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    South Bay Law Firm is owned and managed by Michael D. Good.

     

    Since 1994, Mr. Good has represented a wide variety of corporate debtors, creditors’ committees, individual creditors, and other parties across a broad range of industries. He has extensive experience with numerous complex reorganization and liquidation proceedings under the United States Bankruptcy Code, as well as with out-of-court restructurings and assignments for the benefit of creditors.

     

    Corporate and municipal insolvency is inherently complex. At its core, it is defined by state and federal law and driven by the laws of the market. Insolvency frequently involves multiple parties, each with different and competing agendas. It demands in-depth technical expertise, relentless focus, and strong business acumen.

     

    In light of these demands – and of counsel’s pivotal role in meeting them – South Bay Law Firm’s value proposition is simple: to provide clients with the insight, focus, and economic value needed to successfully navigate insolvency’s challenges.

     

    education

     

    Education

    • University of Pennsylvania (B.A.1987)
    • Wharton School of Business (Minor 1987)
    • Pepperdine University (J.D.2001)

     

    Admissons

    • U.S. District Court for the Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuit

     

    Clerkships

    • Hon. Mitchel Goldberg U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (Riverside Division).

    honors and Awards

     

    • Appointed member of the Bankruptcy Mediation Panel for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California. (2016 – 2025) 

     

    • Adviser to the California State Bar Business Law Section’s Insolvency Law Committee. (2013 – 2015)
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    • Named in the “Rising Stars” 2004 California edition of Super Lawyers.

    Publications

     

    experience

     

    • Defended numerous preference “claw-back” actions against trade creditors, reducing creditors’ liability by 60% – 96%.

     

    • Negotiated investors’ successful promissory note sales in debtor’s out-of-court corporate restructuring.

     

    • Negotiated debtor’s out-of-court conveyance of assets to lender through “Article 9” foreclosure.

     

    • Analyzed and cash-traced multiple fraudulent transfers of real and personal property, resulting in partial summary judgment for trustee.

     

    • Negotiated structured dismissal of Chapter 11 case for landlord, facilitating landlord’s sale of commercial property.

     

    • Prosecuted competing plan of reorganization in Chapter 11 case, resulting in a projected 40% recovery for landlord.

     

    • Reorganized small business debtors, twice confirming Chapter 11 plans that returned 100% to creditors.

     

    pulications

     

    • “Almost Private: Pen Registers, Packet Sniffers, and Privacy at the Margin,” 2005 Stan. Tech. L. Rev. 1 (2005)

     

    • “Access Made Accessible: Shaping the Laws and Technologies that Protect Creative Works,” 51 J. Copyright Soc’y U.S.A. 521 (2004)
     
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