d'ensemble
Benjamin King is a commercial litigator and creditors’ rights attorney with extensive experience in prejudgment remedies such as attachment, receiverships and injunctive remedies. He represents national financial institutions, California lenders and court-appointed receivers in, among other matters, actions involving the exercise of loan remedies, workouts of troubled loans and actions for foreclosure upon loan collateral. Benjamin also represents assignees for the benefit of creditors, as well as creditors themselves, in matters involving insolvency and creditors rights. He litigates financial matters in and out of bankruptcy, including lender liability actions, real-estate loan disputes, general contract and promissory note actions, judicial foreclosures, receiverships, fraudulent conveyances, adversary proceedings (including preference actions), non-dischargeability actions, and a variety of business tort disputes.
In addition, Benjamin has particular experience assisting firm clients in compliance and litigation matters concerning the accessibility of electronic information (including websites and mobile device applications) to persons with disabilities in compliance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Benjamin is the current chair of the California Receivers Forum, and a long-time member of the executive committee of the Remedies Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at seminars concerning pre- and post-judgment remedies, judgment enforcement and restructuring matters.
Benjamin's pro bono efforts include work for Children's Rights, a national organization that utilizes class action lawsuits and other methods to affect positive change for abused and neglected children and to bring much needed reform to state foster care systems.
In addition, Benjamin has particular experience assisting firm clients in compliance and litigation matters concerning the accessibility of electronic information (including websites and mobile device applications) to persons with disabilities in compliance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Benjamin is the current chair of the California Receivers Forum, and a long-time member of the executive committee of the Remedies Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at seminars concerning pre- and post-judgment remedies, judgment enforcement and restructuring matters.
Benjamin's pro bono efforts include work for Children's Rights, a national organization that utilizes class action lawsuits and other methods to affect positive change for abused and neglected children and to bring much needed reform to state foster care systems.
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IMN’s 4th Annual Bank & Financial Institutions Special Assets Executive Conference on Real Estate Workouts
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Turnaround Management Association Western Regional Conference
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The New Rules of the Road in Commercial Real Estate, California Bankruptcy Forum's 22nd Annual Insolvency Conference, Monterey, California
Éducation
- University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, J.D., Executive Senior Editor, Southern California Law Review
James Holbrook Award for Excellence in Service to the Law Review (1998) - University of Southern California, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Admission au tribunal
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- California State Courts
Admission au barreau
- California
Reconnaissance
- Named "Southern California Super Lawyer" in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights by Thomson Reuters (2017-2018)
- Named "Best Lawyer" in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, by The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward White, Inc. (2025)
- Rising Star, Southern California Super Lawyers, Los Angeles magazine (2006 and 2007)
Affiliations
- Chair, California Receivers Forum
- Former Chair, Remedies Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association (2013-2014)
- Member, Executive Committee, Remedies Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Significant jury trial experience, including certification through the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Trial Advocacy Project
- Member, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum
- Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Member, Litigation Section, State Bar of California