Peter W. Lianides is a founder and partner of Winthrop Golubow Hollander, LLP. Peter devotes his practice to the representation of Ch. 11 bankruptcy debtors and creditors.
Publishers of Los Angeles Magazine have also selected Peter as a Super Lawyer, an honor that represents the top 5% of practicing attorneys in Southern California based on peer recognition and professional achievement.
From 1994 through 1995, Peter served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable John J. Wilson, United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California. He holds an “AV” peer rating, Martindale-Hubbell’s highest recognition for legal ability and ethical standards.
Published Works
- Co-Author, “Confirming a Chapter 11 Plan: The Challenges, Pitfalls and Opportunities,” ABI Bankruptcy Battleground West 030411 ABI-CLE 161 (2011)
- Co-Author, “How Far Will Good Faith Get You in the Ninth Circuit After Clear Channel?,” American Bankruptcy Institute Newsletter (Volume 6, No. 3 March 2009)
- Co-Author, “Off the Deep End-The Demise of Deepening Insolvency,” American Bankruptcy Institute, 2007
- Co-Author, “How Not to Get Clobbered by Catapult! Ride Through the Unassumed Executory Contract,” ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee, 2003
- Co-Author, “Debtor’s Perspective-Subtraction Cases Must Be Followed,” Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, June, 1997
Speaking Engagements
- Panelist, Financial Lawyers Conference, What’s Termination Got To Do With It? Rejection after Sunbeam, October 2012
- Panelist, ABI Bankruptcy Battleground West, Confirming a Chapter 11 Plan: The Challenges, Pitfalls & Opportunities, March 2011
- Panelist, ABI Bankruptcy Battleground West, The Precedential Debates: Differing Views on Section 506(b)’s Import on Interest, Fees, and Guarantees, February 2008
Published Cases
- In re X-Treme Bullets, Inc., 2020 WL 6371162 and 2020 WL 4455582 (D.Nev. 2020);
- In re Modern VideoFilm, Inc., 2019 WL 5306959 (Bankr.C.D.Cal. 2019);
- In re XS Ranch Fund VI, L.P., 2018 WL 2448084 (Bankr.N.D.Cal. 2018);
- In re Crystal Cathedral Ministries, 2016 WL 1212408 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. Mar. 28, 2016);
- In re Brand Affinity Technologies, Inc., 2016 WL 8316889 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. Feb. 24, 2016);
- In re Topaz Capital & Investments, Inc., 2014 WL 2212022 (Bankr. S.D. Cal. May 6, 2014);
- In re Composite Tech. Corp., 2014 WL 2219209 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. May 8, 2014);
- In re Composite Tech. Corp., 2014 WL 2212047 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. Apr. 18, 2014);
- In re Landmark Fence Co., Inc., 2011 WL 6826253 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 9, 2011);
- In re Palmdale Hills Property, 2011 WL 7478771 (Bankr.C.D.Cal. Nov. 3, 2011);
- In re Landmark Fence Co. Inc., 424 B.R. 461 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 2010) aff’d sub nom. 2010 WL 4924739 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 3, 2010);
- In re Checkmate Staffing, Inc., 359 Fed.Appx. 736, 739, 2009 WL 4894254 (9th Cir. 2009);
- In re Real Estate Partners, Inc., 2007 WL 7025114 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. Nov. 20, 2007) aff’d, 2009 WL 3246619 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 5, 2009);
- Nat’l Football League Players Ass’n v. Dunn, 2003 WL 26112510 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 29, 2003);
- In re Admiralty RV Resort, LLC, 2002 WL 1285504 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. Mar. 7, 2002);
- In re Edgewater Place, Inc., 1999 WL 35136576 (C.D.Cal. May 18, 1999) subsequent appeal dismissed as interlocutory, 246 F.3d 673 (9th Cir. 2000).
Education
- Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California (J.D., 1992; Dean’s List – Top 11th Percentile in Graduating Class)
- University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, Hong Kong, China, 1989 Certificate in International and Comparative Law
- Santa Clara University, Leavy School of Business, Santa Clara, California, (M.B.A., 1992; Beta Gamma Sigma, Top 20th Percent of Graduating Class)
- University of California, Santa Barbara, (M.A., Economics, 1988)
- University of California, Santa Cruz, California, (B.A., Economics/ Psychology, 1987; Highest Honors in the Major)
Admissions
- State Bar of California
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- Certified specialist in Bankruptcy Law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Orange County Bar Association, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section
- Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, Member
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
- Orange County Asian American Bar Association
