Background
Califano, Peter C. was born on June 4, 1954 in Mineola, New York, United States.
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Peter C. CALIFANO
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State University of New York at Buffalo (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1981). University of Santa Clara (Juris Doctor, 1986). Best Team, Moot Court, 1985.
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Bankruptcy and Secured Transactions.
Career
Worked at Cooper, White & Cooper (San Francisco, California) specializing in General Business and Trial Practice, Corporate, Real Property, Regulated Industries and Public Utilities, Equipment Leasing, Asset and Credit Based Financing, Communications and Media including Broadcasting, Cable Television, Libel, Newspaper, and Telecommunications, First Amendment, Labor and Employment including Wrongful Termination and Discrimination, Employee Benefits and Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Insurance, Taxation, Securities, Construction, Creditors" Rights and Bankruptcy, Environmental, Estate Planning and Trust Administration, Intellectual Property, Maritime, Personal Injury, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1987, California. Author: "A Surprising Defendant in Bankruptcy Avoidance Litigation," Commercial Law Bulletin - Practice Aids, March/April 1997.
"Article 2A Protections Confirmed for Equipment Lessors," Commercial Law Bulletin - Practice Aids, May/June, 1996.
"Why Aren"t They Returning My Calls? Managing Tenant"s Bankruptcy," BOMA Matters, March, 1995. "How to Handle A Tenant"s Bankruptcy," Shopping Centers Today, December, 1993.
"A Bankruptcy Primer for Equipment Leasing," WAEL - Newsline, August, 1992. Lecturer: "Gaming Debts - Dischargeability In Bankruptcy," 1997 Western Annual Meeting.
"Creditor Strategies in the Shadow of Bankruptcy," 1995 Midwest Annual Meeting and "Bankruptcy Preferences," 1994 Western Midwinter Meeting of the Commercial Law League of America.
Board Member, Executive Council, Western District of the Commercial Law League of America. Mediator, Northern District of California Bankruptcy Court"s Dispute Resolution Program, 1996-1997. Member: American Bankruptcy Institute.
Commercial Law League of America (Member, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section).
The Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum. Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section).
Cooper, White & Cooper provides a broad range of legal services to corporations, organizations and individuals, many of whom have been with the firm for decades. Since the firm"s founding in 1896, our range of practice specialties has steadily expanded to meet our clients" changing needs.
Our goal is to provide the highest quality and most responsive services, at reasonable fees.
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Membership
Member: American Bankruptcy Institute. Commercial Law League of America (Member, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section). The Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum.
Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section).
