Sandy Frey practices in the area of bankruptcy and insolvency. His practice also includes a wide range of experience with lending and transactional matters.

His recent representations have included Ocean Trails Golf Course as counsel for Debtor and Debtor in Possession and the Hare Krishnas in numerous temple reorganizations around the country. He has also served as counsel for the Debtor in numerous retail chapter 11 cases, including: reorganization for the Boston Stores, a twenty-one store mini-department store chain; B.U.M. International, Inc., a 41-store chain retailer and licensor of dynamic trade names, such as “B.U.M.” and “B.U.M. Equipment”; Del Piso Brick and Tile, a large tile and brick retailer; the Olympic Collection, a retail mall and banquet facility; and, a number of upper-and middle-market cellular telephone retailers, including Celluland. Sandy has significant experience in the hospitality industry, having successfully reorganized the Ramada Maingate, a 465-room hotel located directly across the street from the main entrance of Disneyland. He also represented the L’Ermitage Hotel and Le Parc Hotel as attorney for the debtors. In the area of real estate insolvencies, his experience includes successfully reorganization of Malibu Canyon Continental Communities, owner of a 250-acre shopping mall development and several smaller malls in the Los Angeles area. Mr. Frey has also represented clients in the entertainment industry, such as Paramount Studios in the Marvel Entertainment Group bankruptcies. He has also served as debtors’ counsel for entertainment venues such as the Los Angeles Stock Exchange, Fantasia Entertainment and 1051 Club.

Sandy served as Judicial Clerk to the Hon. James R. Dooley, 1982-1984, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California. He was a member of the Bankruptcy Local Rules Committee, Central District of California, 1988. He is currently a member of the Los Angeles Conference County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Financial Lawyers Conference, Bankruptcy Forum; Los Angeles Venture Association.

He Co-Authored: “Trust Me or Trustee? The Requirements for Appointment of a Trustee or Examiner Under 11 U.S.C. §1104,” 17,” Cal. Bankr. J. 34, 1989. He also authored: “Acquisitions through Chapter 11, The Good 11, The Good, The bad and The Ugly”, Los Angeles County Bar.

B.A. California State University at Northridge, 1979

J.D. University of West Los Angeles School of Law, 1982. Recipient, Award for Outstanding Legal Journalism, 1982; Associate Editor, Law Review, 1982-1983

Admitted to Bar- All State and federal courts in California

Email: sfrey@cmkllp.com