Lawyer Michael R. Sment | Ventura, California Appeals, Arbitrations, Bankruptcy Attorney

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Michael R. Sment

ISLN: 903641263

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Practice Areas

Bankruptcy(40%); Creditors Rights; Insolvency; Business; Real Estate Litigation(40%); Foreclosures; Quiet Title; Boundary Disputes; Land Use; Landlord and Tenant; Mobile Home Law; Probate; Trusts; Trials; Appeals; Arbitrations; Mediations; Bankruptcy Courts; Business Law; Business Litigation(10%); Collections(10%); Commercial Collections; Post Judgment Collections; Bankruptcy Arbitration; Bankruptcy Chapter 7; Bankruptcy Chapter 11; Bankruptcy Chapter 12; Bankruptcy Chapter 13; Bankruptcy Fraud; Bankruptcy Litigation; Bankruptcy Mediation; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Commercial Bankruptcy; Commercial Foreclosure; Commercial Recovery; Commercial Workouts; Consumer Bankruptcy; Creditor Bankruptcy; Debt Relief; Liquidations; Out of Court Debt Restructuring; Pre-Bankruptcy Workouts; Workouts; Real Estate; Adverse Possession; Community Association Law; Condominium Association Law; Easements; Homeowners Association Law; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Land Trusts; Manufactured Housing Law; Property Management; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Arbitration; Real Estate Bankruptcy; Real Estate Brokerage Law; Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability; Real Estate Collections; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Foreclosure; Real Estate Fraud; Real Estate Joint Ventures; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Mediation; Real Estate Partnerships; Real Estate Settlements; Real Estate Title; Real Estate Title Insurance; Real Estate Workouts; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Foreclosure; Right of Way Easements; Residential Real Estate Sales; Business Arbitration; Business Dissolutions; Business Enterprises; Business Formation; Business Fraud; Business Mediation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Regulation; Business Reorganization; Business Start-Ups; Business Torts; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Business Trusts; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Law; Complex Business Litigation; Emerging Business Law; Emerging Growth Companies; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Family Business Law; Family Business Mediation; Joint Ventures; Limited Liability Company Law; Minority Business Law; Private Business Law; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Strategic Alliances; Trusts and Estates; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Bankruptcy; Estate Litigation; Family Trusts; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Living Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Trust Administration; Trust and Estate Collections; Trust Law; Trust Litigation; Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Civil Appeals; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Mediation; Probate Administration; Probate Litigation; Property Law; Personal Property; Contracts; Breach of Contract; Commercial Contracts; Contract Fraud; Contract Litigation; Fraud and Deceit; Civil Fraud; Leases and Leasing; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Commercial Leasing; Evictions; Landlord and Tenant Law; Lease Terminations; Office Leasing; Shopping Center Leasing; Unlawful Detainer; Mortgage Law; Commercial Mortgages; Mortgage Bankruptcy; Mortgage Foreclosure; Mortgage Lien Foreclosure; Mortgage Workouts; Foreclosures, Non-Judicial Foreclosure, Judicial Foreclosure; Bankruptcy Courts, Bankruptcy Appellate Panels, BAPs; Federal Courts, U.S. District Courts, Circuit Courts of Appeal

Admitted: 1979, California; 1981, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of California; 1982, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1983, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: University of San Diego, J.D.

Member: Ventura County Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Section, 1991; Chairman, 1999); Ventura Bankruptcy Forum (Member, 1993); State Bar of California (Member, Real Property Section, 1980);Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Commercial Law/Bankruptcy Section, 1984-2004).

Biography: Member, San Diego Law Review, 1978-1979. Senior Research Fellow, University of San Diego (B. Siegan, "Economics & The Law"), 1978-1979. Judge Pro Tempore, Ventura County Superior Court, 1991. Judicial Arbitrator, Ventura County Superior Court, 1992. Settlement Officer, Ventura County Superior Court, 1998-2009. Mediator, United States Bankruptcy Court (Central District CA), 1995. Instructor, Ventura College of Law (Legal Research), 2002-2003; Instructor/Adjunct Professor, Oxnard College (Contracts, Business Law, Legal Research, Evidence, Civil Litigation, Torts), 1991. Member, California Federation of Teachers and American Federation of Teachers, 1991. Board Member, Assistant Editor, Author, Citations Magazine, 1994. Member, American Bankruptcy Institute, 1985-2005. Fellow: Advisor Award, Oxnard High School Law Academy, 2010.

Born: California

Languages: Spanish

Agencies: State of California, District Court of Appeal (4th District), Senior Research Attorney, 1979-1980, Extern 1978.

Cases: BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation, 511 U.S. 531, 114 S.Ct. 1757 (USSC 1994); In re BFP, 974 F.2d 1144 (CA9 1992); In re Taylor, 884 F.2d 478 (CA9 1989); Walker v. California Mortgage Service, 861 F.2d 597 (CA9 1988); other reported cases available upon request.

Areas of Practice

Appeals
Arbitrations
Bankruptcy
Boundary Disputes
Broker and Agent

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