Navigating Receiverships
Navigating Receiverships is a podcast from the Commercial Receivers Association focused on building a better understanding of what brings companies into receivership, what happens in receiverships, what makes them unique, alternatives to receivership, and ultimately what happens to the business after receivership. Learn more about receiverships at www.commercialreceiver.org.
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5 days ago
Peter Davis, Senior Managing Director at J.S. Held LLC, joins Navigating Receiverships to discuss his experience as receiver of an Arizona School District.
About Peter Davis
Peter Davis , Senior Managing Director at J.S. Held LLC, has over 25 years of litigation experience in areas including complex receiverships, forensic accountings, restructurings, fraud detection, bankruptcy matters, valuations, and damages. Mr. Davis has served as Receiver in regulatory matters brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Arizona Corporation Commission, and the Arizona State Board of Education, as well as lenders and equity holders.
Mr. Davis’s areas of expertise include understanding and interpreting complex financial data, fraud detection, turnaround, and determining damages. Mr. Davis has provided expert testimony in numerous Federal, Bankruptcy, and State court matters.
Mr. Davis is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Bar Foundation (Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education), whose mission is to provide access to justice for all Arizonans.
Mr. Davis has taught on the subject of forensic accounting and receiverships at Arizona State University and has provided training on forensic accounting and receiverships to numerous organizations.
Mr. Davis oversaw the first cannabis receivership in Arizona.
About Navigating Receiverships
Navigating Receiverships is a podcast brought to you by the Commercial Receivers Association. Navigating Receiverships brings stories from different receivership and insolvency actions in which our members came into a difficult situation and were able to successfully navigate the landscape. Our members share their story in an effort to both educate and entertain our listeners.
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Marc Fischer of InspiRE CRE joins Navigating Receiverships to talk through a unique and complex receivership involving multiple properties, changing tenants, the federal government, and an inability to fund the TI build out for the incoming tenants.
About Marc Fischer
Marc is a Senior Commercial Real Estate Executive with proven success building and leading high-performance teams, delivering exceptional financial results for the business unit, and adding portfolio value for office, industrial, retail, and mixed-use properties through measurable gains in occupancy, tenant retention, and cost control.
Marc founded InspiRE Commercial Real Estate Services in 2015 to provide a fresh approach to real estate management through thought leadership, innovation, hard work and the pursuit of excellence. Marc helps clients develop and execute solid real estate strategies in the areas of asset management, property and facilities management, construction management and advisory services. In addition, as an accomplished author, a sought-after speaker, and a talented instructor, Marc inspires others to become the best and brightest talent in the real estate industry.
In a complex world that is constantly changing, InspiRE is committed to helping investors in, and occupiers of, commercial real estate – to understand and navigate the intricacies of real estate decision making. InspiRE develops enduring client relationships built on quality service, collaboration, and trust, and we deliver integrated commercial real estate services that leverage our unique insight and foresight, sound market research, and relevant knowledge.
Learn more at: www.inspirecre.com
About Navigating Receiverships
Navigating Receiverships is a podcast brought to you by the Commercial Receivers Association. Navigating Receiverships brings stories from different receivership and insolvency actions in which our members came into a difficult situation and were able to successfully navigate the landscape. Our members share their story in an effort to both educate and entertain our listeners.
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Stephen Donell of FedReceiver joins Navigating Receiverships to discuss a state court receivership that spanned 5 states and trickled into Canada as the defendant continuously moved property in an effort to prevent the receiver from doing his job.
About Stephen Donell
With approximately twenty five years of experience as a court appointed receiver, Stephen has administered in excess of 900 receivership and partition referee matters in both state and federal courts throughout the country. Stephen has also been appointed as provisional director, provisional member, dissolution manager and probate administrator.Stephen is a Past President of the Los Angeles/Orange County chapter of the California Receiver's Forum and Past President of the National Association of Federal Equity Receivers. Stephen is also an expert witness and has provided expert witness services in the areas of Property Management Standard of Care and Receivership Standard of Care and is President of Donell Expert Services, Inc.. Stephen is also President of Jalmar Properties, Inc., a full-service real estate management company.
