete Designs, Inc.), 2015 WL 4381571, Case No. 10-52667 (CSS) (Bk. Del. July 16, 2015)
