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Overview
Maria Cho represents corporate debtors and creditors, including mid-sized businesses and publicly held companies, facing distressed financial situations. Maria has focused on bankruptcy and corporate restructuring law since receiving her J.D. and M.B.A. She advises clients in all aspects of Chapter 11 proceedings, including business reorganization, related litigation matters and preferential transfer actions.
In her first year out of law school, Maria served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Robert N. Kwan and then served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Martin R. Barash of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.
Credentials
Bar Admissions
California
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Languages
Korean
Education
Goizueta Business School, Emory University
M.B.A. (2018)
Emory University School of Law
J.D. (2018)
University of Southern California
B.A. in International Relations (2014)
Insights & Events
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News
Leadership & Community
Professional Associations
- International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, Southern California Network — Young Professionals Chair, 2020-21
Honors
- Super Lawyers — Rising Star, 2023