Kyra E. Andrassy
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Kyra E. Andrassy is a partner at Smiley Wang-Ekvall, LLP, where she specializes in bankruptcy and insolvency matters, as well as business litigation. In her insolvency practice, she represents chapter 11 debtors, chapter 7 and chapter 11 trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, purchasers of assets from bankruptcy estates, assignees in assignments for the benefit of creditors, federal and state court receivers, and borrowers in out-of-court workouts. Ms. Andrassy’s business litigation experience includes a wide range of disputes in state and federal court, including breach of contract and fraud cases.
She received her undergraduate degree in political science from the University of California at San Diego in 1995, and her law degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in 1998. She was an editor of the Loyola Law Review and the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Book Award in Legal Writing. She served a judicial externship to the Honorable Barry Russell, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California, in Spring 1998. From September 1998 until September 2000, Ms. Andrassy served a judicial clerkship to the Honorable John E. Ryan, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California and a member of the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.
Professional Activities
- Director, National Association of Federal Equity Receivers, 2021-2024
- Director, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, 2021-2024
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, 2020-2023
- Co-Chair of the Insolvency Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, 2019-2020
- Conference Co-Chair, National Association of Federal Equity Receivers Annual Conference, 2021-2022
- Director, LA/OC Chapter of the California Receivers Forum, 2019-2022
- Conference Co-Chair, American Bankruptcy Institute Bankruptcy Battleground West, 2020-2022
- Conference Co-Chair, California Bankruptcy Forum Conference, 2019
- Co-Vice Chair of the Insolvency Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, 2018-2019
- Director, Southern California Chapter of the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, 2016-2022
- Secretary of the Insolvency Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, 2017-2018
- Co-Education Chair, California Bankruptcy Forum Conference, 2018
- Co-Editor in Chief of eBulletins for the Insolvency Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, 2016-2017
- Member of the Advisory Board for the American Bankruptcy Institute's Bankruptcy Battleground West, 2017-2019
- Member of the Bar Advisory Board for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, 2016-2017
- Member, Insolvency Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, 2015-2018
- Sole attorney member of the committee to revise the Local Rules Governing Bankruptcy Appeals, Cases, and Proceedings of the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2011
- President, Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, 2008-2009
- Director, California Bankruptcy Forum, 2008-2010
- Member, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District Task Force for Amendments to Local Rules, 2007-2008
- Director, Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, 2006-2009
- Program Chair for the Bankruptcy Ethics Symposium for the Federal Bar Association, Los Angeles Chapter, 2006
- Member of the Advisory Board for the Bankruptcy Ethics Symposium for the Federal Bar Association, Los Angeles Chapter, 2004-2005
- Section Chair, Orange County Bar Association Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section, 2004
- Program Chair, Orange County Bar Association Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section, 2003
- Director, American Youth Soccer Organization Region 159, 2014-2016
Speaking Engagements
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Panelist, The Bankruptcy Code and Receiverships: Cracking the Code
National Association of Federal Equity Receivers
2020
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Panelist, Receivers' Reports and Fee Applications: A Workshop
LA/OC Chapter of the California Receivers Forum
2019
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Panelist and Moderator, The Intersection of Pension and Retirement Plans and Bankruptcy
American Bankruptcy Institute
2017
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Panelist, Federal Practice/Bankruptcy
Orange County Bar Association's Bridging the Gap Program
2016
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Producer and Moderator, Identifying Estate Assets in Atypical Property
California Bankruptcy Forum
2013
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Panelist, Business Bankruptcy Issues
Orange County Bar Association and Orange County Bankruptcy Forum
2011
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Moderator, Judgment Enforcement in Federal Court
Orange County Bankruptcy Forum
2006
