About Richard
Mr. Golubow devotes his practice to and has extensive experience in the areas of financial restructuring, insolvency law, complex bankruptcy and business reorganizations, liquidations, and litigation, out-of-court workouts, acquisitions and sales of distressed assets, Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 foreclosure sales, general assignments for the benefit of creditors, and receiverships. Mr. Golubow has also been consulted and retained as a bankruptcy, insolvency and financial restructuring expert, and formally designated as a bankruptcy law expert on several occasions.Mr. Golubow has a diverse client base that includes representation of debtors, creditors, creditor committees, bankruptcy trustees, assignees for the benefit of creditors, receivers and asset purchasers in a wide range of industries, including retail, consulting, manufacturing, distribution, importing, construction, entertainment, education, religious and other non-profit institutions, fitness, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, real estate, automotive, agriculture, golf and country club, biotech, transportation, telecommunications and internet businesses, and multi-level marketing.
Mr. Golubow devotes his practice to and has extensive experience in the areas of financial restructuring, insolvency law, complex bankruptcy and business reorganizations, liquidations, and litigation, out-of-court workouts, acquisitions and sales of distressed assets, Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 foreclosure sales, general assignments for the benefit of creditors, and receiverships. Mr. Golubow has also been consulted and retained as a bankruptcy, insolvency and financial restructuring expert, and formally designated as a bankruptcy law expert on several occasions.
Mr. Golubow has a diverse client base that includes representation of debtors, creditors, creditor committees, bankruptcy trustees, assignees for the benefit of creditors, receivers and asset purchasers in a wide range of industries, including retail, consulting, manufacturing, distribution, importing, construction, entertainment, education, religious and other non-profit institutions, fitness, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, real estate, automotive, agriculture, golf and country club, biotech, transportation, telecommunications and internet businesses, and multi-level marketing.
Case History
Awards & Recognition
- Recognized: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Selected by Super Lawyers® as a “Top 100” Super Lawyer for Southern California, 2024 and 2025
- Selected by Super Lawyers® as a “Top 50” Super Lawyer for Orange County, CA, 2017-2025
- Rated "superb" (10 out of 10) by AVVO, a leading independent attorney rating service
- Selected by Super Lawyers® as a 2021 “Top 50” Super Lawyer for Orange County, CA
- Selected by Super Lawyers® as a 2022 “Top 50” Super Lawyer for Orange County, CA
- Perennial “AV Preeminent” (5.0 out of 5.0) Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer recognition, generated from evaluations by other members of the bar and the judiciary for legal ability and ethical standards (2004-present)
- Recipient, Professional Services (B-to-B) Deal of the Year Award, M&A Advisor, 11th Annual Turnaround Awards and 2017 Distressed Investing Summit
- Selected as a 2017 “Top 50” Super Lawyer for Orange County, California
- Selected as a 2019 “Top 50” Super Lawyer for Orange County, California
- Selected as a 2018 “Top 50” Super Lawyer for Orange County, California
- Selected as a 2020 "Top 50" Super Lawyer for Orange County, California