Born Oakland, California, September 3, 1958

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business Law; Bankruptcy and Commercial Litigation; Probate. 

Admitted: 1987, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California ; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1992, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. 

Education: California State University at Hayward; St. Mary's College; San Francisco Law School (J.D., 1987). 

Committee Member: Insolvency Law Committee of The Business Law Section of The State Bar of California (2000-2003 ); Frequent lecturer for Lorman Educational Seminars.

Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; Alameda County (Chair, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, 1997) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; American Bankruptcy Institute; National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees; California Bankruptcy Forum; Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum (Director 1999-2002); Board of Directors of San Francisco Law School (2000-2005). Bench-Bar Liaison Committee of the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (2001-2003).

Reported Cases: In Re Richards, 1990 Bankr. Lexis 607 (Bankr. N.D. Cal 1988);In Re Rawlinson, 209 B.R. 501 (N.D. Cal 1997); In Re R.H. Macy & Co., 236 B.R. 583 Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1999); In Re Vu, 245 B.R. 644 (9th C. BAP 2000); In Re Stinson, 295 B.R. 109 (9th Cir. BAP 2003); in Re Lynch, 363 B.R. 101 (9th Cir. BAP 2007).

Biography: Eric is a native and resident of Oakland. He has served as the Managing Partner of Kornfield, Nyberg, Bendes & Kuhner, P.C. since 1999. He is an avid cyclist, runner and outdoor enthusiast. Author: "Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994," Westland Review's Quick Guide to Foreclosure Law, 1995 Pacific 60. Mediator, Bankruptcy Dispute Resolution Program, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, 1994. 2006-2011 Northern California Super Lawyer.

Mr. Nyberg has an AV* preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, publishers of The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

*The Martindale-Hubbell AV preeminent rating indicates very high to preeminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar.

Email: E.Nyberg@Kornfieldlaw.com

Born Oakland, California, February 15, 1968

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law - Creditor, Debtor and Trustee; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation.

Admitted: 1995, California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1991); University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., 1994).

Member: Alameda County Bar Association (Member, Commercial Law Section); Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section); State Bar of California; Barrister Club of San Francisco (Member, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section).

Email: C.Kuhner@Kornfieldlaw.com

Charles N. Bendes has practiced law in Oakland, California, since 1977. He was the 2009 President of the Alameda County Bar Association. Mr. Bendes' practice areas include business and real estate litigation and transactions, commercial and residential leases and landlord-tenant matters, construction matters, corporate and partnership law, non marital domestic partnership matters, professional negligence, and complex civil litigation. His reported appellate case decisions include: Roffinella v. Sherinian 179 Cal.App.3d 230 and Lionel Corp. v. Lozier Store Fixtures, Inc. 29 BR 296 (Bkrtcy SDNY). Mr. Bendes is admitted to practice in California and before the United States District Courts in the Northern and Central Districts of California and before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Bendes has been a panelist and lecturer for numerous continuing legal education programs, including "Conducting an Effective Cross-Examination in California" (Lorman Education Services), "Recent Developments in Torts" (California Continuing Education of the Bar), "Landlord - Tenant Law (Commercial Leases)"  (Sterling Educational Services), and "Real Estate Purchase and Sale Transactions" (Sterling Educational Services), and has been an instructor at law at John F. Kennedy University School of Law. He is a member of the Alameda County Bar Association's Trial Practice and Real Estate Law Sections, the Earl Warren American Inn of Court, and  the State Bar of California's Business Law and Real Estate Sections. He is a former VISTA attorney with the San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation (1976), a past president of the Alameda County Bar Foundation, a past member of the Board of Directors of Bay Area Legal Aid,  and a past officer and member of the Board of Directors of the ACBA's Volunteer Legal Services Corporation. Mr. Bendes is the 1960 recipient of the Camp Squamasee Canoeing Trophy (Junior Division). He received his B.A. degree in 1973 from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and his J.D. degree in 1976 from the University of Santa Clara School of Law in Santa Clara, California, summa cum laude. Mr. Bendes has an AV* rating from Martindale-Hubbell, publishers of The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

*The Martindale-Hubbell AV rating indicates very high to preeminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar.

Email: C.Bendes@Kornfieldlaw.com