Meghann A. Triplett
Ms. Triplett is an attorney in the San Luis Obispo office of Margulies Faith, LLP. Ms. Triplett focuses her practice on representing Chapter 7 and 11 trustees and bankruptcy litigation. Ms. Triplett also represents debtors and creditors in Chapter 7 and 11 individual and business bankruptcy cases, and adversary proceedings. Ms. Triplett has extensive experience representing bankruptcy trustees, creditors, secured lenders, and debtors in a variety of matters, including bankruptcy and business related litigation, all aspects of bankruptcy reorganization, workouts, restructurings, and insolvency counseling. Ms. Triplett is responsible for a wide range of law and motion practice; including drafting memoranda of law, complaints, propounding discovery, trial preparation, and oral argument. Ms. Triplett routinely performs specialized research on a variety of legal and procedural issues related to the intersection between state substantive law and federal bankruptcy law. She has advanced ability to conceptualize complex legal problems and articulate solutions clearly and effectively.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Triplett served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Catherine E. Bauer and Honorable Kathleen Thompson (Ret.), Bankruptcy Judges for the Central District of California. During her time at the court, Ms. Triplett conducted wide-ranging legal research, preparation of bench memoranda, orders, and opinions in advance of court rulings. Ms. Triplett was responsible for the management and preparation of the judges’ weekly calendar including, trial, and law and motion calendars. She also drafted Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel bench memorandum and an unpublished opinion for pro tem session.
Ms. Triplet is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, IWIRC (International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation), San Luis Obispo County Bar Association, and San Luis Obispo Women’s Lawyers Association.
Experience:
- Prevailed on summary judgment obtaining a $9,200,000 nondischargeable judgment against chapter 7 debtor.
- Obtained stipulated $6,000,000 nondischargeable judgment.
- Obtained order awarding both monetary and terminating sanctions, including striking debtor’s answer to two nondischargeability complaints and subsequently obtained default judgment against debtor in the sum of $9,500,000 and $2,400,000 in two related cases.
- Prevailed in $1 million dollar non-dischargeability action in favor of debtor client for nominal settlement.
- Prevailed on summary judgment to avoid $112,000 in preferential transfers to insider of corporate debtor within the one-year pre-petition period.
- Obtained order requiring debtor to turnover per capita income distributions received from California Indian Tribe’s net gaming revenues to chapter 7 trustee of more than $50,000 per month.
- Represented litigation trustee appointed under confirmed chapter 11 plan to review claims and disburse approximately $2.5 million in assets to classes of unsecured creditors.
- Represented trustee in sale of multiple parcels of residential and commercial real property, valued in the aggregate, in excess of $10 million.
- Represented trustee in obtaining settlement with first position secured lender and 100% carve out of lender’s secured claim for the benefit of the estate.
- Represented trustee in the negotiation and subsequent liquidation of debtor’s intellectual property rights and income residuals.
- Obtained a temporary restraining order against debtor in connection with significant undisclosed real and personal property assets which ultimately resulted in the recovery of more than $450,000.
- Represented various trustees and creditors in the prosecution and defense of avoidance actions (preferential and/or fraudulent transfer litigation) and creditor claims (analysis and prosecution of hundreds of claims).
San Luis Obispo, California 93401
Encino, California 91436
