Attorney Profiles

Southern California Bankruptcy and Civil Litigation Lawyers

Daniel J. Weintraub

Mr. Weintraub earned his Bachelor's degree in 1982 from the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1987 he received his Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California, where he served as the Chair of the Hale Moot Court Honors Program.

Mr. Weintraub specializes in Chapter 11 reorganization, debt restructure and negotiation, consumer bankruptcy, insolvency counseling and litigation, creditor’s rights and other aspects of debtor/creditor representation. Mr. Weintraub began his career at the premiere boutique bankruptcy law firm Levene & Eisenberg. He then became the senior associate in the Banking and Finance Department of nationally recognized firm Sheppard, Mullen, Richter & Hampton, and has also served as in-house counsel for City National Bank. Mr. Weintraub established his own firm in 1992, and formed Weintraub Law Corporation in 2001, now known as Weintraub & Selth, APC.

Mr. Weintraub is a member of the Los Angeles County and the Beverly Hills Bar Associations and the Individual and Consumer Bankruptcy Sub-Committee of the LA County Bar Section on Commercial Law and Bankruptcy. As a longstanding member of Professional Network Group, an alliance of senior level professionals from the fields of law, accounting, banking, finance, insurance and consulting, he is able to refer his clients to trustworthy, accountable, seasoned professionals in virtually any field.

Mr. Weintraub represents debtors and creditors in all chapters of the United

States Bankruptcy Code. He also has extensive experience representing debtors and creditors in workouts and restructures before state and federal courts.

James R. Selth

Mr. Selth is a graduate of University of California, Riverside where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. In 1985 he received his Juris Doctor Degree, Cum Laude, from Western State University.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Selth was employed for seven years by California Federal Savings & Loan Association, where he last worked as Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager of Cal Fed's Pasadena office.

Mr. Selth served as a deputy District Attorney in Orange County for two years before joining the firm of McKinley & Capeloto in Pasadena in 1988, where he was a partner from 1994 until 2001. In 2002 Mr. Selth joined Weintraub Law Corporation as Senior Counsel. The firm became known as Weintraub & Selth, APC in 2004.

In addition to representing debtors and creditors in a variety of matters, Mr. Selth specializes in the representation of financial institutions and mortgage lenders in state and federal bankruptcy courts, and is well-known for his prosecution of non-dischargeability complaints in consumer bankruptcy cases, specializing in areas of concern to credit unions and mortgage lenders. As a member of Professionals Network Group, an alliance of senior level professionals from the fields of law, accounting, banking, finance, insurance and consulting, he is able to refer his clients to trustworthy, accountable, seasoned professionals in virtually any field.

A member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the California Bankruptcy Forum and the Los Angeles and Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forums, Mr. Selth brings to Weintraub & Selth, APC a hands-on background in the banking industry and extensive trial experience. He handles and supervises state court and bankruptcy litigation as well as foreclosure and receivership matters.

For more information, contact a Southern California bankruptcy and civil litigation lawyer at Weintraub & Selth APC

Our bankruptcy and civil litigation attorneys serve clients in Southern California, including Los Angeles, Santa Monica, West Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks, Culver City, Long Beach, South Bay, Westwood, Brentwood, Burbank, Beverly Hills, Woodland Hills, and Van Nuys.

We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code.


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12424 Wilshire Blvd #1120
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Phone: (310) 207-1494
Fax: (310) 442-0660
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