California Bankruptcy Lawyers | Find & Compare Profiles

If you need legal help with bankruptcy matters in California, understanding the local legal landscape is the first step. California attorneys handle cases involving Chapter 7 liquidation, Chapter 13 reorganization, means testing, exemptions, and automatic stay protections, and the state's specific rules — from filing procedures in Superior Court to applicable deadlines — can directly shape the strategy and outcome of your case.

Bankruptcy cases in California are filed in federal court, but the state's exemption laws determine what assets you keep. Whether you're considering Chapter 7 liquidation or Chapter 13 reorganization, California's specific exemptions can significantly affect the outcome. Filing triggers an automatic stay that immediately stops creditor actions, and an experienced bankruptcy attorney knows how to maximize the protections available under California law.

The bankruptcy attorneys listed here practice throughout California and can be filtered by location, reviews, and experience. Each profile includes practice area details, office locations, and client feedback. We recommend comparing several attorneys before making a decision — most offer free initial consultations, which gives you a chance to evaluate their approach and determine whether they're the right fit.

For a detailed overview of how bankruptcy law works in California — including key statutes, deadlines, and what to expect from the legal process — Read our complete guide to bankruptcy law in California. If you're ready to take the next step, browse the attorney profiles below and reach out for a free consultation.

Steven Peter Small - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Steven P. Small
 2509 Santa Clara Ave Alameda CA 94501
(510) 865-2038
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Bar #39869
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Consumer Law Criminal Law
Robert Daniel Rodriguez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Robert D. Rodriguez
 4695 Chabot Drive Ste. 200 Pleasanton CA 94588
(209) 596-4263
California St Univ Stanislaus
Bar #242396
Federal Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Verified
Bankruptcy Civil Rights Collections
Shawn Patrick King Huston - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Huston | McCaffrey, LLP
 1650 Hotel Circle North, Suite 201 San Diego CA 92108
(619) 800-1166
National Univ
Bar #235944
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Arbitration & Mediation Bankruptcy
Vernon Louis Ellicott - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Vernon L. Ellicott
 3435 Thousand Oaks Blvd #4361 Westlake Village CA 91359
(818) 914-7322
Southwestern University School of Law
Bar #175334
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Civil Rights Criminal Law
John Albert Iaccarino - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Iaccarino & Church, LLP
 533 Airport Blvd Ste 400 Burlingame CA 94010
(650) 348-0121
Santa Clara University School of Law
Bar #126649
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Consumer Law Estate Planning
Jenny Lynn Doling - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
J. Doling Law, PC
 36-915 Cook Street, Suite 101 Palm Desert CA 92211
(760) 884-4444
California St Univ
English, Spanish
Bar #207033
10th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Consumer Law
Shaun Kendig Boss - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Shaun Kendig Boss Law Firm
 306 Upas Street San Diego CA 92103
(619) 293-7937
University of San Diego
English
Bar #70227
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Bankruptcy
Douglas Bram Jacobs - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Jacobs, Anderson, Potter & Chaplin, LLP
 20 Independence Cir Chico CA 95973
(530) 342-6144
University of Wisconsin
Bar #84153
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Real Estate Law
Michael Rinne - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Rinne Legal
 3478 Buskirk Ave. Suite 1000 Pleasant Hill CA 94523
(925) 932-7086
Eberhard-Karls-University Tuebingen
German, Russian, Spanish
Bar #242579
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Energy, Oil & Gas Law Foreclosure Defense
Brian L Coggins - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Coggins Law, P.C.
 9001 Foothills Blvd # 110 Roseville CA 95747
(916) 270-2895
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Bar #239481
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Collections
R. Grace Rodriguez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 21000 Devonshire St Suite 111 Chatsworth CA 91311
(818) 734-7223
Western State College of Law at Argosy University (1993)
Spanish
California Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Estate Planning Foreclosure Defense
Douglas B. Wroan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Wroan Law Firm, Inc.
 5155 W Rosecrans Ave Hawthorne CA 90250
(310) 265-3910
California St Univ Long Beach
Bar #177051
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Communications & Internet Law
Juliette Topacio Sarmiento - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Dragon Archer Group, P.C.
 836 Southampton Road Suite B-270 Benicia CA 94510
(510) 548-9944
Univ of San Diego
Bar #152491
District of Columbia Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Estate Planning Immigration Law
James Francis Sexton - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Sexton Law Firm
 7777 Alvarado Road Suite #410 La Mesa CA 91942
(619) 202-8976
Vanderbilt Univ
English
Bar #149632
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Estate Planning Family Law
Len Watkins - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Genser & Watkins LLP
 1900 Powell Street Suite 840 Emeryville CA 94608
(510) 237-6916
University of California - Davis (2008)
9th Circuit Bar
Active License
Antitrust Law Bankruptcy Business Law
Paul Nigel Walton - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Paul Walton, Attorney
 39791 Paseo Padre Pkwy Ste G Fremont CA 94538
(510) 623-4100
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Bar #139924
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Bankruptcy Business Law
Michael Dennis Iverson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Michael D. Iverson, APC
