Judi Bloom's practice emphasizes the representation of financial institutions and other creditors in commercial and bankruptcy litigation. She handles cases involving lender and borrower liability, bank operations and negotiable instruments, letters of credit and bankruptcy, including nondischargeability cases, relief from stay and objections to plan. She also handles cases requiring emergency pre-trial remedies such as attachments and receivers as well as post-judgment collection procedures. Judi has tried cases to courts and juries and she has handled a number of appeals in both state and federal courts. Before joining Clark & Trevithick in May 1994, she worked with several other firms representing financial institutions and was Senior Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel of Bank of America.
In 1972, Judi earned her bachelor's degree with honors from the University of California at Santa Barbara, where she was a varsity debater and elected to Mortarboard. She received her law degree at Loyola Law School where she graduated with honors in 1975 and was an editor of the law review. She received her MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles Anderson Graduate School of Management in 1983 with a concentration in finance and accounting.
Judi has been active in the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She has served as chair of the Litigation Section and chair of the Los Angeles Lawyer Editorial Board. She has published several articles on topics of interest to civil litigators and has lectured on the enforcement of judgments, expert witnesses, commercial lending in California, and the examination and cross-examination of witnesses. Judi was a long-time member of the Board of Governors of Loyola Law School. She was born and raised in Los Angeles and now lives in Manhattan Beach with her husband and daughter.
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