Certified Specialist -- Bankruptcy Law -- State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization (1994-present)
Board Certified -- Business Bankruptcy Law -- American Board of Certification (1993-present)
Rated "AV" (top rating) -- Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory (1991-present)
Joint selection by Los Angeles Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine as a Southern California "Super Lawyer" in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
(2004-2010 -- awarded to top 5% of local attorneys)
Executive editor of two-volume treatise, "Personal and Small Business Bankruptcy Practice in California" (CEB Continuing Education of the Bar, 2003; updated spring 2004, spring 2005, fall 2005, fall 2006, fall 2007)
Contributing editor (11 U.S.C. § 109), Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice (2008-present)
Columnist on technology and the law, California Legal Specialization Digest, "Technical Notes from bovitz.com" (2000-present)
Columnist, California Legal Specialization Digest, "View from the Chair" (2005-2006)
Co-author, with Hon. Elihu M. Berle, Supervising Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court, "Impact of Bankruptcy on State Court Litigation" for California Superior Courts (2005, 2007, 2009)
Co-author, with Hon. Elihu M. Berle, Supervising Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court, "Bankruptcy Primer for California Judges" for California Superior Courts (2004)
Co-author, with Hon. Elihu M. Berle, Supervising Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court, "Automatic Stay Primer" for California Education Division/Center for Judicial Education and
Research of the Administrative Office of the Courts (2004)
Author, "Valuation Issues in Fraudulent Transfer Litigation," Sanli Pastore & Hill newsletter (2004)
Author, "Perspectives and Tools of the United States
Bankruptcy Trustee," Shore to Shore magazine (Winter 2000)
Co-author, "The
Central District Bankruptcy Court Goes Online," Los Angeles Lawyer (2000)
Mediator, Bankruptcy Mediation Program, United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California (1995-present; tied for most frequently selected mediator, Los Angeles Division, 1999-2000 term)
Speaker, Orange County Bar Association, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Section, "Fishy or Flashy? Exemption Planning and Asset protection!" (2010)
Facilitator, UCLA Law School (Prof. Ken Klee and Prof. Jeffrey Diener -- Business Deals Clinic) (2010)
Speaker, California Lawyers for the Arts, "Bankruptcy 101 -- Basics of Bankruptcy" (2010)
Speaker, Loyola Law School (Prof. Joel Weinberg --Bankruptcy Law Seminar), "Automatic Stay" (2006, 2009) and "Claims, Bankruptcy Discharge, and Dischargeability" (2010)
Speaker, CLE International, "Bankruptcy 101 for Real Estate Professionals" (2010)
Speaker, Federal Bar Association, "Ethics of Pre-Bankruptcy Planning" (2009)
Speaker, Beverly Hills Bar Association,, "2009 Hot Topics in Personal and Small Business Bankruptcy Practice" (2009)
Speaker, Central California Bankruptcy Association Institute, "Removing State Court Litigation to the Bankruptcy Courts" (2009)
Speaker, Central California Bankruptcy Association Institute, Keynote presentation on "Impact of the Recession on Bankruptcy Professionals" (2009)
Speaker, American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants, "Asset Protection Meets Bankruptcy Law" (2009)
Speaker, Professional Fiduciary Association of California, "Client Confidentiality for Attorneys and Professional Fiduciaries" (2009)
Speaker, Los Angeles Superior Court, "The Impact of Bankruptcy on State Court Litigation" (2009)
Speaker, Central District of California Annual U.S. Panel Trustee Seminar, "Asset Protection and Bankruptcy" (2009)
Speaker, Los Angeles Public Library, "Who Needs a Record Label? Write, Record, Mix, Master, Post, and Promote your Own Songs" (2009)
Speaker, 21st Annual Norton Bankruptcy Litigation Institute II, "Bankruptcy Appellate Procedures" (2009)
Speaker, 21st Annual Norton Bankruptcy Litigation Institute II, "Administrative Claims in Bankruptcy" (2009)
Speaker, California Lawyers for the Arts, "What Happens to my Intellectual Property in Bankruptcy?" (2009)
Speaker, Federal Bar Association, "Discovery Ethics" (2008)
Speaker, South Bay Estate Planning Council, "How to Live Up to Client Confidentiality Responsibilities" (2008)
Speaker, Beverly Hills Bar Association, "Hot Topics in Personal and Small Business Bankruptcy Practice" (2008)
Speaker, Financial Lawyers Conference, "Evidentiary Potpourri -- Finding and Getting your Documents into Evidence" (2008)
Speaker, California State Bar Convention, "Protecting the Clients' Interests, the Survivors’ Interests, and Attorney's Interests after an Attorney's Disability, Retirement or Death" (2008)
