Louis Jay Esbin

Louis J. Esbin is a Financial Lawyer with over twenty-four years of experience in Bankruptcy, Commercial Law, Secured and Unsecured Transactions, Buy-Outs, and Litigation, representing individuals, small businesses, corporate start-ups, as well as clients from Wall Street Broker Dealers, Las Vegas Casinos, Banks, and Nonbank Lenders. He is the only Certified Bankruptcy Specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization practicing in the Santa Clarita Valley. He was a founding member and during 2008, he was president of the Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association (with 160 members the second largest consumer bankruptcy attorney association in the United States).

Louis Esbin has an undergraduate degree in Finance and Accounting from the State University of New York at Albany and a law degree from Golden Gate University School of Law. During the first two years following law school he clerked for Bankruptcy Court judges in Oakland, California, as well as Los Angeles. Over his career, he has associated with law firms in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Century City and New York, from which he represented a diverse group of corporate and institutional clients. Throughout his career, representation has included both sides of the creditor-debtor relationship, and nearly all parties in interest that may participate in either a bankruptcy case, bankruptcy litigation or state court litigation.

Louis Esbin assists corporate management and sole proprietorship clients in the course of assessing and minimizing risk and maximizing returns in regards to default situations and work out arrangements that may arise due to the current changes in interest rates and the (in)ability of borrowers to service loans while straining under increased household or business budget expenses.

Golden Gate University School of Law

J.D. (1984) | Business Law

1981 - 1984

State University of New York - Albany

B.S. (1981) | Finance and Accounting

1977 - 1981

Attorney At Law

Law Offices of Louis J. Esbin

Current

Law Clerk - Honorable Samuel L. Bufford

United States Bankruptcy Court - Central District of California

1985 - 1986

Law Clerk - Honorable Cameron W. Wolfe

United States Bankruptcy Court - Northern District of California

1984 - 1985

CEB Mortgage, Deed of Trust, and Foreclosure Litigation (4th Edition 2009)

California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)

January, 2009

Practicing Under BAPCPA

Practice Guide Group

January, 2006

Bankruptcy

State Bar of California

Best Bankruptcy Attorney Santa Clarita

The Signal

2008

Voted by the readers of The Signal Newspaper published in Santa Clarita, California

Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association

Founding Member and Sustaining Member

2004 - Current

Activities: President - 2008; Vice President - 2007; Member Services Chair - 2009

Santa Clarita Valley Bar Association

Founding Member and Sustaining Member

2004 - Current

Santa Clarita Rotary Club

Member

1994 - Current

Activities: Rotary International. Past Secretary and Vocational Chair

California State Bar  # 119705

Member

1985 - Current

California

Since 1985

Connecticut

Since 1998

9th Circuit

Since 1995

• Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
  Written Retainer Agreement required; Chapter 13 fees based upon Central District "No Look Fee;" Reasonable Individual Chapter 11 Fee Schedule.