Roger Friedman is a partner in the firm's Trial Section and is a member of the firm's Financial Practices Group. Roger's practice focuses on creditors' rights, business litigation, bankruptcy, insolvency, and reorganization. Roger represents secured and unsecured creditors, landlords and tenants, asset purchasers, trustees, creditors' committees, and debtors in bankruptcy cases, adversary proceedings, and litigation in federal and state courts. Roger regularly litigates and uses alternative dispute resolution to achieve efficient and economical results for his clients.

Roger graduated in 1992 with dual Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of California, Riverside. While in college, Roger earned a spot on the Dean's List and the Student Athlete Honor Roll, and he competed in collegiate athletics at the national level. Roger graduated in 1996 with a Juris Doctor degree from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, where he served as a contributing author and staff member on the Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy.

Roger served as a law clerk to both the Honorable Mitchel R. Goldberg and the Honorable Robert W. Alberts, United States Bankruptcy Judges for the Central District of California.

Roger is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice in all California state courts. Roger is also admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Central, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of California.

RECENT CASES

• Saddleback Valley Community Church v. El Toro Materials Company, Inc. (In re El Toro Materials Company, Inc.), 504 F. 3d 978 (9th Cir. 2007)
• Rutan Attorneys Win Affirmance of Judgment for Jetsource, Inc.

PRACTICE GROUPS

• Bankruptcy/Financial Practices
• Business Litigation

EDUCATION

• Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (J.D. 1996)
• University of California, Riverside (Dual B.A. 1992)

MEMBERSHIPS/ADMISSIONS

• State Bar of California
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• United States District Court, Central, Northern, Southern, Eastern Districts of California
• Orange County Bar Association
• Orange County Bankruptcy Forum
• California Bankruptcy Forum
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers