Robert P. Goe - Irvine, CA

Overview

Education

• Legal Education

  • Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1988
    J.D.
    Honors: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Labor Law and Evidence
    Law Review: Southwestern University School of Law, Law Review and Research Editor, Member

• Non Legal Education

  • California State University, Long Beach, California, 1985
    B.A.
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Law Clerk, Honorable David N. Naugle, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Central District of California, 1988-1989
• Extern to Honorable Cynthia Holcomb Hall, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1988
• Founding Partner of Goe & Forsythe, LLP, 1998
• Founding Partner of Marshack & Goe, LLP, 1993

Classes and Seminars

• Instructor, Legal Writing and Bankruptcy Law, University of California, Irvine, 1991-1994
  
• Instructor, Continuing Education for Legal Assistant Program, University of California, Irvine 1992
  
• Advisor for UC Irvine Legal Assistantship Certification Program Advisory Committee
  
• Bankruptcy Judge Theodor C. Albert on the recently enacted Small Business Reorganization Act, February 22, 2020
  
• Orange County Bar Association Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section presentation, with the Hon. Theodor C. Albert, United States Bankruptcy Judge, “Review of 9th Circuit Decisions in Bankruptcy 2016”
  
• 2017 Ask Judges’ Night -Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum (February 2017)
  
• Game Night with the Chapter 7 Trustees (April 2017)
  
• Cramdown: Establishing Interest Rates and New Value in Contested Confirmation Proceedings; Orange County Bankruptcy Forum (June 2016)
  
• Criminal Law and Bankruptcy Issues; Orange County Bankruptcy Forum (August 2016)
  
• Bankruptcy Ethics and Unbundling Legal Services (June 2015)
  
• Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum. How to be Appealing to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel; Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum (October 2015)
  
• Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum, February 4, 2014 Moderator for “Ask the Judges Night”
  
• Moderator for Attorney Fee Awards for Counsel in Chapter 7, 11 and 13 Proceedings, etc. (June 2014)
  
• Moderator, Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum Bankruptcy Forum; Info Cast Distressed Real Estate Summits; Orange County Bar Association (July 12, 2011: Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section on Individual Chapter 11 Cram-Down proceedings)
  
• Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum (November 15, 2011: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Tips Panelist)
  
• Orange County Bankruptcy Forum (April 21, 2012: Bankruptcy Code Section 523 Program)
  
• Orange County Bankruptcy Forum (July 12, 2012: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Practice Tips; Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum (July 17, 2012: Non-Dischargeability II: Taxes, Student Loans and Other Hard to Gets)
  
• Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum (May 29, 2012: Non-Dischargeability I: Fraud, Willful and Malicious Injury and Other Nasty Stuff)
  
• Orange County Bankruptcy Forum (July and September 2012: Individual Chapter 11 Cases, Parts I and II)

Pro Bono Activities

• Overseer, United States Bankruptcy Court, Santa Ana Division
• California Bankruptcy Forum Pro Bono Committee
• Bar Advisory Board for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California

Representative Cases

• In re Healthcare Real Estate Partners, LLC v. Summit Healthcare REIT, Inc. et al. (3rd Circuit 2019)
• In re Wagabaza, 582 B.R. 486 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 2018)
• In re Popp, 323 B.R. 260 (BAP 9th Cir. 2005)
• In re Coleman, 275 B.R. 533 (BAP 8th Cir. 2002)
• In re Palmer, 140 B.R. 765 (Bankr. C.D. Cal 1992)
• In re Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group, 292 B.R. 415 (BAP 9th Cir. 2003)
• In re Davey Roofing, 167 B.R. 604 (Bankr. C.D. Cal 1994)
• In re Landmark Fence Co., 424 B.R. 461 (Bankr. C.D. Cal 2010)
• In re Emery v. World Savings, 317 F. 3d 1064 (9th Cir. 2003)
• In re Kamell, 451 B.R. 505 (Bankr. C.D.Cal. 2011)
• In re Landmark Fence Co., Inc., 2011 WL 6826253 (C.D. Cal. Dec 9, 2011)
• Legends RE Fund A, LLC v. Thomas Howard J. Williams

Published Works

Articles

• “Buckling Up: How the Mandatory Seat Belt Law Affects the Seat Belt Defense,” Southwestern University Law Review, Vol 17:3, Spring 1988
  

Bar Admissions

• California, 1988

Specialties and Certifications

• Certified Legal Specialist In Bankruptcy By California State Bar

Other Affiliations

• Orange County Bar Association (Member, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section)
• State Bar of California
• Orange County Bankruptcy Forum
• Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Orange County Bar Association Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, Chairman, 2018
• Orange County Bar Association Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, Treasurer, 2017
• Orange County Bar Association Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, Secretary, 2016
• Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum, Past President, 2016
• Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum, Program Chairman, 2015
• Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum, Secretary, 2014
• Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum, Treasurer, 2013
• Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum, Membership chair