Max Gardner, Bankruptcy Attorney.

Max Gardner was admitted to the California State Bar in December, 1987 and has primarily focused his practice in Bankruptcy law since 1990. He is an AV rated attorney by Martindale Hubbell and a Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization.

Max Gardner represents debtors, creditors, trustees, and creditors' committees in Chapters 7, 11, 12 and 13. He has extensive bankruptcy litigation experience in trying cases involving dischargeability of debts, preferences, fraudulent conveyances, objections to claims, objections to exemptions, plan confirmation and a variety of other actions obtaining declaratory relief from the Bankruptcy Court. He also practices general debtor/creditor law in Kern County Superior Court. He is a long-time member of the Bankruptcy Dispute Resolution Panel for the United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California.

A native Californian, Mr. Gardner graduated from the J. Reuben Clark School of Law, BYU, in 1987. Personal loves are his family, Border Collies, the Dodgers and playing guitar/bass in local bands. He has lived and worked in Bakersfield for most of his life.