Laura L. Buchanan graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering and received her J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1991. Ms. Buchanan has worked on representations of debtors, creditors, and creditors' committees in large Chapter 11 cases. In particular, on the debtor side, Ms. Buchanan has worked on the cases of Fountain View, Inc. (which operates 49 skilled care nursing and assisted care living facilities, and pharmacy and therapy businesses) and Frederick's of Hollywood, Inc (a world-renowned retailer of innovative specialty apparel operating more than 150 stores, a catalogue, and an internet business). Ms. Buchanan is a member of the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the Financial Lawyers Conference of Los Angeles and became a partner at KTBS in January 2004. In May 2005, Ms. Buchanan was elected to the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum.