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Mette Kurth is new partner in Arent Fox's Los Angeles office

By Richard Binder

Arent Fox LLP announced today that Mette H. Kurth has joined the firm's bankruptcy and financial restructuring group as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Ms. Kurth has extensive experience representing creditors committees, debtors, unsecured creditors, and acquirers of and investors in troubled, distressed and bankrupt companies. She also regularly represents parties in bankruptcy-related litigation and handles other insolvency-related matters such as counseling boards of directors, management and shareholders.

Prior to joining Arent Fox, Ms. Kurth was special counsel at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP. She is a widely respected and much-sought-after lecturer and speaker on insolvency-related topics, with numerous appearances before industry groups such as the American Bar Association, the Turnaround Management Association, and the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. Ms. Kurth is  currently serving as president of the Southern California chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, and under her leadership the Southern California chapter was honored by the TMA as The Most Improved Chapter of the Year for 2007. She is also serving as the Co-Chair for the California Bankruptcy Forum's 2009 Insolvency Conference.

Ms. Kurth earned her JD from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she served as chief articles editor on the UCLA Law Review. She is a member of the Order of the Coif. She is also a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Trinity University, where she received her BA degree in Economics.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on December 11, 2008 (boomark / email).