Irwin M. Wittlin specializes in business and commercial litigation, including a bankruptcy practice involving all chapters of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Mr. Wittlin is a proficient litigator with twenty years of experience, including vast experience representing major corporations and financial institutions as both secured and unsecured creditors.

Mr. Wittlin is an active member of the United Association of Equipment Lessors "("UAEL") and was elected as a member of the UAEL Board of Directors for 2008. He is a past chairman of the legal committee of UAEL and has spoken on a variety of legal issues at recent conventions, including the topics of, "Effective Lease Collections," “Working With Outside Counsel," "Fraud Prevention," "Maintaining Your Business Credit Line," and “Selected Issues in Norvergence”.

Mr. Wittlin is an instructor for the Certified Lease Program Foundation ("CLP") on the subjects of lease law, lease documentation, and collections. Mr. Wittlin is a frequent speaker on various legal and collection related topics for various professional organizations, with an emphasis on leasing, business litigation and collections.

Mr. Wittlin has authored numerous legal articles, most recently “Norvergence Trustee Looks to Lessors for Damages for Failing to Kick the Tires and Look Under the Hood” Lease Enforcement Analysis News (Fall, 2006) and “California Finance Lenders License: Do I Need It?” UAEL Newsline, (Spring, 2007). He also is a frequent contributor of legal articles and war stories to Hearsay, the firm’s quarterly legal newsletter.

Mr. Wittlin also maintains an entertainment practice, representing entertainment-related companies, talent agencies, and individuals in monetary and non-monetary disputes in court litigation and Guild arbitrations. He is a recurring speaker at events sponsored by the Motion Picture and Television Credit Association.

Mr. Wittlin received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was on the Dean’s List. He earned his law degree from Loyola Law School, in Los Angeles, where he was selected for the Scott Moot Court Honors Board. Prior to entering private practice, he was awarded a judicial externship with the Hon. Lynn Compton, of the California Court of Appeals, Second District. He is admitted to all state and federal courts in California.