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About Kathy Bazoian Phelps

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Kathy Bazoian Phelps has been a lawyer since 1991 and is currently a partner at Raines Feldman LLP in the Los Angeles office. In addition to individually serving as a fiduciary in certain matters, Kathy practices in the area of insolvency law, fiduciary representation, and fraud litigation, where she represents federal equity and state court receivers and bankruptcy trustees. Kathy frequently serves as special litigation counsel for fiduciaries and interested parties in fraud-related litigation, cases arising out of receivership and bankruptcy as well as parallel criminal and civil forfeiture proceedings. She is particularly knowledgeable about the administration of Ponzi scheme cases and has extensive litigation experience in claims arising in these types of cases.

Kathy has lectured widely and written on bankruptcy and receivership matters, with a focus on Ponzi schemes. Her book entitled The Ponzi Book: A Legal Resource for Unraveling Ponzi Schemes, co-authored with Hon. Steven Rhodes, has garnered national and international attention as the authoritative work on Ponzi scheme law.

In addition to her roles as lawyer, speaker and author, Kathy also serves as a mediator and is currently on the mediation and arbitration rosters for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, as well as the Bankruptcy Mediation Panel for the Central District of California and the Bankruptcy Mediation Panel for the District of Arizona.

Kathy’s personal interests and accomplishments include extensive travel and the study of the Chinese Mandarin language.


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Financial Poise Contributions

  • Federal Receiverships: Digging Deeper in Asset Recovery and Distribution Webinar premiered on April 30, 2025 Webinar Series: Federal Equity Receiverships 2025
  • Orders Appointing Receivers: Following the Script and Playing the Part Webinar premiered on March 13, 2025 Webinar Series: Federal Equity Receiverships 2025
  • Key Concepts and Strategies in Federal Receiverships Webinar premiered on February 19, 2025 Webinar Series: Federal Equity Receiverships 2025
  • Federal Receiverships: Digging Deeper in Asset Recovery and Distribution Webinar premiered on June 13, 2024 Webinar Series: Federal Equity Receiverships
  • Orders Appointing Receivers: Following the Script and Playing the Part Webinar premiered on April 29, 2024 Webinar Series: Federal Equity Receiverships
  • Key Concepts and Strategies in Federal Receiverships Webinar premiered on March 7, 2024 Webinar Series: Federal Equity Receiverships
  • Recent Trends and Evolving Case Law Webinar premiered on July 12, 2022 Webinar Series: Federal Equity Receiverships 2022
  • Federal Equity Receiverships: the Order Controls Webinar premiered on June 7, 2022 Webinar Series: Federal Equity Receiverships 2022
  • Federal Equity Receiverships: the Basics Webinar premiered on May 10, 2022 Webinar Series: Federal Equity Receiverships 2022