About me
Mr. Altman has been practicing bankruptcy law for approximately 22 years. He is the owner and operator of Lake Forest Bankruptcy II, APC and is Of Counsel to the law firm of Golden Goodrich, LLP. He has appeared as the attorney of record in over 20 prior Chapter 11s and has written supporting documents as a contract attorney on numerous cases. He has extensive experience in Bankruptcy Cases and has been the primary force behind over 1500 bankruptcy matters, litigated close to 100 adversary proceedings and has six published cases in the Central District of California. He represents Debtors, Creditors and Trustees.
Mr. Altman is a National Speaker on bankruptcy matters. He is the former president of the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, is a former president of the Orange County Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, speaks at national conferences on bankruptcy matters and teaches classes on bankruptcy practice at various CLE seminars.
He has been married 30 years to Jennifer Smietana, been a pet parent to multiple cats and 1 ninety pound puppy with anxiety problems named "Baldur". He lives in Belfair, Washington and practices in California and Washington State.