Practice Expertise

  • Real Estate
  • Litigation
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Areas of Practice

  • Litigation
  • Real Estate
  • Corporate Law
  • Government, Regulatory & Administrative Law
  • White Collar & Investigations
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Profile

Adam Bass joined Buchalter in 1993 and after 20 years with the Firm, became its current President and Chief Executive Officer in January of 2013. Under his leadership, Buchalter has experienced substantial growth with more than 430 lawyers, and opening multiple office locations in Napa Valley, Sacramento, Seattle, San Diego, Portland, Salt Lake City, and Denver.

Mr. Bass has received a number of prestigious awards, including:

  • “LA500” – Most Influential People in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Business Journal, 2017-2023
  • “Top 100 Lawyer,” Los Angeles Business Journal
  • “Leader in the Law nominee,” Los Angeles Business Journal
  • “Top 40 Under 40,” Los Angeles Daily Journal
  • “LA Visionaries: CEO,” LA Times B2b Publishing
  • “2023 State Bar of California DEI Leadership Bronze Seal designee” Cal LAW Pathways 

Under Mr. Bass’ leadership, Buchalter has consistently received numerous recognitions, including:

  • Advanced 16 spots on The American Lawyer’s“AmLaw 200 Survey,” as the 131st largest law firm
  • Moved up 13 spots on Law360’s 400 largest law firms in the nation, the “Law360 400 Survey,” as the 114th largest law firm
  • 100 out of 100 Score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index
  • 100 Best Law Firms for minority attorneys and Top Firms with the Most Diverse Equity Partnership, Law360
  • Excellence in Diversity Award, California Lawyer Association

Mr. Bass’ practice includes the representation of companies of all sizes and financial institutions in both transactional and litigation matters. His experience includes, corporate, loan workouts, creditors’ rights, real property, labor relations, public contracting, and regulatory compliance at the local, state, and federal levels, as well as government procurement. For his numerous corporate clients, Mr. Bass is often called upon to manage general business matters, and he has extensive experience in all aspects of real estate including, purchase and sale agreements, receiverships, and judicial foreclosure.

As a member of the American, California, and Los Angeles County Bar Associations, Mr. Bass has also served as an arbitrator for the Los Angeles Superior Court and worked with the Dispute Resolution Section of the Bar Association. In addition, he was a member of the committee advising the Los Angeles Superior Court on issues concerning receiverships.

Recently, Mr. Bass was appointed to the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce’s CEO Council in 2021 and the Northern Regional Council of World Services Group for 2022-2023. He also serves on a number of private company Boards of Directors. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the California Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Directors of the California Mortgage Bankers Association, the American Financial Services Association, the Civil Justice Association of California, and the Residential Board of Governors of the National Mortgage Bankers Association.

Bar Admissions

  • California

Education

  • University of San Diego School of Law
  • University of San Diego Graduate School
  • University of San Diego

Areas of Practice

  • Litigation
  • Real Estate
  • Corporate Law
  • Government, Regulatory & Administrative Law
  • White Collar & Investigations

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
  • Represented senior secured ABL lender in connection with its $80 million pre-petition ABL facility and $80 million DIP ABL facility in the pre-packaged chapter 11 case of iQor.
  • Represented senior secured lender and asset purchaser of Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes, and represented asset purchaser of Hot Dog on a Stick.
  • Represented as debtor’s counsel six different publicly traded and privately owned national retailers, a developer of a high-end residential resort community with nearly $1 billion in liabilities, and a publicly traded manufacturer of “Class A” motor homes.
  • Represented trustee of a commercial real estate developer, including in litigation with the co-owners of the real estate holding companies and in the sale of the commercial real estate.
  • Represented defendants in two different multi-billion dollar fraudulent transfer cases.
  • Represented in approximately fifty appeals a debtor in mass asbestos bankruptcy case.
  • Represented 420-bed acute care hospital debtor in appeals from its chapter 11 plan confirmation order, and represented purchaser of assets of aerospace and defense company debtor in appeal from bankruptcy court sale approval order.
  • Represented hedge fund in connection with $1.6 billion note in the Lehman Brothers case.




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