Background
Davidson, Peter A. was born on May 19, 1952 in New York, New York, United States.
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Peter A. Davidson
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University of California at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1974. Juris Doctor, 1977).
Career
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, 1977, California. United States. District Court, Central, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of California and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Texas.
United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and United States. Supreme Court.
Managing Editor, University of California, Los Angeles-Alaska Review, 1976-1977.
Member, Board of Directors, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, 1989. President, 1994-1995, Vice President, 1993-1994, Program Chair, 1992-1993, Secretary, 1991-1992, Editor and Member, Editorial Board, 1986California Bankruptcy Journal.
Member, Board of Directors, California Bankruptcy Forum, 1994.
Mediator, Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California. Member of Board of Directors, California Receivers Forum, 1995. Editor-in-Chief, Receivership News, 1996.
Author: "Using Receivers in Arbitration Proceedings: the wrong way & the right way," Los Angeles County Bar Association Provisional & Post Judgement Remedies Newsletter, Summer 1994.
"Updated Thoughts on Bayside and on Avoiding One Form of Action Problems in Receiverships," Los Angeles County Bar Association Real Property Section Newsletter (November/December 1993). "Avoiding One Form of Action Problems when using a Receiver," Los Angeles County Bar Association Provisional and Post-Judgment Remedies Newsletter (Spring 1992).
"ZZZZ Best-Ordinary Course Protection Foreign Long Term Debt," 20 Cal.Bkrptcy.J. 45, 1992. "Grogan v. Garner: Nondischargeability By A Preponderance," 19 Cal.Bkrptcy.J.71, 1991.
"Grandfinanciera, South America, et al v.
Norberg, et al: Jury Trials Come to the Bankruptcy CourtMaybe," 17 Cal.Bkrptcy.J.207 (Fall, 1989). Company-Author: "Answers to Common Receivership Questions," Los Angeles County Bar Association Provisional & Post-Judgement Remedies Newsletter, Summer, 1995. Company-Author: "Jury Trials: The Bankruptcy Court Dilemma," Los Angeles Lawyer, July 1990, cited as reference in Collier Pamphlet Edition Bankruptcy Code, 1992-1996.
Speaker: "Receiverships: Beyond the Basics," Los Angeles County Bar Association, April, 1994.
"Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law and Procedure in California," National Business Institute, November 1993. "Remedies During a Recession," Los Angeles County Bar Continuing legal education Convention, March 1993.
"Basic Bankruptcy in California," National Business Institute, November 1992. "How to Obtain and Use a Receiver," Los Angeles County Bar Continuing legal education Convention, March 1992.
Prejudgment Remedies I: A Primer Course," Los Angeles County Bar Association, May 1988.
Member, Los Angeles Superior Court Ad Hoc Committee on Receiverships, 1993, 1995. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Chair: Pre-Judgement Remedies Section, 1988-1989. Member, Executive Committee, Provisional and Post Judgment Remedies Section, 1985).
State Bar of California (Member, Debtor/Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy Committee, Business Law Section, 1988-1991.
Counsel of Delegates, 1989). National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees.
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.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Board of Directors, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, 1989. President, 1994-1995, Vice President, 1993-1994, Program Chair, 1992-1993, Secretary, 1991-1992, Editor and Member, Editorial Board, 1986California Bankruptcy Journal. Member, Board of Directors, California Bankruptcy Forum, 1994.
Mediator, Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California.
Member of Board of Directors, California Receivers Forum, 1995. Editor-in-Chief, Receivership News, 1996.
