Admitted to Practice in the State of California (1979) and before the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California, and before the Sixth and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Rated av® by Martindale-Hubbell, their highest rating of skill and integrity, indicating very high to pre-eminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the bar. Mr. Kirby has practiced in the areas of Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy for 26 years. He presently serves as counsel to creditors, bankruptcy trustees and official creditors' committees. He has been appointed by the United States Trustee to serve as a trustee and as an examiner in chapter 11 cases, and has served as an elected chapter 7 trustee. He served as an adjunct professor of Bankruptcy Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law from 1985 to 1992. Published Decisions (Recent / Partial List): Bank of America, N.A. v. La Jolla Group II,129 Cal.App.4th 706, 28 Cal.Rptr.3d 825 (2005); Nguyen v. Calhoun, 105 Cal.App.4th 428, 129 Cal.Rptr.2d 436 (2003); Satten v. Webb, 99 Cal.App.4th 365, 121 Cal.Rptr.2d 234 (2002) Federal National Mortgage Assn. v. Bugna,57 Cal.App.4th 529, 67 Cal.Rptr.2d 233 (1997); In re Nunez, 196 B.R. 150 (Bankr. App. 9th Cir. 1996); In re Reid, 139 B.R. 19 (Bankr. S.D.Cal.1992).