Jamie P. Dreher

Partner

621 Capitol Mall
18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Areas of Law:

Bankruptcy and Commercial, Commercial Litigation, Business Insolvency, Corporate Reorganization, Nevada Law Practice

Admitted to Practice in:

California, Nevada

Jamie Dreher has extensive experience in representing both secured and unsecured creditors, as well as debtors, in corporate reorganizations and Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. In addition to representing companies and individuals as lead trial counsel in state and federal court litigation and bankruptcy courts, Jamie is frequently called on to counsel clients facing insolvency-related issues. He is closely involved with negotiating and documenting loan workout agreements and related documentation.

Jamie frequently represents commercial landlords and commercial lenders in pursuing defaulted or distressed obligations, including both judicial and non-judicial enforcement mechanisms, suits and arbitrations enforcing guarantees, and foreclosures of deeds of trust. Jamie has also developed a special expertise in the drafting and enforcement of security interests, personal property foreclosures, and the intricacies of mixed collateral foreclosures.

Jamie has successfully confirmed plans of reorganization for troubled companies, represented creditors committees in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, and is experienced in representing all types of interests and constituencies in all forms of bankruptcy proceedings.

Jamie represents clients throughout California, Nevada, and in major bankruptcy cases pending nationwide. He is a member of numerous trade and bar association groups, a frequent speaker on bankruptcy and commercial litigation related topics, and focuses his practice on client responsiveness and success in both the courtroom and the boardroom.

Experience

Currently represent the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the SK Foods and Matterhorn Group Chapter 11’s pending in the Eastern District of California.

Represented a Lake Tahoe timeshare developer in Chapter 11 including related shareholder litigation, leading to confirmation of liquidating plan.

Confirmed Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for organic foods retailer leading to successful post-confirmation sale of business.

Assisted in representation of Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Chapter 11 case involving a U.S subsidiary of an international medical device manufacturer. Secured consensual plan of liquidation that paid 85% to unsecured creditors.

Specialized experience in multiple charter school dissolutions and/or bankruptcies.

Represented Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee in multiple matters, including estate sale of both a Debtor's and co-owners interest in a ranch concern in Northern Nevada.

Defended companies from preference or fraudulent transfer actions brought in bankruptcy cases or by trustees following assignments for the benefit of creditors.

Experienced in nondischarge ability litigation, lien enforcement, judgment enforcement procedures and practice.

Represented lenders in foreclosure proceeding, including enforcement of note and deed of trust in multiple bankruptcy proceedings, and sale of property in bankruptcy case.

Conducted oral argument at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in a nationally recognized airline reorganization case.

Experienced in representing both lenders and borrowers in distressed loan workouts, including enforcement and negotiation of mixed collateral security agreements.

Represented ownership group of multiple commercial real estate properties in partnership dispute, sale of properties in related bankruptcy and related securities fraud litigation.

Represented both sellers and buyers of assets in bankruptcy cases, ranging from real property to intellectual property.

General
Former Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Christopher M. Klein, Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel

Former Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Christopher M. Klein, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California

Former Judicial Extern for the Honorable Roderick R. McKelvie, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

MEMBERSHIPS

Bankruptcy Dispute Resolution Program, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California, 2008, Resolution Advocate

Sacramento County Bar Association, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law section, Member and Officer

Washoe County Bar Association, Member

American Bankruptcy Institute, Member

Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum, Member

United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California, and the District of Nevada, Admitted to Practice

EDUCATION

California Western School of Law, San Diego (J.D., cum laude, 2000 )
University of Virginia, Charlottesville (B.A., 1996)
University of Nairobi Faculty of Law, Nairobi, Kenya

PUBLICATIONS

California Employer Update, “Employment Issues and Bankruptcy,” August 2009, Author

Commercial Lease Law Insider, "Is Letter of Credit Better Bankruptcy Protection than Cash Security Deposit?" October 2005, Author

PRESENTATIONS

Lorman Education Services, “Judgment Enforcement in California,” 2010, Presenter

Lorman Education Services, “Bankruptcy in California,” 2009, Presenter

Association of Commercial Real Estate, Make More Money seminar series, “FORECLOSURE 101: Basic Foreclosure, Workouts, and Real Property in Bankruptcy and What They Mean to You,” 2009, Co-Presenter

Sterling Education Services, "Negotiating Commercial Leases," 2009, Co-Presenter

Lorman Education Services, “Judgment Enforcement in California,” 2009, Presenter

Sacramento County Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, “Riding the Range: Tips For Practice Before the Bankruptcy Courts of the District of Nevada, Establishing a Multijurisdictional Practice, Litigating in Nevada, and Extending the Geographic Reach of Your Practice,” 2008, Presenter

Association of Commercial Real Estate, “How To Get The Upper Hand In Lease Transactions,” 2005, Co-Presenter