Atty. Henry C. Kevane
Henry Kevane, managing partner of the firm’s San Francisco office, has worked on transactional and bankruptcy matters with clients from a variety of industries. In 2011, the Daily Journal profiled him in a special supplement as one of the top 25 municipal lawyers in California for his work in chapter 9 bankruptcy cases.
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Henry C. Kevane is an Attorney based in San Francisco, California, practicing at Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP. They have 40+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1986. Their practice focuses on business, bankruptcy, creditor rights, litigation, and civil rights. Admitted to practice in California (1986). Educated at Southwestern Law School (J.D., 1986) and Brown University (A.B., 1982). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Active member of 2023-present) •Vice-chair, Business Bankruptcy Committee of the ABA Business Law Section (2020 - 2023) •Chair, Asset Forfeiture & Bankruptcy Subcommittee of the Bankruptcy Study & Policy Committee of the ABA Business Law Section (2017-present) •Co-chair, , Professional Affiliations •fellow, American College of Bankruptcy •fellow, American Bar Foundation •Chair, Business Bankruptcy Committee of the ABA Business Law Section. Serands clients in San Francisco, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About
- Henry Kevane, managing partner of the firm’s San Francisco office, has worked on transactional and bankruptcy matters with clients from a variety of industries
- In 2011, the Daily Journal profiled him in a special supplement as one of the top 25 municipal lawyers in California for his work in chapter 9 bankruptcy cases
- In 2024, Henry was elected to the American Law Institute
- He was inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy as a fellow in 2015
- In 2020, he was selected as a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a global honorary society of lawyers, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars who have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of society
- Henry was listed by Lawdragon as one of the 2023 and 2022 “500 Leading U.S
- Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers” and one of the 2020 “500 Leading Global Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyers.” He also holds an AV Preeminent Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell‘s highest recognition for ethical standards and legal ability
- has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights & Litigation - Bankruptcy since 2006
- and has been listed in Northern California Super Lawyers for his work in bankruptcy law since 2004
- Henry is a graduate of Brown University and received his J.D. from Southwestern Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Southwestern University Law Review
- Programs & Lectures American Bankruptcy Institute, American Intellectual Property Law Association, American Conference Institute, ALI/ABA, Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors Publications •Cross-Border Municipal Bankruptcy Cases-Wait
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- Business Law Today (August 2021) •Recoupment-Back in Its Bankruptcy Box Business Law Today (June 2021) •Asset Forfeiture and Insolvency: A Parallel Case Management Guide American Bar Association Business Law Section (October 2019) •Is a Bankruptcy Court’s Determination of Insider Status Reviewed Under the Rigorous De Novo Standard or the More Deferential Clear-Error Standard? 45 ABA PREVIEW of United States Supreme Court Cases 42 (2017) •Does the FDCPA Cover a Party That Purchases Defaulted Debt for Its Own Account? 44 ABA PREVIEW of United States Supreme Court Cases 218 (2017) •Does the Bankruptcy Code Preclude Puerto Rico From Adopting a Local Insolvency Scheme for Restructuring the Debts of Its Public Utilities? 43 ABA PREVIEW of United States Supreme Court Cases 200 (2016) •Legislative Update: “Indicative Rulings” Under New Bankruptcy Rule 8008 ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee e-Newsletter (July 2015) •No More Ad Lib: The Nuts and Bolts of Ad Hoc Committees Business Law Today (December 2014) •Legislative Update: Senate Bill 2418 Bankruptcy Fairness and Employee Benefits Protection ActABA Business Bankruptcy Committee e-Newsletter (June 2014) •Bond Insurers Become Active Participants in Chapter 9s 26 Journal of Corporate Renewal 24 (May 2013) •Debtor-in-Possession Financing Funding a Chapter 11 CaseAmerican Bankruptcy Institute (2012) •What Just Happened?
- How Asset Forfeiture Affects Bankruptcy Distributions Business Law Today (June 2012) •Legislative Update: California Assembly Bill 506 on Bankruptcy Code Chapter 9 Eligibility ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee e-Newsletter (January 2012) •Deploying the “Prepackaged” Plan of Adjustment in Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Bankruptcy StrategiesThomson Reuters (2011) •Across the Border: IP Entanglements in Chapter 15 Bankruptcies May 2011 •Chapter 9 Municipal Bankruptcy - The New “New Thing”?
- Parts I & IIBusiness Law Today (May and June 2011) •Legislative Solutions in the Orange County Chapter 9 Case The Aftermath of Bankruptcy: Legislative Reform-State and Federal (1996) •The Treatment of Financing Leases in a Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Case Parts I & IIAGLF Tax-Exempt Leasing Letter (1995 & 1996) •“The Legislative Side of the Orange County Chapter 9 Case” for Sacramento County Bar Association (1996) •“Now What?