Speaker, California State Bar Convention, Board of Legal Specialization, "Foreclosures and Bankruptcy" (2008)
Speaker, Sacramento County Bar Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, "Getting Your Facts into Evidence in Bankruptcy Court" (2008)
Speaker, California Bankruptcy Forum, "Consumer Bankruptcy Developments" (2008)
Speaker, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Specialization, Annual National Roundtable on Lawyer Specialty Certification, "Developing New Certified Legal Specialties" (2008)
Speaker, Los Angeles Paralegal Association, "Understanding the 2005 Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code and Current Bankruptcy Developments" (2008)
Speaker, Federal Bar Association, "Appellate Ethics and Frivolous Appeals" (2007)
Speaker, Beverly Hills Bar Association, "Critical Developments of 2007 in Consumer and Small Business Bankruptcy Practice -- Views from the United States Trustee and the Trenches" (2007)
Speaker, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum "Optimal Strategies to Defend and Insulate Preferential Transfers from Avoidance" (2007)
Speaker, International Forum on Asset Protection Planning, "Bankruptcy and Asset Protection" (2007)
Speaker, International Forum on Asset Protection Planning, "Ethical, Civil, and Criminal Issues for the Asset Protection Planner" (2007)
Speaker, Central California Bankruptcy Association Institute, "Practical, Ethical and Uncomfortable Aspects of Asset Protection and Pre-Bankruptcy Planning after BAPCPA" (2007)
Speaker, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Specialization, Annual National Roundtable on Lawyer Specialty Certification, "Lawyer Advertising, Attorney Marketing, and Beyond the Super Lawyer" (2007)
Speaker, Los Angeles County Bar Association, "Representing Trade Creditors Under the New Bankruptcy Reform Act" (2007)
Speaker, Sacramento County Bar Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, "Practical, Ethical, and Uncomfortable Aspects of Asset Protection and Pre-Bankruptcy Planning after BAPCPA" (2007)
Speaker, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, "Traps for the Unwary: To File or Not to File a Proof of Claim; Litigating Objections to Claims and Estate Causes of Action; Abstention, Removal and Remand; Withdrawal of the Reference; Waiver" (2006)
Speaker, Beverly Hills Bar Association, "The First Year under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act" (2006)
Speaker, Rochdale Offshore Investment Management seminar, "Asset Protection Planning and Fraudulent Transfer Issues" (2006)
Speaker, Federal Bar Association, Bankruptcy Ethics Symposium, "The New Ethics of Prepetition Bankruptcy Planning" (2006)
Speaker, South Bay Estate Planning Council, "What Every Estate Planner Needs to Know about the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005" (2006)
Speaker, Sacramento County Bar, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, "Avoiding Powers Update (Preferences, Fraudulent Transfers, and More)" (2005)
Moderator and panelist on California tour, CEB Continuing
Education of the Bar, "Bankruptcy Reform: Changing the Grounds Rules for Personal and Small Business Bankruptcy Practice" addressing changes under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (2005)
Speaker, Federal Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section, "Ethical Issues arising in Electronic Discovery" (2005)
Panelist, Beverly Hills Bar Association, "The October 17, 2005
Consumer Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code:
Chance, Community Chest, Park Place or Debtors' Prison?" (2005)
Member, Blue Ribbon Panel, Los Angeles Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine (Panel assisted in selection of 2006 "Southern California Super Lawyers" in field of bankruptcy)
Speaker, Insolvency Law Committee, Business Law Section, State Bar of California, "Board Certification and Legal Specialization" (2005)
Speaker, Los Angeles County Bar Association (Family Law Section) and Los Angeles Superior Court, 37th Annual Family Law Symposium, "Significant Crossover Issues: Bankruptcy and Family Law" (2005)
Speaker, Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, "Catch Me If You Can: Understanding, Prosecuting and Defending Fraudulent Transfers" (2005)
Speaker, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Specialization, Annual National Roundtable on Lawyer Specialty Certification, "Publicity for Legal Specialization Programs" (2005)
Speaker, American Bankruptcy Institute, Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, "Business Reorganization under Chapter 13" (2004)
Speaker, Joint Presentation of the Office of United States Trustee and Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, "Basics of Litigating Claims under 11 U.S.C. § 727" (2004)
