Attorney
San Francisco, California, 94111
Bob Kaplan's practice, encompassing more than 33 years, focuses primarily on creditors' rights and bankruptcy related matters.
He is a senior member of JMBM's Bankruptcy Group, which is recognized by U.S. News & World Report / Best Law Firms® with a Metropolitan First-Tier Ranking (San Francisco) for Bankruptcy Litigation and Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law.
Bob counsels many national banks, securitized lenders, community banks, leasing companies, real estate loan servicers and corporations in cases involving Commercial Code issues, real property and personal property transactions, and Chapter 11 cases involving commercial office buildings, hospitals, hotels and apartment complexes in State and Federal courts.
Bob has extensive experience in prosecuting and defending commercial cases in Federal and State courts in these cases, including numerous cases involving Articles 9 and 10 of the California Commercial Code. He has represented special servicers appointed under securitized real estate loan transactions in judicial foreclosure actions, in post-default loan modifications/forbearance agreements, and in numerous single and multiple asset Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.
Additionally, Bob has defended multiple financial institutions in lender liability cases, including breach of contract and fraud claims, in State court, Federal court and bankruptcy court. He has prepared real estate loan modification agreements, forbearance agreements, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure agreements, conversion of debt to equity agreements and in analyzing mixed collateral foreclosure problems and "one action" and security first rule problems.
Also, Bob has extensive experience in real estate and personal property receiverships, including filing actions to have receivers appointed, receivership lending transactions and in representing receivers.