- Three Questions Facing the Municipal Bondholder Upon Commencement of a Chapter 9 Case,” published in course handbook, Municipal Bond Law for the Bankruptcy Practitioner (1996) •“Fee Shifting by (1) Oversecured Creditors in Bankruptcy Cases & (2) Prevailing Parties in Civil Litigation,” published in course handbook Getting Paid What You Are Worth (1996) •“The Newsgatherer’s Shield: Why Waste Space in the California Constitution?” 15 Southwestern University Law Review 527 (1985) •Coauthor, “Principles of Equitable Subordination Under Section 510 of the Bankruptcy Code,” in Selected Issues in Bankruptcy Practice (Calif
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- Bar 1992-1998) News Eighteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to the Lawdragon '500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers' Guide for 2025 Lawdragon June 27, 2025 Henry C. Kevane Elected to the American Law Institute December 23, 2024 PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch August 15, 2024 Six PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2024 Northern California “Super Lawyers” List June 26, 2024 Eighteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers for 2024 Lawdragon June 14, 2024 Henry Kevane to Chair ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee September 1, 2023 PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers in America August 17, 2023 Richard Pachulski, Jeffrey Davidson, and Henry Kevane Named 'Lawyers of the Year' in 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers in America August 17, 2023 Six PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2023 Northern California “Super Lawyers” List June 27, 2023 Eighteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers for 2023 Lawdragon June 16, 2023 PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in America August 18, 2022 Fourteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2022 Lawdragon '500 Leading U.S
- Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers' Guide LawdragonJanuary 14, 2022 PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers in America August 19, 2021 Best Lawyers in America Names Jeffrey Pomerantz, Henry Kevane, Robert Orgel as 2022 “Lawyers of the Year” August 19, 2021 PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers in America August 20, 2020 Eleven PSZJ Attorneys Named to Lawdragon’s Leading Global Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyers Guide August 11, 2020 PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America August 15, 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers and a Rising Star March 12, 2019 PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America August 15, 2018 Thirty-Five PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America August 15, 2017 Nineteen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America August 1, 2016 Four Pachulski Lawyers Named 'Northern California's Best Lawyers' November 1, 2015 Seventeen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America August 17, 2015 Henry Kevane Inducted Into American College of Bankruptcy November 1, 2014 Thirteen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America August 1, 2014 Four PSZJ Lawyers in San Francisco Named Super Lawyers Northern California Super LawyersJuly 1, 2014 Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones: Five M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards February 1, 2014 Pachulski Stang Selected as Committee Counsel in Adair County Hospital District January 1, 2014 Three Pachulski Lawyers Named 'Northern California's Best Lawyers' The Recorder & Best Lawyers in AmericaFebruary 1, 2013 Henry Kevane Named Among Top 25 California Municipal Lawyers Special 'Municipal Law' supplement to Daily Journal (page 14)December 7, 2011 PSZJ Attorneys Among Best Lawyers in America January 1, 2008 Events Securities Law for Bankruptcy Dummies ABA Business Law Section Business Bankruptcy Committee Las Vegas October 8, 2017 Individual Chapter 11 Confirmation Mock Hearing California Bankruptcy Forum 2015 Conference Napa CA May 15, 2015 Individual Chapter 11 Debtor Mock Confirmation Hearing 26th Annual American Bankuptcy Institute Winter Leadership Conference La Quinta CA December 6, 2014 Judicial Symposium on the Economics and Law of Public Pension Reform Law & Economics Center George Mason University School of Law San Francisco September 16, 2014 Municipal Financial Distress - Past, Present, and Future Turnaround Management Association Webinar May 23, 2013 Icebergs Ahead!
- The Impact of State Laws Imposing Restrictions and Conditions on Municipal Bankruptcies Under Chapter 9 86th Annual National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges San Diego October 26, 2012 Practical Tips (and Tricks) at the Crossroads of Bankruptcy and IP 34th Annual Paralegal Ass'n of Santa Clara County Educational Seminar Palo Alto CA October 20, 2012 Gone Broke?
- IP Assets of Clients of Firms Going in and out of Bankruptcy AIPLA Spring Meeting San Francisco May 13, 2011
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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A bankruptcy attorney can help you eliminate debt, stop creditor harassment, and protect your home through Chapter 7 or Chapter 13.
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Civil litigation attorneys for breach of contract, business disputes, civil rights, and class action lawsuits.
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Civil rights attorneys for discrimination, police misconduct, constitutional rights, and civil liberties cases.
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Why local counsel matters in California
Practicing law in California. Legal matters in California are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in San Francisco are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate California state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in California brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in California courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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