Speaker, Fulbright & Jaworski, "Ten Things Every Lawyer Should Know About Bankruptcy" (2004)
Speaker, Chapman University School of Law (Advanced Bankruptcy Law Seminar), "Chapter 11 Confirmation Standards" (2004)
Speaker,
Selman Breitman, "Recent Developments in Nondischargeability Litigation" (2004)
Speaker, Commercial Law League of America, Western Region Meeting, "Hot and Emerging Commercial and Bankruptcy Topics" (2004)
Speaker, Sacramento County Bar, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, "Recent
Developments under 11 U.S.C. § 523" (2003)
Speaker, Central California Bankruptcy Forum Institute, "Nondischargeability
Update" (2003)
Speaker, Joint Presentation of
the Office of United States Trustee and Los Angeles Bankruptcy
Forum, "Basics
of Litigating Nondischargeability Claims" (2003)
Panelist, Lorman Education Services, "Bankruptcy in California" (2003)
Speaker, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Specialization,
Annual National Roundtable on Lawyer Specialty Certification, "Publicizing Legal Specialization -- Video, Billboards, and Courthouse Graffiti" (2003)
Instructor, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, LLP, "Bankruptcy Law
in One Day" (2002)
Panelist, PESI California program, “Asset Protection and Family Security
Planning through Going Offshore” (San Francisco and Los Angeles, 2002)
Panelist, PESI Sixth Annual Conference on Offshore Practice & Procedure,
"Impact of U.S. Bankruptcy Laws on Offshore Planning" (2001)
Panelist, CEB Continuing Education of the Bar program, "The 21st Century
Law Office: Running A Successful Law Practice in the New Economy" (Los
Angeles, Garden Grove and San Diego, 2001)
Lecturer, Los Angeles County Superior Court, "Bankruptcy Primer for California
Judges" (2000)
Panelist, PESI Fifth Annual Conference on Offshore Practice and Procedure, "Principles
of Bankruptcy in Domestic and International Settings for the International and
Offshore Practitioner" (2000)
Panelist, PESI Advanced Seminar on Integrated Estate Planning and Asset Protection, "Attorney-Client Privilege" (2000)
Panelist, Beverly Hills Bar Association, "Becoming a Certified Legal Specialist" (2000)
Moderator, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, "Integrated Estate Planning and
Asset Protection for Bankruptcy Lawyers: What Asset Protection Is and What Asset
Protection Is Not" (2000)
Speaker, Central California Bankruptcy Association Institute, "It's Amazing!
Internet Resources for the Bankruptcy Practitioner" (2000)
Virtual panelist, PricewaterhouseCoopers 1999 Women Litigators Conference, "Law,
Technology & Change" (1999)
Panelist, PESI Fourth Annual Conference on Offshore Practice and Procedure, "The Bankruptcy Trustee's Perspective on Going Offshore and Enforceability/Recognition
of Choice of Law Elections" (1999)
Panelist (cameo role), Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, "Bias in Bankruptcy
Court" (1999)
Panelist, American Lawyer Media, "Doing Business on the Web: Identifying
Legal Issues and Avoiding Liability" (1999)
Panelist, Association of Insolvency Accountants, 15th Annual Bankruptcy and
Reorganization Conference, "Internet Resources: Treasure Troves and Minefields" (1999)
Panelist, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Spring Education Seminar, "Internet Tools for Bankruptcy Trustees and the NABT Web Page" (1999)
Panelist, Financial Lawyers Conference, "The Internet is Your Friend: How
to Use the Internet in Your Commercial and Bankruptcy Practice" (1998)
Panelist, Joint Program of the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum and Orange County
Bar Association -- Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, "New Local Bankruptcy
Rules" (1998)
Panelist, Education Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar
of California, 20th Annual Spring Program: "Technology and the Practice of
Law: How Going Online Can Improve Your Productivity" (1998 in San Francisco,
Los Angeles and San Diego)
Panelist and co-author of mock trial script, California Bankruptcy Forum, "Bankruptcy
Litigation Skills" (1998)
Panelist, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, "The Electronic Bankruptcy Professional" (1997)
Panelist and Committee Member, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum State Court Judges
Committee, "Impact of Bankruptcy on State Court Actions" (1996)
Speaker, Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter, "What Every Litigator Needs
To Know About Bankruptcy" (1996)
Speaker, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, "What Every Lawyer Needs
To Know About Bankruptcy" (1996)
Panelist, Mainsail Financial Group, "Advanced Estate Planning With An Emphasis
On Asset Protection Planning" (1996)
