David A. Fidler graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude, from the University of California at San Diego with a B.A. in Quantitative Economics and Decision Sciences. He received his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law in 1997. He is co-author of "Purchasing Claims to Block Bankruptcy 'Cramdown' Plans: A New Weapon For Creditors," 115 Banking Law Journal 4 (January 1998), and a contributing author for the Wiley Bankruptcy Update.

Mr. Fidler is a member of the State Bar of California (Business Law Section), the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Financial Lawyers Conference of Los Angeles.   He is admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and the United States District Courts for the Central and Northern Districts of California.