Los Angeles Business Law Gonzalez and Associates PLC

Attorney Profile

Rosendo Gonzalez

Rosendo Gonzalez Mr. Gonzalez founded the firm in July of 1996 with a commitment to providing the highest quality of legal services in a cost effective and ethical manner. In over 21 years of practicing law, he has gained a comprehensive knowledge base and expertise in all aspects of bankruptcy matters and a wide-range of experience in a variety of legal fields, including corporate, real estate, entertainment, sports law and commercial litigation.

Education and Experience

He received his B.A. from the University of Houston in 1984 and his law degree from the University of Houston Law School in 1987. Mr. Gonzalez has been a member of both the California and Texas bars for over 21 years. Prior to entering private practice, he served as judicial extern to the Honorable Manuel D. Leal of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Between 1989 and 1996, Mr. Gonzalez was associated with the prominent Los Angeles law firms of Sulmeyer, Kupetz, Baumann & Rothman and Weinstein & Eisen. During his association, he gained a variety of expertise in bankruptcy, including insolvency, corporate reorganization, creditors' and debtors' rights, and commercial and business matters. He is admitted to practice before the Superior Court of California, the California Courts of Appeal, the Supreme Court of California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit, the United States District Court's Central, Southern, and Northern Districts in California, and the United States Bankruptcy Court's Southern District of Texas.

Since 1998, Mr. Gonzalez was appointed to serve as a bankruptcy trustee to the Panel of Trustees for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles Division. As a trustee, he administers over 1,000 bankruptcy cases a year, including asset investigations and recovery, analysis of creditors' claims, and litigation of fraudulent and preferential transfers.

Memberships

Over the years, Mr. Gonzalez has also held the following highly regarded memberships and affiliations:

President of the Cuban American Bar Association’s California Division (1996-1998)
American Bar Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association’s business and bankruptcy sections
California Bankruptcy Forum
Los Angeles Financial Lawyers Conference
National Hispanic Bar Association
Anti-Defamation League of B’Nai Brith
Guest speaker at the Los Angeles Times Investment Strategies Conference

For two consecutive years, he was also selected to the International Who’s Who in 1996 and 1997. In May of 2000, he was selected to be a member of the Rampart Disciplinary System Working Commission.

Mr. Gonzalez is a frequent writer to La Opinion and has gained a distinction as the first among his peers to achieve his level of success by La Opinion.

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Success Stories

Represented the Chapter 7 trustee in his objection to the debtor’s discharge and in the recovery of fraudulent transfers resulting in the recovery of $250,000. In re Pei Ping Chu.

Successfully represented the owner of the largest residential property in the City of Downey with respect to a dispute over an easement in a three-week trial. L. Enriquez, et al. v. Van De Velde, et al.

In the case of V&L Produce, Inc. v. Rey & Rey Produce, Inc. (LASC Case No. BC389881), Mr. Gonzalez was successful in obtaining a judgment on August 31, 2008, for $175,000 for violation of P.A.C.A. and breach of contract.

In the case of Promate Produce U.S.A., Inc. v. Rey & Rey Produce, Inc. (USDC Case No. CV 08-6229-GHK), Mr. Gonzalez was successful in obtaining a judgment on May 11, 2009, for $85,000 for violation of P.A.C.A. and breach of contract.

In the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of I. Saldana (USBK Case No. 2:08-bk-10074-SB), Mr. Gonzalez was successful in the reorganization of debts resulting in the full satisfaction of all allowed debts.

In the case of Environmental World Watch, Inc. v. Aviacsa S.A. de C.V. (SFSC CGC-06-455658), Mr. Gonzalez was successful in obtaining the dismissal of the claims arising from purported violation of Proposition 65.

In the case of D. Weil v. J. Swogger (In re Swogger)(USBK Case No. 1:05-bk-19822-KT), in representing the Chapter 7 trustee, Mr. Gonzalez was successful in obtaining a judgment avoiding a post-petition transfer of property pursuant to Section 549 of the Bankruptcy Code.

In the case of Dave’s Video The Laser Place (USBK Case No. 1:03-bk-10469-GM), in representing a Chapter 7 trustee, Mr. Gonzalez was successful in obtaining judgments in excess of $800,000 in a number of adversary proceedings pursuant to Sections 544, 547, 548, 549 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code.

In the case of S. Lee v. K. Seon Han dba Color Hair Salon (In re Han)(USBK Case No. 2:05-bk-28922-RN), Mr. Gonzalez was successful in obtaining on January 11, 2007, a judgment objecting to the discharge of a debt in the amount of $300,000 pursuant to Section 523 of the Bankruptcy Code.

In the case of T. Yoo v. M. Velasco (In re M. Velasco)(USBK Case No. 2:05-bk-11184-EC), Mr. Gonzalez was successful in representing a Chapter 7 trustee at the January 12, 2006 trial in the avoidance and recovery of a fraudulent transfer of a $300,000 real estate property pursuant to Sections 544, 548 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Contact Information

Los Angeles and Southern California Business Law Attorney's Offices of Gonzalez & Associates, P.L.C.

Phone: 213-452-0070
Fax: 213-452-0080