Panelist, Orange County Bankruptcy Forum Special Projects Committee, "Workshop
On Trial Strategy And Techniques" (1995)
Speaker, Professional Education Seminar at law firm of Demetriou, Del Guercio,
Springer & Moyer, "The Intersection Of Environmental and Bankruptcy
Law" (1995)
Speaker, Credit Managers Association of California -- Print Group, "The
1994 Amendments To The Bankruptcy Code" (1995)
Panelist, California State Bar Convention, "Bankruptcy Litigation Skills" (1994)
Speaker, Pasadena Organization of Certified Public Accountants, "What Every
Accountant Should Know About Bankruptcy" (1994)
Panelist, American Bankruptcy Institute -- Second Annual Bankruptcy Battleground
West, "Alternative Dispute Resolution in Bankruptcy" (1994)
Speaker, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, "Get Yourself Ready to be a Bar
Certified Bankruptcy Specialist" (1993)
Panelist, American Bankruptcy Institute -- First Annual Bankruptcy Battleground
West, "Latest Weapons for the Battlefield: Current Developments" (1993)
Speaker, National Business Institute, "Treatment of Secured Claims in Bankruptcy
in California" (1993)
Moderator and Speaker, California State Bar Convention, "Recent Developments
in Bankruptcy Law" (1984, 1986-1989, and 1991-1992)
Speaker, Bankers' Compliance Group Seminar, "Loan Workouts and Collections" (1992)
Speaker, BEST Seminar, "Real Estate in Bankruptcy" (1992)
Speaker, Braverman, Codron & Co., "What Every Accountant Should Know
About Bankruptcy" (1992)
Speaker, McClintock, Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish,
"The Conflict Between Environmental and Bankruptcy Laws" (1992)
Speaker, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Bankruptcy Litigation Subcommittee
Meeting, "Current Issues in Bankruptcy Litigation from the Ninth Circuit
Perspective" (1991)
Panelist, Infocast, "Bankruptcy Cases and Lending Institutions" (1991)
Panelist, Infocast, "Chapter 11" (1991)
Speaker, Coopers & Lybrand, Business Investigation Services Meeting, "Protecting
Professional Fees from Recovery by the Bankruptcy Trustee" (1991)
Speaker, Poms, Smith, Lande & Rose, "The Impact of Bankruptcy on Licensors
and Licensees of Intellectual Property" (1991)
Panelist, Infocast, "Lender Liability" (1990)
Speaker, South Bay Bar Association, "Chapter 7" (1984)
Writer and moderator of cable television talk show, "Lex Loci: The Law
of the Land" (1982-1983, Melanie Savage, producer)
Occasional guest, Bob McCormick, "Money 101" (KNX, 1070 AM, Los Angeles) (2008-2009)
Director, videographer and editor of Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum film for Hon. Arthur M. Greenwald retirement dinner (2005)
Extensively quoted by business and finance reporter Kathy Kristof in the Los Angeles Times regarding impact of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (August 29, 2005)
Interview with J. Scott Bovitz, "Case
n' Point Newsletter" (CEB, 2003)
Director, videographer and editor of Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum film for Hon. Geraldine Mund, "The
Passing of the Gavel" (2003)
Guest, National Public Radio (affiliate KALW, 91.7 FM, San Francisco), "Your
Legal Rights" talk show with Chuck Finney (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Extensively quoted by business and finance reporter Liz Pulliam Weston in the Los Angeles Times regarding proposed
changes to bankruptcy law (June 9, 2000)
Quoted in the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily Journal, the Recorder, the Los Angeles Business Journal, the New York Times, the Seattle Times, the Charlotte Observer, the Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review, Business Week, legalweek.com, law360.com, abajournal.com (ABA Journal -- Legal News Now), and lawyersusaonline.com (Lawyers USA)
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum: Secretary (1997-1998); Program Chair (1998-1999); Vice-President (1999-2000); President (2000-2001); Director (1994-2001); ex officio Director (2001-present); Webmaster of http://labankruptcyforum.org (1998-present); Webmaster, http://bankruptcydog.com (2007-present)
California Bankruptcy Forum: Director (1998-2001, 2008-2009); Conference Education co-Chair (2001); Conference co-Chair (2004)
State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization: Commissioner (2001-2004); Chair, Publicity/Public Awareness subcommittee (2001-2004); Chair, Rules subcommittee (2004-2005); Vice-Chair (2004-2005); Chair (2005-2006); Member, California State Bar Affinity Administrator Evaluation Working Group (2006); Advisor (2006-2007); Council of Past Chairs (2007-2010)
Personal and Small Business Bankruptcy Law Advisory Commission: Commissioner (1997-2001); Vice-Chair (1999-2000); and Chair (2000-2001)
American Board of Certification, Director (2009-present); American Board of Certification Standards Committee (2009); State Bar Liaison Committee (2010)
