About me
David M. Goodrich has represented bankruptcy trustees, large financial companies, distressed businesses, secured and unsecured creditors, unsecured creditor committees, receivers, and commercial litigants throughout California since 2000. David focuses on representation of fiduciaries in bankruptcy cases, receiverships and general assignments. David also represents companies and municipalities in chapter 9 and 11 bankruptcy cases. David also serves as a fiduciary in state and federal cases.
David is a member of the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Panel of Trustees, appointed by the Office of the United States Trustee, serving in the Los Angeles Division of the Central District of California (2011 to present).
David is a certified bankruptcy law specialist (State Bar of California - 2010). David served as a commissioner on the Bankruptcy Law Advisory Commission which prepares, administers and grades examinations for lawyers seeking certification as bankruptcy law specialists from the State Bar of California (2017-2020). David received the Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney Association Calvin Ashland Trustee of the Year Award in November 2023 and the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum Honorable Peter M. Elliott Award in December 2024.
David serves on the board of directors for the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum (2011-present; President 2016-2017), the San Diego Bankruptcy Forum (2021-present) and is the president of the California Bankruptcy Forum (2022-2023), and the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (2024-2027). David is also a member of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, the Orange County Bar Association, the Los Angeles Bar Association and the California Receivers Forum. David is also Judicial Conference Lawyer Representative for the Ninth Circuit (2019-2025). David is Personal Affairs Editor for the NABT Talk, a national periodical sent to members of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees.
David graduated from the University of Arizona with a BA in political science and earned his JD from Whittier Law School.
