Education
- Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley (J.D.)
- Stanford University
Bar Admissions
- California
Professional Affiliations
- Board of Governors, Financial Lawyers Conference of Los Angeles
- Board, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum
- Board of Directors, California Bankruptcy Forum
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
Michael L. Tuchin
Michael L. Tuchin is a founding member and co-manager of KTB&S.
Mr. Tuchin graduated with Honors and Distinction from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. He received his J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1990. He served as an extern to the Honorable Joseph R. Sneed, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in 1989. Mr. Tuchin represents debtors, equity holders, secured and unsecured creditors, committees and parties interested in acquiring assets from troubled companies. Mr. Tuchin was named by Los Angeles Magazine/Southern California Super Lawyers as one of the top 10 lawyers in Los Angeles County in 2011. He was previously named one of the top 12 outstanding young bankruptcy lawyers in the nation in 2002, 2003 and 2004 by a national publication for turnaround professionals, was honored as the Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year by the Century City Bar Association for 2002-2003, was recognized by the Daily Journal as one of the top 20 young lawyers in the State of California, and was named by Los Angeles Magazine/Southern California Super Lawyers as one of the top 100 lawyers in Los Angeles County in 2004 through 2010.
On the debtor side, Mr. Tuchin has represented large complex debtors including Lake at Las Vegas Joint Venture, LLC and Affiliates (owner-developers of a 3,592-acre master-planned residential development and resort located in Henderson, Nevada), MGM Pictures and its affiliates, American Restaurant Group (the owner of the Stuart Anderson’s Black Angus chain of restaurants), Samuels Jewelers, Inc. (a national publicly traded retailer of fine jewelry operating more than 130 stores), Avado Brands, Inc. and affiliates (a national operator of 90 Don Pablo’s Mexican Kitchen and 22 Hops Grillhouse and Brewery restaurants in 20 states), Fountain View, Inc. (operator of more than 50 skilled care nursing and assisted care living facilities), Frederick’s of Hollywood, Inc. (a world-renowned retailer of innovative specialty apparel operating more than 150 stores, a catalogue, and an internet business), and Maple Plaza, Ltd. (the owner of a significant commercial property in Beverly Hills, California).
Mr. Tuchin has represented Viacom, Paramount, CBS and their affiliates in numerous matters throughout the country. He has represented Baldwin Entertainment Group in out-of-court negotiations.
Out of court, Mr. Tuchin has led successful restructurings of the Lusk Company (a large California homebuilder with close to $1 billion in debts), a large giftware company, an international manufacturer of computer accessories, a national express delivery business, and L.A. Kings, Ltd. (the then-owner of the Los Angeles Kings hockey franchise).
Mr. Tuchin has represented creditors in numerous chapter 11 cases, including Ameriserve (Delaware), Black Hawk Casino (Denver, Colorado), Chevy’s (Oakland, California), Crescent Jewelers (Oakland, California), Diversified Restaurant Concepts (San Jose, California), Edwards Theatres (Orange County, California), ERLY Industries, Inc. (Corpus Christi, Texas), Falcon Industries (St. Louis, Missouri), Kmart (Chicago, Illinois), Merry-Go-Round (Wilmington, Delaware), Pegasus Satellite Television (Portland, Maine), Petries Retail (New York, New York), Deborah Raffin (Los Angeles, California), Sega Gameworks (Los Angeles, California), Sydran Services (Oakland, California), Tower Records (Wilmington, Delaware), United Airlines (Chicago, Illinois).
Mr. Tuchin has represented numerous purchasers of assets and is an expert on successor liability issues.
Mr. Tuchin is extremely active in bar activities. He currently serves as an Editor of the California Bankruptcy Journal and is a past President and a member of the Board of Governors of the Financial Lawyers Conference of Los Angeles and a past President and a member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. He has co-authored articles on single asset real estate cases and successor liability.