Financial Lawyers Conference: Board of Governors (2003-2006); recording engineer for selected dinner programs (2006-2007)
CEB Continuing Education of the Bar: Member, CEB Business and Intellectual Property Law Advisory Committee (2004-2008)
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Proposed Official Revisions to Local Bankruptcy Rules (1997-1998)
Central District of California Bankruptcy Bench/Bar Judicial Variance Committee: Member (1994-1997)
Los Angeles County Bar Association: Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Section
American Bankruptcy Institute
Speaker, Central California Bankruptcy Association, "Bankruptcy
Law Firm Web Sites" (2001)
Speaker, Legal Tech 2001, "Web Sites for Solos and Small Firms" (2001)
Speaker, American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Specialization, National
Roundtable on Lawyer Specialty Certification, "Using the Web to Market
and Add Value to Your Legal Specialization Program" (2001)
Instructor, UCLA Extension, "Legal, Ethical and Design Aspects of Law
Firm Web Sites" (2000)
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, College of the Extended University: "Webmaster
Certificate, Web Design Specialist" (1999)
Speaker, PricewaterhouseCoopers FAS meeting, "Internet Resources for Professionals" (1999)
State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization: Chair, Internet Committee
(1999-2001); co-webmaster of http://californiaspecialist.org (1999-2004)
Author, Los Angeles County Bar Association Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section
Newsletter, "Technical Notes for Bankruptcy Lawyers" (1997)
Webmaster of http://bovitz.com (photography and music portal), http://bovitz-spitzer.com (law
firm site), http://n6mi.com (ham radio site), http://labankruptcyforum.org (Los
Angeles Bankruptcy Forum site), and http://bankruptcydog.com (Los Angeles bankruptcy calendar site).
Start-up consultant on http://financiallawyers.org (Financial
Lawyers Conference site) (2000)
Transmitter hunting activities profiled, Los Angeles Times, Outdoor Section (March 30, 2004)
Volunteer Counsel (pro bono work), American Radio Relay League (1981-present)
Amateur Radio Extra Class license, N6MI (1969-present)
Member, United States National Radiosports Team, International Friendship Amateur
Radio Games (silver team and personal bronze medals 1991, 1993)
Speaker on radio direction finding (transmitter hunting), ham radio contests, audio,
photography, and other amateur radio topics at:
61st Annual International DX Convention (scheduled, 2010)
Ojai Valley Radio Club (scheduled, 2010)
Amateur Radio Association of Long Beach (scheduled 2010)
Salvation Army San Bernardino Corps. SATERN (2010)
South Bay Amateur Radio Club (2006)
Pasadena Amateur Radio Club (2005)
Amateur Radio Relay League-Southwest Division Convention (1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2006, 2007)
Fullerton Radio Club (1992, 1994 [banquet speaker], 2000)
TRW Amateur Radio Club (1996, 1998, 1999)
Southern California DX Club (1998)
Riverside County Amateur Radio Association (1998)
Pasadena Amateur Radio Club (1997, 1998)
Downey Amateur Radio Club (1997)
Edgewood Amateur Radio Society (1997)
Annual VHF/UHF Conferences (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 , 1994 , 1995, 1996)
Antelope Valley Amateur Radio Club (1992, 1995)
Anaheim Amateur Radio Association (1995)
Western Amateur Radio Association (1995)
Cal Tech Amateur Radio Club (1995)
Beach Cities Wireless Society (1995)
San Fernando Valley Radio Club (1994 [banquet speaker])
Moreno Valley Radio Club (1994)
Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach (1994)
San Gabriel Valley Radio Club (1991, 1994)
Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club (1993)
Orange County Amateur Radio Club (1993)
Amateur Radio Relay League-National Convention (1992)
Amateur Radio Relay League-Northwest Division Convention (1991)
Victor Valley Radio Association (1990)
J. Scott Bovitz has written, performed, recorded, mixed, mastered, and posted 260 songs on http://bovitz.biz. Bovitz served as the recording engineer for a holiday concert by the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic (2009).
Hundreds of Bovitz' photographs are posted on http://bovitz.com. You can see Bovitz' photos on: the CD jacket for "Sunsets and Silhouettes" (Planting Seeds Records, 2005); the book cover for "Protrepticul" by Aristotle (Humanitas, Bucharest, 2005); the Rowland Heights Connection (a 2008 publication of the County of Los Angeles); and third party web sites. Framed photographs and photo products are available at http://bovitzstudios.com.
Bovitz was honored to make a multi-media presentation (music and photographs) at the REDCAT Lounge in Los Angeles (2009).