About Ira

Mr. Kharasch has significant experience as lead counsel representing debtors, creditors' committees, and other constituencies in chapter 11 corporate reorganizations and out-of-court workouts, and has a proven track record of confirming both creditor and debtor chapter 11 plans of reorganization. He has also been a longstanding member of the firm’s management committee. Mr. Kharasch is a graduate of the University of Illinois and received his J.D. from UCLA. He holds an AV Preeminent Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell's highest recognition for ethical standards and legal ability, and has been named a ”Super Lawyer“ in the field of Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights in a peer survey conducted by Law & Politics and the publisher of Los Angeles Magazine. He was also listed in the 2018 and 2019 editions of Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Mr. Kharasch is admitted to practice in California, New York and Alaska.

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Education

• University of California Los Angeles, J.D., graduated 1982
• University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, B.A., graduated 1977

Bar Admissions

• California, 1983
• Alaska, 1983
• New York, 2011

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