Sara Shahbazi is a Los Angeles bankruptcy, creditors' rights, and restructuring attorney. Sara’s practice focuses on complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings as well as receiverships, and commercial litigation involving distressed real estate and other distressed assets.
Sara represents businesses and owners of commercial properties and advises them on issues including bankruptcy, workouts, or litigation related to distressed assets, enforcement of real property leases or purchase agreements, loan defaults and guaranties, and fraudulent transfer actions.
Professional Highlights
Judicial Clerkships
Hon. Bryant Y. Yang, Los Angeles Superior Court, 2023-2024
Hon. Magdalena Reyes Bordeaux, United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, 2022-2023
Judicial Externships
Hon. Theodore C. Albert, United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, 2022
Hon. Carmen Luege, Orange County Superior Court, 2021
Credentials
Education
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law (J.D. 2022)
Staff Editor, Diversity & Social Justice Forum
University of California, Santa Cruz, (B.A., cum laude, 2017)
Highest Honors in Sociology, High Honors in Legal Studies
Languages
Fluent in Farsi
Admissions
California