Background
Kaplan, Stuart M. was born on October 11, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Kaplan, Stuart M. was born on October 11, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1955). Stanford University (Bachelor of Laws, 1958).
Admitted to the bar, 1959, California. Author: "The Courts and Equity Receiverships," Los Angeles Lawyer, May, 1978. Trial Attorney, Corporate Reorganization Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1960-1963.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Chairman, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, 1976-1977).
State Bar of California. Stuart M. Kaplan has acted as Trustee or Receiver in various litigation, both large and small, in federal and state courts in the San Francisco Bay area and elsewhere.
He has been appointed following recommendation by governmental agencies such as the United States. Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Resolution Trust Corporation, and the State of California Attorney General" General’ s Office representing the Real Estate Commissioner, Corporations Commissioner, and the Banking Commissioner, and by the United States.
Trustee. He has also been appointed at the suggestion of private parties including Bank of America, Prudential Insurance Company, Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, Tokai Credit Corporation, and various investors such as limited partners in syndications.
These actions have involved pending foreclosures, allegations of fraud, Chapter 11 reorganizations, and divorce proceedings. He has also acted as Controller, Examiner, or Special Master in situations where limited remedies are needed. These actions have included some of the largest cases of their kind in Northern California, such as Eichler Homes, California Land & Cattle Company, Geotek Oil Drilling programs, large franchised and independent hotel operations, and several law firm matters, including dissolution of the law firm of Belli, Belli, Brown, Monzione, Fabbro & Zakaria.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Chairman, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, 1976-1977). State Bar of California.