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Stella A. Havkin, Esq.
HavkinLaw@earthlink.net

Stella A. Havkin practices out of the Woodland Hills office of the firm. Since graduating from Hastings in 1987, Ms. Havkin has practiced primarily in business, commercial and bankruptcy law. Among others, she represents landlords, financial institutions, creditors and debtors. She has developed an expertise in collections on behalf of creditors and financial institutions which has required litigation in Texas and Florida as well as litigating nondischargeability and preference actions in Bankruptcy Courts.

During her practice, Ms. Havkin has been admitted to all California State Courts, California Federal District Courts, Western Texas District Court, Western Texas Bankruptcy Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Middle District of Florida Bankruptcy Court.

Background:

York University, Toronto, Canada

  • Magna cum laude
  • Dean’s List/Dean’s Honor Roll (1980-1984)
  • Vingt-Deux club (Top 22 graduating students)

University of California - Hastings College of the Law (1987)

  • Assoc. Note Editor, International and Comparative Law Review

Affiliations:

  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • San Fernando Valley Bar Association
  • Member of Chief Bankruptcy Judge of the United States
  • Member of Chief Bankruptcy Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California's bar advisory panel

While at Hastings, Ms. Havkin authored the note entitled "The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: The Relationship Between the Commercial Activity Exception and the Noncommercial Tort Exception in Light of De Sanchez v. Banco Central de Nicaragua," published Volume 10:2, September 1987. This was selected for publication by Westlaw.

Languages:

  • Russian
  • French

 

 



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