Professional Experience

Benjamin Seigel has a significant practice representing businesses and stakeholders within the textile and apparel industry. Mr. Seigel represents his clients in both transactional and litigation matters involving corporate, labor, transportation, construction, and real estate issues. He has represented significant parties in numerous business bankruptcy cases of local and national prominence, serving as counsel to secured and unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, liquidating trustees, property owners and landlords, equity groups, secured lenders, and public retirement systems. Over the course of his legal career, he has represented multiple interests in bankruptcy and commercial law cases in California and other areas of the country.

Mr. Seigel serves as a mediator for the United States Bankruptcy Court and the U.S. District court, and as a private mediator under the auspices of the American Mediation Association, Inc. He has successfully mediated numerous disputes involving nearly every aspect of bankruptcy and commercial law, real estate, construction, and banking and finance matters.

Prior to joining G&B, Mr. Seigel was Of Counsel to Buchalter Nemer’s Los Angeles office. He served as chair of the firm’s Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group and as a member of the Apparel Industries Practice Group.

Mr. Seigel served as an Officer in the United States Navy aboard aircraft carriers and, as a collateral duty, was Trial and Defense Counsel for Special Courts-Martial. He drafted Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Legislation that was enacted in California in 1992 and 1999. Mr. Seigel is a former adjunct instructor at the University of West Los Angeles School of Law and Paralegal Studies.

Mr. Seigel is a frequent lecturer to accounting firms, financial institutions, and other organizations on debtor/creditor topics, including the financial and psychological benefits of resolving disputes through mediation. He is active in numerous charitable and civic organizations.