Marshack Hays LLP

Specialties

Marshack Hays practices in federal and state courts, including appellate litigation at every level, as well as administrative proceedings. Our practice areas include, but are not limited to: bankruptcy liquidation, reorganization, and litigation; creditors’ rights within and outside the bankruptcy context; business transactional and litigation, including contract negotiation; municipal bankruptcy proceedings; lender liability and fraud; and real estate and construction defect litigation.

History

Established in 2009.

Marshack Hays LLP, a Super Lawyer and AV-​rated bankruptcy and commercial litigation firm located in Irvine, California, represents businesses, individuals, and bankruptcy Trustees in cases of all sizes throughout California. The firm, founded by Richard A. Marshack and D. Edward Hays, was ranked as a 2015 «Best Law Firm» by US News and World Report and regularly appears in the Super Lawyers publication, recognition of the skill and experience of our legal professionals. Our practice includes representation in federal and state courts, including appellate litigation at every level, as well as administrative proceedings. Our lawyers come from some of the nation’s most prestigious law schools and have a combined experience of more than seventy five years in bankruptcy litigation, creditors’ rights, dispute resolution, and other business issues.

Meet the Business Owner

Richard M.

Business Owner

Richard A. Marshack is a founding member of the firm. Mr. Marshack has been an attorney and bankruptcy trustee for over twenty-​five years.

He was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated from University of California at Irvine in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and from California Western School of Law in 1982 (Magna Cum Laude). Mr. Marshack received numerous achievement awards, including: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award: Agency and Partnership. He was also a Staff Writer, 1980 – 1981, and Lead Articles Editor, 1981 – 1982, for the California Western Law Review. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1982 and the U. S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit in 1984.

Mr. Marshack was Law Clerk to the Honorable Folger Johnson, Chief Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Oregon, 1982 – 1984, and an Adjunct Professor: Bankruptcy Law, Western States University College of Law, Bankruptcy Law, 1993