Benjamin King is a commercial litigator and creditors’ rights attorney who has particular expertise in protecting creditors’ interests through the use of prejudgment remedies such as attachment, receiverships, and injunctive remedies. Mr. King has represented national financial institutions, a number of California lenders, and receivers in, among other matters, actions involving the exercise of loan remedies, workouts of troubled loans, and actions for foreclosure upon loan collateral. Mr. King has litigated matters on behalf of creditors in both pre-bankruptcy and bankruptcy contexts, including lender liability actions, real-estate loan disputes, contract disputes, judicial foreclosures, receivership actions, fraudulent conveyance matters, adversary proceedings (including preference actions), non-dischargeability actions, and a variety of business tort disputes.
In addition to his representation of lenders, other creditors and receivers, Mr. King has represented firm clients in a variety of litigation matters including, among other things, class actions, unfair trade practices disputes, FTC actions, Lanham Act claims, copyright disputes, and publicity rights lawsuits. Mr. King has developed particular expertise assisting firm clients in ensuring that their websites are accessible to disabled persons in compliance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Mr. King's pro bono efforts include work for Children's Rights, a national organization that utilizes class action lawsuits and other methods to affect positive change for abused and neglected children and to bring much needed reform to state foster care systems.
