BIO
Gerrick Warrington represents financial institutions and other parties in federal and state court litigation with an emphasis on bankruptcy, financial restructuring, and commercial litigation. Gerrick has experience representing secured and unsecured creditors, lenders, debtors-in-possession, and other parties in all aspects of bankruptcy cases and related proceedings.
Before joining the firm, Gerrick served as a law clerk to the Honorable Scott C. Clarkson, a bankruptcy judge in the Central District of California. During law school, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the law review.
PRACTICE AREAS
Bankruptcy & Business Reorganization
Creditors Rights & Commercial Litigation
EDUCATION
DePaul University, Bachelor of Arts
Whittier Law School, Juris Doctor, cum laude
ADMISSIONS
State Bar of California
United States District Court, Central, Northern, Eastern, and Southern Districts of California
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
American Bankruptcy Institute
Financial Lawyers Conference
Beverly Hills Bar Association (Member of the Executive Committee)
PRESENTATIONS
Panelist, Meet the Law Clerks, CDCBAA, Southwestern Law School
Panelist, Judicial Clerkship Panel, Whittier Law School
PUBLICATIONS
Cramming Down Restrictive Covenants, Quarterly Prophets
Estate Property May Not Be Distributed Contrary to Absolute Priority, Absent Consent, Quarterly Prophets
Factor Prevails Over PACA Beneficiaries-A Missed Opportunity?, Quarterly Prophets
Stern v. Marshall: Power, Politics, and Prestige, 33 Whittier L. Rev. 711
HONORS & AWARDS
American College of Bankruptcy Distinguished Student Award Nominee (Ninth Circuit)
Editor-in-Chief, Whittier Law Review
Dean’s List and Honor Roll
Dean’s Merit Scholarship
Eugene S. Mills Scholarship
Children’s Rights Scholarship
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Defended commercial bank in a lawsuit brought by an individual alleging fraud and conversion, resulting in dismissal of bank from lawsuit.
Represented secured creditor in bankruptcy court, resulting in favorable ruling that the creditor's liens were not subject to attack by competing lienholder.
COMMUNITY
Advisor, Duberstein Moot Court Competition Team, St. John’s University
Fellow, Center for Children and Families, Costa Mesa, CA
Volunteer Chess Instructor, Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, Chicago, IL
