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Description of Practice:
Bob is a partner in our San Diego office, where his practice focuses on debtor-creditor issues, with an emphasis on bankruptcy and real estate-related workouts and foreclosures. He is known for combining a comprehensive knowledge of the law with a practical, results-oriented approach. Bob has represented purchasers and secured creditors in hotel, apartment building, shopping center, industrial park, senior-housing, and other real-estate based workouts, foreclosures, receiverships, and reorganizations, including confirmation of several creditor plans. He has also represented nonresidential landlords in a variety of bankruptcy cases.
As a debtor's lawyer, Bob has counseled clients whose businesses include biotechnology, rail-car leasing, heavy-equipment manufacturing, and higher education, in addition to real property owners and developers. He also represents trustees and creditors' committees, including cases involving casinos, real estate developers, and real estate lenders. In addition, a significant portion of his practice consists of advising lenders and borrowers at the front end of a transaction regarding bankruptcy and insolvency risks (and opportunities).
Bob is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Financial Lawyers Conference of Southern California. Named by San Diego Super Lawyers Magazine as one of the top bankruptcy attorneys in San Diego for 2007, he is a frequent author and lecturer on bankruptcy and foreclosure matters. Most recently, he was a panelist at a San Diego Bankruptcy Forum seminar, "Mapping the Minefield: BAPCPA One Year Later," where he spoke on Creditor Law, Chapter 11, and Other Developments.
Educational History:
Mr Barnes received his B.A. from the University of Chicago (with honors, 1982) and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1985. | 