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Robert B. Kaplan is an accomplished California Bankruptcy, Business, and Real Estate Law attorney with an emphasis on creditors' rights and bankruptcy related cases. Focused on results, Bob has been providing rigorous and uncompromising legal representation for over 40 years.
Bob is a Co-Managing Partner at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, a firm listed on American Lawyer's AmLaw 200. A highly skilled and knowledgeable attorney, he is ready to assist you in accomplishing your legal objectives.
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Bankruptcy
- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Debt Relief
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- State Bar of California
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- California State Courts
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- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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- U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern, Southern, Central, and Eastern Districts of California
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Languages
- English
Professional Experience
- Partner, Office Co-Managing Partner, San Francisco
- Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
- Current
Education
- Golden Gate University School of Law
- J.D. (1977)
- Honors: first in class
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- State University of New York - Stony Brook
- B.S. (1972)
- Honors: summa cum laude
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Awards
- AV Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review
- Northern California Super Lawyer, Bankruptcy and Workout Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- From 2004-2020 (Business Edition in 2014)
- Best Lawyers in America
- The Best Lawyers in America
Professional Associations
- San Francisco Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- California Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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Publications
Articles & Publications
- California Forms of Pleadings and Practice – Receivers
- Matthew Bender
- Continuing Education of the Bar on enforcement of judgment issues
- Seminar Materials
- Continuing Education of the Bar, Chapter: "Debt Collection Practice in California"
- Understand Workouts and Help Avoid Them
- Scotsman Guide
Speaking Engagements
- Receivership Issues: What You Need to Know Now!, The State Bar of California's 31st Annual Real Property Section Retreat, Lake Tahoe
- The State Bar of California
- May 4-6, 2012
- Trends in Loan Sales, Fishing for Solutions Conference, Dallas, TX
- When the Well Runs Dry: What You Need to Know About Agricultural Lending & Workouts During the Worst Drought in 500 Years, Commercial Finance Roundtable, JMBM San Francisco
- JMBM
- Presented with Dick Rogan
- Panelist, Practicing Law Institute's "Commercial Real Estate Financing 2008 – What Borrowers & Lenders Need to Know"
- Panelist, California Banker's Association 31st Annual Bank Counsel Seminar on Commercial Collection Litigation, Including Pre and Post-Judgment Remedies,
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