MARC A. LEVINSON, Esq.

Marc Levinson is a partner in Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, resident in its Sacramento office. His practice always has been limited to insolvency planning, to bankruptcy cases and to workouts and other out-of-court reorganizations. Current and recent clients include an official committee of equity holders in a case pending in Las Vegas, a multi-billion dollar distressed debt fund, a statewide not-for-profit corporation, a multinational strategic buyer of a large winery, several large banks, the California Insurance Commissioner in the liquidation of a large insurance company and equipment lessors. Recently, he served as an examiner in a case in Oakland.

Mr. Levinson is the Ninth Circuit Regent of the American College of Bankruptcy, and also serves on the Education Committee of the College. He is a past president of both the California Bankruptcy Forum and the Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum. Mr. Levinson received his B.A. in English from UCLA in 1970, and his J.D. from the U.C. Davis School of Law in 1973, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. He served as a law clerk for Chief Justice Donald R. Wright of the California Supreme Court (1973-74) and for Judge William H. Orrick, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (1974-75). Mr. Levinson is a frequent speaker on bankruptcy-related topics.