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Kathy Bazoian Phelps has been a lawyer since 1991 and is currently a partner at Raines Feldman LLP in the Los Angeles office. In addition to individually serving as a fiduciary in certain matters, Kathy practices in the area of insolvency law, fiduciary representation, and fraud litigation, where she represents federal equity and state court receivers and bankruptcy trustees. Kathy frequently serves as special litigation counsel for fiduciaries and interested parties in fraud-related litigation, cases arising out of receivership and bankruptcy as well as parallel criminal and civil forfeiture proceedings. She is particularly knowledgeable about the administration of Ponzi scheme cases and has extensive litigation experience in claims arising in these types of cases. Kathy has lectured widely and written on bankruptcy and receivership matters, with a focus on Ponzi schemes. Her book entitled The Ponzi Book: A Legal Resource for Unraveling Ponzi Schemes, co-authored with Hon. Steven Rhodes, has garnered national and international attention as the authoritative work on Ponzi scheme law. In addition to her roles as lawyer, speaker and author, Kathy also serves as a mediator and is currently on the mediation and arbitration rosters for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, as well as the Bankruptcy Mediation Panel for the Central District of California and the Bankruptcy Mediation Panel for the District of Arizona. Kathy’s personal interests and accomplishments include extensive travel and the study of the Chinese Mandarin language.

Raines Feldman is a national firm focusing on complex and high-stakes business cases with a receivership and bankruptcy practice focused on complex business cases. The firm has deep experience in real estate transactions and also in labor and employment, intellectual property and litigation. The firm's lawyers have decades of experience in restructurings, fiduciary representation, and bankruptcy and commercial litigation throughout the United States. The firm's clients include trustees, liquidating trustees, receivers, creditors, creditors’ committees, corporate debtors, and litigants in insolvency proceedings. The cases the firm handles cross a host of industries, including finance, hospitality, online commerce, private equity, real estate, intellectual property and restaurants.