Jonathan S. Shenson

Jonathan S. Shenson is a member of KTB&S.

Mr. Shenson received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1993, where he graduated first in his class in the economics department. Mr. Shenson received his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1996. While at UCLA, he participated in the law school's Moot Court Honors Program and was a member of the Pacific Basin Law Journal. After graduation, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward D. Jellen, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, from 1996 to 1998.

Mr. Shenson’s practice includes representation of debtors, secured creditors (including debtor in possession lenders), committees, acquirers, and other parties in chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings, work-outs, acquisitions and assignments for the benefit of creditors. Mr. Shenson has been involved in countless chapter 11 cases. On the debtor side, among other chapter 11 representations, Mr. Shenson has represented National R.V. Holdings, Inc. (ninth largest manufacturer of “Class A” motor homes), Ronco Corporation (marketer of proprietary consumer products for the kitchen and home through infomercials), PrediWave Corporation (international technology company which designed and sold revolutionary content delivery system for use by broadband digital service providers), Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. (owner and operator of assisted living facilities), Paragon Steakhouse Restaurants, Inc. (owner and operator of steakhouses) and KeraVision (a developer and provider of non-laser vision correction product).  On the creditor side, Mr. Shenson has represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in the chapter 11 filings of MedPartners Provider Network, Inc. (a healthcare provider network) and Superior National Insurance Group, Inc. (a workers’ compensation insurer), and is currently representing the official committee of unsecured creditors in the chapter 11 case of Fremont General Corporation (a bank holding company). Mr. Shenson has also represented secured creditors in many chapter 11 cases, including, by way of illustration, BH S&B Holdings, Inc. (the second chapter 11 filing of Steve & Barrys, a retailer), InterDent, Inc. (a dental group management company), Global Health Sciences (a nutritional supplement company) and Remediation Capital Corporation (a remediation company).

Mr. Shenson's practice also includes representation of agents and lenders, borrowers and other parties in a broad array of credit transactions, including syndicated, single-bank, secured, unsecured, senior and subordinated credits and credit enhancement facilities.

Mr. Shenson has lectured on various topics related to bankruptcy law, including deepening insolvency, fiduciary duties of officers and directors of distressed companies, real estate leases in bankruptcy and the 2005 Amendments to the BankruptcyCode. Most recently, Mr. Shenson served as a panelist at the American Bankruptcy Institute’s 16th Annual Bankruptcy Battleground West where he lectured on the current state of the law with regard to whether and to what extent creditors in bankruptcy cases (secured, undersecured and unsecured) are entitled to interest, fees and costs on their claims.

Mr. Shenson is admitted to practice law in the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California, as well as in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Turnaround Management Association, the California Bar Association and the Financial Lawyers Conference. Mr. Shenson has also served on the State Bar of California's Insolvency Law Committee.