Cathy Ta

Associate

As a member of the Business Services Group, Cathy practices in the areas of bankruptcy, reorganization and litigation. Cathy’s extensive work in the representation of debtors, creditors and trustees on contested matters and in adversary proceedings includes:

• pre-bankruptcy planning and counseling;
• pre and post-confirmation counseling and motion practice such as first day motions, asset sales, motions for relief from stay and examiner appointments;
• confirmation contests including intricate financial discovery and expert issues;
• prosecution and defense of complex preference transfer, fraudulent transfer and turnover claims; and
• multifaceted mediated and unmediated settlement negotiations and agreements.

Prior to joining the firm in 2010, Cathy served as a law clerk to the Honorable Marvin Isgur, Bankruptcy Judge for the Houston, Brownsville and McAllen Divisions of the Southern District of Texas. During her time in Houston, Cathy was a member of the Moller-Foltz Bankruptcy American Inn of Court.

Cathy earned her Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School. During law school, she was a Dean’s Scholar and a research assistant to property and tax law Professor Theodore Seto. She was also a law clerk to the Western Center on Law & Poverty, where she focused on impact litigation, and a conflict resolution specialist for the Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center, where she facilitated resolution of various consumer and tenant disputes.

Cathy is an alum of Swarthmore College. She received a bachelor’s degree for her double major in political science and economics, seminar work for which was focused on political philosophy, economic theory and quantitative analysis.

Education

• Loyola Law School, J.D.
• Swarthmore College, B.A.

Bar Admissions

• California

Court Admissions

• United States District Court, Central District of California

Memberships

• Asian Pacific American Lawyers of the Inland Empire, Board Member
• Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum, member
• Federal Bar Association, Inland Empire Chapter, member
• Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, member
• International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, Southern California Network, Young Professionals Chair
• American Inns of Court, Southern California Bankruptcy Inn of Court, member
• Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, member
• American Bankruptcy Institute, member

Authorships

• “Best in Law: Sometimes, Bankruptcy Can Help Maintain Vital Business Ties,” Riverside Press-Enterprise (September 4, 2016)
• “Bankruptcy Procedure in the Context of Turnover and Preference Law,” Los Angeles Lawyer (September 2016)
• “To Assume or Reject: Unexpired Real Property Leases in Bankruptcy,” Riverside Lawyer (June 2016)
• “When One Spouse Files for Bankruptcy, But Not the Other,” Riverside Lawyer (February 2016)
• “Tax Cases,” The Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum’s Twenty-First Annual Survey of Recent Consumer Bankruptcy Cases (September 2014)
• “Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Finds Lower Court Applied Incorrect Standard to Environmental Claims for Water Discharge from Mining Operation,” Environmental Liability, Enforcement & Penalties Reporter (June 2013)
• “District Court Finds State Cleanup Obligations Involving Ongoing Groundwater Pollution are Never Dischargeable in Bankruptcy,” Environmental Liability, Enforcement & Penalties Reporter (November 2011)
• “Better to Cleanup Now Than to Cleanup Later: Facing Disallowance of Future Cleanup Claims as a Contribution Claimant in Bankruptcy,” Environmental Liability, Enforcement & Penalties Reporter (March 2011)
• "Bankruptcy Court Holds Environmental Cleanup Obligation Dischargeability in Bankruptcy Depends on the Underlying Enforcement Statute,” Environmental Liability, Enforcement & Penalties Reporter (January 2011)

Speaking Engagements

• “Chapter 9: An Evolving Subject,” Transactional MCLE Training for Best Best & Krieger LLP (June 2016)
• “Civil Writ Seminar: Bankruptcy Procedures,” Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (July 2014)
• “Bankruptcy in 30 Minutes: The Fundamentals,” Litigation MCLE Training for Best Best & Krieger LLP (April 2013)
• “Civil Law Through Concepts of a Contract Dispute,” California State University San Bernardino China Extension Program (November 2010)
• "Behind the Scenes: Law Clerk Panel,” The 27th Annual Advanced Business Bankruptcy Course of the State Bar of Texas (October 2009)