Our Attorneys

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Scott E. Blakeley, Esq., Partner

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Scott Blakeley is a founder of Blakeley LC, where he advises companies around the United States and Canada regarding creditors' rights, commercial law, e-commerce and bankruptcy law. He was selected as one of the 50 most influential people in commercial credit by Credit Today. He is contributing editor for NACM's Credit Manual of Commercial Law, contributing editor for American Bankruptcy Institute's Manual of Reclamation Laws, and author of A History of Bankruptcy Preference Law, published by ABI. Credit Research Foundation has published his manuals entitled The Credit Professional's Guide to Bankruptcy, Serving On A Creditors' Committee and Commencing An Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition. Scott has published dozens of articles and manuals in the area of creditors' rights, commercial law, e-commerce and bankruptcy in such publications as Business Credit, Managing Credit, Receivables & Collections, Norton's Bankruptcy Review and the Practicing Law Institute, and speaks frequently to credit industry groups regarding these topics throughout the country. He is a member on the board of editors for the California Bankruptcy Journal, and is co-chair of the sub-committee of unsecured creditors' Committee of the ABI. Scott holds an B.S. from Pepperdine University, an M.B.A. from Loyola University and a law degree from Southwestern University. He served as law clerk to Bankruptcy Judge John J. Wilson. He is admitted to the Bar of California.

Special Engagements

Scott Blakeley regularly speaks to industry groups around the country and via webcasts on the topics of creditors rights and bankruptcy

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David M. Mannion, Esq., Partner

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I work mainly on recovering commercial debts owed by insolvent or bankrupt companies in a range of industries including construction, seafood, electronics, energy, agriculture, and international trade. Because the firm's clients usually have a national or international footprint, most of my cases are in federal district courts nationwide. This has allowed me to eat Mexican food in Tucson and barbeque in Birmingham, while also branching out into other areas of federal practice like intellectual property and civil rights cases. I have maintained an active practice in New York since 2007 and California since 2011, but have also litigated cases in eleven of the twelve federal circuits.

I am involved with various bar associations and was nominated President of the Irish American Bar Association of Los Angeles in 2022. I am also a former Secretary of the Administrative Law Committee of the Bar Association of the City of New York. I have written articles for trade credit publications and spoken to trade groups about legal strategies in dealing with insolvent companies.

I graduated from one of Ireland's top two law schools with First Class Honors (summa cum laude) in 2005. Because law is an undergraduate degree in Ireland, I am one of very few attorneys with no postgraduate education. I became a U.S. citizen in 2021 and live near the courts in downtown Los Angeles with my rescue dog. In my free time I am an avid surfer, cyclist and skier, and a reluctant dog-trainer and e-collar evangelist.