Background
Ray, David L. was born on June 17, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Ray, David L. was born on June 17, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
University of California at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Science, with honors, 1955). University of Louisiana Verne, San Fernando Campus (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1970).
Worked at Saltzburg, Ray & Bergman, Limited Liability Partnership (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy, Federal and State Court Receiverships, Real Estate, Financial Institutions, Commercial Transactions and Financing, Mortgage Banking, Entertainment Industry, Insurance Defense, Probate and Estate Planning. Admitted to the bar, 1971, California and United States. District Court, Central District of California.
1982, United States.
District Court, Southern District of California and United States. Supreme Court.
Certified Public Accountant, California, 1957. Guest Lecturer: "Taxation", University of California, Los Los Angeles, 1980.
"The Receivership Remedy," Beverly Hills Bar Association, 1985.
"The In"s and Outs of Receivership Practice," Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1986. Panelist, "Law Firms: How They Work and Don"t Work," Beverly Hills Bar Association, April 1989.
"Attachment Execution and Other Creditor Remedies," The Rutter Group, 1991. Benjamin South. Crocker Symposium, 1991.
"Receiverships-Beyond the Basics," Los Angeles County Bar Association.
1994 Author: Articles, "Partnership Dissolutions and the Role of the Receiver,: part of Partnerships in Trouble, Prentiss Hall, 1991. "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do," California Lawyer, April, 1989. "Law Firm on the Rocks," The Complete Lawyer, Spring, 1989.
"What To Do Following a Law Firm Dissolution," The Legal Management, May/June, 1989.
"Law Office Economics & Management," Association of Legal Administrators, September/October, 1988. "Law Firms: How They Work," Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, April, 1989.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member, Board of Directors, National Association of Bankruptcy, Trustees, 1994.
Member, Los Angeles Superior Court Ad Hoc Committee on Receivership, 1993.
Member: Los Angeles County (Past Chair, Executive Committee, Provisional & Post Judgment Remedies Section, 1991-1993) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of California. California Association of Certified Public Accountants.
Financial Lawyers Conference.
The firm was founded in 1970 and specializes in representing clients in commercial, business and real estate transactions. Primary clients of the firm are institutional lenders, real estate owners and developers and entertainment related enterprises.
David L. Ray is a nationally recognized Receiver who handles complex cases, including law firm dissolutions, manufacturing facilities, hotels, apartment complexes and government regulatory receiverships. Alan M. Bergman heads the transactional department which documents Entertainment Law Matters, real estate acquisition and sales, commercial leases, loan origination, workouts, Housing and Urban Development financing, environmental issues, alternative energy power source financing and various real estate, corporation and partnership transactions.
The litigation department, headed by Henley L. Saltzburg, represents clients in complex commercial, business and real estate litigation.
The firm is also active in insolvency matters representing trustees, creditors, debtors and creditor committees.
Articles, "Partnership Dissolutions and the Role of the Receiver,: part of Partnerships in Trouble, Prentiss Hall, 1991. "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do," California Lawyer, April, 1989. "Law Firm on the Rocks," The Complete Lawyer, Spring, 1989.
"What To Do Following a Law Firm Dissolution," The Legal Management, May/June, 1989. "Law Office Economics & Management," Association of Legal Administrators, September/October, 1988. "Law Firms: How They Work," Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, April, 1989.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member, Board of Directors, National Association of Bankruptcy, Trustees, 1994. Member, Los Angeles Superior Court Ad Hoc Committee on Receivership, 1993.
Member: Los Angeles County (Past Chair, Executive Committee, Provisional & Post Judgment Remedies Section, 1991-1993) and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of California. California Association of Certified Public Accountants.
Financial Lawyers Conference.