 38975 Sky Canyon Drive Suite 207 Murrieta CA 92563
(951) 418-2770
California Southern Law School (2006)
English
Bar #249372
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Bankruptcy Business Law
Jonathan Patrick Beck - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Jonathan Beck
 1930 S. Coast Highway #204 OCEANSIDE CA 92054
(760) 208-4544
Western State Univ
Bar #169678
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Collections
Cameron H. Totten - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Wilshire Law Firm, PLC
 790 E. Colorado Blvd., 9th Floor Pasadena CA 91101
(818) 483-5795
Tulane University School of Law
Bar #180765
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Collections
Roy Morgan Holland - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of R. Morgan Holland, L.C.
 323 Vine Street Santa Maria CA 93454
(805) 546-9400
University of Akron (1988)
English
Bar #137938
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Divorce Family Law
Jennifer Lynn Field - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Jennifer L. Field
 405 N Indian Hill Blvd Claremont CA 91711
(909) 625-0220
University of La Verne College of Law
Bar #236565
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Divorce
Deborah F. Brown - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Deborah Brown Law
 3987 Missouri Flat Road #340-307 Placerville CA 95667
(520) 363-7477
Lincoln Law School of Sacramento (2005)
Bar #269156
California Bar
Unknown Status
Verified
Bankruptcy Divorce Domestic Violence
Stephen B Mashney - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Mashney Law Offices, APC
 335 N Brookhurst Street Anaheim CA 92801
(714) 535-5090
San Francisco Law School (1988)
Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Spanish
Bar #162675
9th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
Kenneth Sisco - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 3574 Bluff Street Norco CA 92860
(714) 265-7766
Southwestern University School of Law
English
Bar #69814
6th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Legal Malpractice
Marc Andrew Lieberman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
FLP Law Group LLP
 1875 Century Park E # 2230 Los Angeles CA 90067
(310) 284-7350
UCLA School of Law
Bar #157318
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Collections
Robert Conrad Borris Jr - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Robert C Borris Jr Law
 1089 Bluebell Drive 1501 Livermore CA 94551
(888) 909-9595
Golden Gate University School of Law (1976)
Bar #85415
9th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Collections
Manuel Alzamora Juarez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Manuel A. Juarez
 2143 Cedar St. Suite 200 Berkeley CA 94709
(510) 841-6164
San Francisco Law School
English, French, Italian, Spanish
Bar #200706
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Estate Planning Landlord Tenant
Stephen Bernard Ruben - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Ruben Law Firm, P.C.
 625 Market St # 1600 SF CA 94105
(415) 399-6830
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Bar #160034
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Bankruptcy Business Law
Saman Behnam - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Saman Behnam, PLC
 354 W. Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802
(562) 436-1500
California St Univ Fullerton
English, Farsi
Bar #195310
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Bankruptcy Business Law
Ching K. Chiao - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Fred Leeds Properties
 600 S. Lake Avenue Suite 303 Pasadena CA 91106
(626) 698-0088
Southwestern University School of Law (2004)
English, Mandarin
California Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Business Law Foreclosure Defense
Diane Anderson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 6060 Sunrise Vista Drive Suite 1450 Citrus Heights CA 95610
McGeorge Law School
9th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Divorce Estate Planning
Randall Vern Sutter - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Rounds & Sutter LLP
 827 State St., Suite 4 Santa Barbara CA 93101
(805) 650-7100
Drake Univ
English
Bar #243040
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Employment Law
Leonard Jack Cravens - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Leonard Cravens
 45902 Oasis St. STE C P.O. Box 2714 Indio CA 92202
(760) 342-1810
Lincoln Law Sch of San Jose (1995)
Bar #208148
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Foreclosure Defense
Richard Gaines Heston - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Heston & Heston
 4192 Brockton Avenue Suite 100 Riverside CA 92501
(949) 222-1041
Southwestern Law School (1976)
Bar #90738
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Bankruptcy Divorce
Robert Lewis Firth - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Robert L. Firth
 68910 Adelina Rd. Cathedral City CA 92234
(760) 770-4066
Washington University School of Law (1972)
Bar #231432
Missouri Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Estate Planning
Matthew Edward Williamson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Matthew E. Williamson
 215 W. Franklin Street, 5th Floor Monterey CA 93940
(831) 657-0100
Monterey College of Law
Bar #184877
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Criminal Law
Janathan Lea Allen - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Allen Barron, Inc.
 16745 West Bernardo Drive, Suite 260 San Diego CA 92127
(858) 304-0947
University of San Diego School of Law (1996)
Bar #179650
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Bankruptcy Business Law
Patricia Joan Johnson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
PO Box 493673
 1755 Yuba St Redding CA 96001
(530) 247-7285
Univ of California Berkeley
Bar #122570
California Bar
Inactive License
Verified
Bankruptcy Social Security Disability
Steven James Foster - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Siles & Foster, P.C.
 2064 Talbert Dr Suite 100 Chico CA 95928
(530) 898-9600
California St Univ Chico
Bar #191271
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Personal Injury Social Security Disability
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