About Navigating Receiverships
Navigating Receiverships is a podcast brought to you by the Commercial Receivers Association. Navigating Receiverships brings stories from different receivership and insolvency actions in which our members came into a difficult situation and were able to successfully navigate the landscape. Our members share their story in an effort to both educate and entertain our listeners.
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Wednesday Jan 22, 2025
Alex Moglia of Moglia Advisors joins Navigating Receiverships to discuss a Tennessee receivership in which he took over a printing company.
About Alex Moglia
Alex D. Moglia is highly-regarded as chief restructuring officer,financial advisor, litigation expert witness, state and federal receiver,bankruptcy trustee, liquidating trustee, assignee for the benefit ofcreditors, fraud recovery expert, and special situations M&A advisor.
Prior to founding Moglia Advisors, Alex held executive positions withContinental Illinois National Bank and CNW Corporation,the latter apublicly-traded company with finance, transportation andmanufacturing operations. Initially, he was an attorney with Winston &Strawn, before leaving the practice of law in 1983.
About Navigating Receiverships
Navigating Receiverships is a podcast brought to you by the Commercial Receivers Association. Navigating Receiverships brings stories from different receivership and insolvency actions in which our members came into a difficult situation and were able to successfully navigate the landscape. Our members share their story in an effort to both educate and entertain our listeners.
Wednesday Jan 08, 2025
Wednesday Jan 08, 2025
Matthew Brash of Newpoint Advisors joins Navigating Receiverships to discuss his Bucket Truck Receivership that included both fraud and intent to deceive and prevent the receiver from doing his job.
About Matthew Brash
Matthew Brash is a Senior Managing Director and lead professional of Newpoint’s TRAIL (Trustee, Receivership, Assignee, Interim Management, Liquidation) platform. He also serves as the SBRA Subchapter V Trustee at United States Trustee Program for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. Matthew works with companies, national and global commercial lenders, private equity firms, and key stakeholders in various turnaround stages. He meets each project with the goal of maximizing recovery and finding closure, efficiently and successfully. With a decade of experience, he is well-known and a go-to source in situations which require immediate deployment, strong management, communication and performance. He thrives on finding value where one believes there is little to none.
About Navigating Receiverships
Navigating Receiverships is a podcast brought to you by the Commercial Receivers Association. Navigating Receiverships brings stories from different receivership and insolvency actions in which our members came into a difficult situation and were able to successfully navigate the landscape. Our members share their story in an effort to both educate and entertain our listeners.
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Daniel Morris of Plains CRE joins Navigating Receiverships to discuss a recent Senior Care facility receivership and managing the sale through a difficult process.
About Daniel
Daniel Morris, CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) is a founding partner with Plains Commercial Real Estate. He specializes exclusively in senior housing investment sales and leasing. As such, he believes in product specialization and believes that this allows him to help his clients achieve the highest (and best) prices for their assets. This unique product specific knowledge gives him the added insight into the senior housing industry, which allows for smoother transactions and discretion while on-site with potential buyers and tenants. He has extensive experience in the skilled nursing (SNF) and distressed asset space, working across the spectrum with clients ranging from single facility owners to large institutions.
Previously Daniel was with CBRE, where he specialized in the sale and leasing of senior housing facilities. Prior to CBRE, he was a part of Canopy Commercial | Auction (which he helped start in 2009), and which was subsequently acquired by CBRE|Oklahoma. He began his career in commercial real estate in 2008 at Sperry Van Ness.
Daniel graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelors of Sociology and earned the CCIM designation in 2011.
About Navigating Receiverships
Navigating Receiverships is a podcast brought to you by the Commercial Receivers Association. Navigating Receiverships brings stories from different receivership and insolvency actions in which our members came into a difficult situation and were able to successfully navigate the landscape. Our members share their story in an effort to both educate and entertain our listeners.
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Deborah Cannon of CUSA, LLC joins Navigating Receiverships to discuss hotel receiverships and CUSA's deep experience in the space.
