JULY 1, 2009 – LOS ANGELES – Arent Fox LLP today announced Aram Ordubegian, 37, has joined the firm's bankruptcy and financial restructuring group as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Mr. Ordubegian has broad-based reorganization and bankruptcy litigation and appellate experience in a wide area of insolvency matters, from various perspectives, including: representation of businesses and high-net worth individuals facing financial distress, purchasers of assets, individual and corporate creditors, creditors' committees, trustees, and parties to out-of-court workout transactions with debtors, before, during and after bankruptcies. He has advised businesses in connection with debt restructuring, securitization, trust formation, acquisitions, divestitures and wind-downs in connection with financially distressed assets, and has advised corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships on creditors' rights, governance and control issues.

“We are immensely pleased Aram has joined Arent Fox’s West Coast team,” said Robert O’Brien, the partner-in-charge of Arent Fox’s Los Angeles office. “Aram is one of the most talented and respected bankruptcy and financial restructuring attorneys practicing today. His presence enables us to expand significantly the level of service we can offer to clients during a time when the national economic climate dictates that firms offer the finest bankruptcy and financial restructuring counsel available.”

Mr. Ordubegian’s addition to the firm is the latest development in the rapid growth of Arent Fox’s Los Angeles office, which was launched on January 1, 2007, when Washington, DC-based Arent Fox and Los Angeles-based litigation boutique O’Brien Abeles LLP combined their firms. 

Starting with nine lawyers in January 2007, the Los Angeles office has grown to nearly 30 attorneys – including lateral partners and new associates – and more than 20 staff members. In December 2007, because of the firm's rapid growth, Arent Fox Los Angeles relocated to the city's prestigious Gas Company Tower located at 555 West 5th Street, leasing more than triple the office space occupied by the firm at its former address.

About Aram Ordubegian

Aram Ordubegian has been recognized by Law & Politics magazine and Los Angeles magazine as a Southern California Super Lawyer “Rising Star” in bankruptcy and financial restructuring.

He is a much sought-after speaker and author on bankruptcy and financial restructuring issues, appearing numerous times before organizations such as the American Bar Association and Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. His articles have appeared in a number of publications, including Bankruptcy Litigation Journal, California Bankruptcy Journal, California Bankruptcy Court Reporter and California Trustee's Association Journal.

Mr. Ordubegian currently serves as chair of the Appellate Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Bankruptcy and Insolvency Committee. He sits on the board of directors of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section, and the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Ordubegian is the editor of the California Bankruptcy Journal and associate editor of the Bankruptcy Litigation Journal.

Mr. Ordubegian earned his JD degree at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.