Education
- University of Michigan (A.B., with high distinction)
- University of Michigan (M.S.W.)
- University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude)
Bar and Court Admissions
- 1988, Illinois
- 1991, California
Linda F. Cantor
Linda Cantor, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, focuses her practice on representing companies and creditor representatives in financial restructurings and bankruptcy reorganizations. She has substantial experience representing debtors, trustees, secured creditors, and creditors' committees in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. She has been named to the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal’s list of “Top 100 Women Lawyers,” which identifies California’s leading women lawyers. The Daily Journal recognized Linda for her roles in representing the chapter 11 trustee for Guess Jeans co-founder Georges Marciano and representing American Suzuki Motor Corporation in its chapter 11 case. A member of the firm since 1990, she has been active in several other top PSZJ cases, including representing the chapter 11 trustee appointed in the bankruptcy cases of Penthouse Global Media and its fourteen debtor subsidiaries. She holds an AV Preeminent Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell's highest recognition for ethical standards and legal ability, and has been named to Super Lawyers' coveted "Top Women" list, consisting of only fifty practitioners in the region. She has also been listed in Best Lawyers in America every year since 2018. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where she later received her J.D.
Representations
- Chapter 11 debtors in California Hispanic Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Woodforest Square LLC, Henderson Holdings, American Suzuki Motor Corporation, Woodside Homes, OwnIt Mortgage Solutions, Prime Measurement Products, Whitehouse Hotels (developer of the Ritz Carlton Hotel and related developments in New Orleans, Louisiana), Breed Technologies, American Rice, Focal Communications, Gateway Educational Products, Imperial Aluminum; Vulcan Metal Products, Dana Corporation, Ocean Park Hotels, Arlie & Company
- Chapter 11 trustees in New Val Ford dba Magic Ford, 21st Century Film Corporation, NSB Film Corporation, Georges Marciano; The Tulving Company; Penthouse Global Media
- Court-appointed receiver in Mazda and Kia Superstores
- Creditors' committees in Boy Scouts of America, Ditech Holding Corporation, Hollander Sleep Products LLC, Payless Holdings LLC, Barneys New York, Cobalt International Energy, Loews Cineplex Entertainment, B.U.M. International, The Boston Stores, Madison Associates (formerly Pannell Kerr Foster), C&R Clothiers
Programs and Lectures
ABI Winter Leadership Conference (issues arising in hotel bankruptcy cases); ABI Southwest Bankruptcy Conference (post-confirmation/jurisdiction); California Bankruptcy Forum (ethics matters)News
- August 15, 2024
- January 10, 2024
- August 17, 2023
- January 2023
- August 18, 2022
- January 20, 2022
- August 19, 2021
- January 2021
- August 20, 2020
- January 15, 2020
- August 15, 2019
- January 30, 2019
- August 15, 2018
- January 31, 2018
- August 15, 2017
- January 25, 2017
- September 2016
- Los Angeles magazine, February 2015
- May 7, 2014
- February 2014
- March 6, 2013
Publications
- "The Impact of Bankruptcy on Entertainment License Agreements: Protecting the Rights of Debtor Licensees," 19 California Bankruptcy Journal 225 (1991)
Events
- California Bankruptcy Forum 25th Annual Insolvency ConferenceSan Diego, May 18, 2013