About Deborah
Ms. Cannon is a 40+ year hospitality veteran. She currently serves as the President and COO of CUSA, LLC – a nationally ranked and recognized hospitality and property management company. Ms. Cannon has worked in all facets of hotel operations and sales & marketing and has managed, over her career, over $550 million in hotel assets. Ms. Cannon’s expertise and experience spans full-service hotels and resorts, to boutique luxury hotels, to select service and limited service hotels. Ms. Cannon and CUSA have managed in over 45 states and the West Indies.
About Navigating Receiverships
Navigating Receiverships is a podcast brought to you by the Commercial Receivers Association. Navigating Receiverships brings stories from different receivership and insolvency actions in which our members came into a difficult situation and were able to successfully navigate the landscape. Our members share their story in an effort to both educate and entertain our listeners.
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Eric Camm, Director of Turning Point Consulting, joins Navigating Receiverships to discuss a recent receivership in which he let the restructuring of a motorcycle dealership in Seattle, WA.
About Eric
Eric's mission is to help businesses improve cash flow and increase profitability, working directly with operations to identify issues and create solutions. With any successful restructure engagement, Eric & his team are able to stabilize the value of the business for the equity holders and preserve the jobs of the employees who have made their careers working at the company.Turning Point is the premier financial and strategic consultancy serving businesses throughout the Pacific Northwest. Turning Point delivers outstanding results in CFO and controller advisory, restructuring engagements, M&A advisory, and revenue growth and acceleration.Eric was a practicing attorney for ten years and founded the Apex Law Group, giving him a solid background and extensive knowledge regarding corporate business transactions, corporate governance, and liability. At Turning Point, Eric focuses on restructuring, receiverships, mergers & acquisitions, business valuations, insolvency and reorganization, venture capital, early stage financing, securities, and corporate social responsibility. When not working, Eric loves to be outdoors and has even climbed Mt. Rainier. Eric also enjoys Texas-style barbecue and has his own custom-built offset smoker.
About Navigating Receiverships
Navigating Receiverships is a podcast brought to you by the Commercial Receivers Association. Navigating Receiverships brings stories from different receivership and insolvency actions in which our members came into a difficult situation and were able to successfully navigate the landscape. Our members share their story in an effort to both educate and entertain our listeners.
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
Former ABI President Geoff Berman joins Navigating Receiverships to talk through his experience over two very different ABCs (one in-court and one out-of-court).
About Geoff
Geoff Berman has forty plus years in administering general assignments for the benefit of creditors and post confirmation estate work; member of the Central District of California Mediation Panel and Register of Mediators, District of Delaware; and former President of the American Bankruptcy Institute.
About Navigating Receiverships
Navigating Receiverships is a podcast brought to you by the Commercial Receivers Association. Navigating Receiverships brings stories from different receivership and insolvency actions in which our members came into a difficult situation and were able to successfully navigate the landscape. Our members share their story in an effort to both educate and entertain our listeners.
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
Jerry Foster of Resolute joins Navigating Receiverships to talk about his experience as a receiver with the owner of an NFL franchise pledging all his assets to get the loans necessary.
About Jerry
Since founding Resolute in 2008 in what was perceived to be a counterintuitive decision during a booming market, Jeremiah (Jerry) Foster has led corporate strategy for the firm. His day-to-day functions as President include overseeing the business, leading the firm’s team of industry experts, and advising creditors, equity holders and enterprises as they navigate the many phases of a turnaround, restructure or crisis management plan.
Jerry is best described as a serial entrepreneur who finds success by providing vision and leadership to voids he sees in the market. He is driven by the thrill of creating successful ventures. This drive has led him to be a major contributor to growing a startup company from single digit employees to a $100MM NASDAQ IPO (IGOI). He also built his own company that was eventually sold. Jerry’s career has included stints in technology, manufacturing, commercial real estate, and commercial loan workouts. Adept at creating relationship-based sales and marketing strategies with a keen sense of business, Jerry continues to create exceptional results with each new business venture.
About Navigating Receiverships
Navigating Receiverships is a podcast brought to you by the Commercial Receivers Association. Navigating Receiverships brings stories from different receivership and insolvency actions in which our members came into a difficult situation and were able to successfully navigate the landscape. Our members share their story in an effort to both educate and entertain our listeners.