Mr. Rao is a partner at Binder & Malter LLP.
Mr. Rao has over 30 years experience representing businesses and individuals, both as debtors and creditors, in all types of bankruptcy cases and proceedings. Mr. Rao's focus is in representing individuals and small businesses in Chapter 13 and Chapter 7 cases. Mr. Rao also has considerable experience representing secured creditors and landlords in Chapter 13, Chapter 7, and Chapter 11 proceedings. Mr. Rao has represented thousands of individual and small business debtors in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy.
Mr. Rao's experience includes bankruptcy planning, including asset and exemption planning, prosecuting and defending businesses and individuals in dischargeability litigation, avoiding unsecured deeds of trust, avoiding judgment liens, including those impairing homestead exemptions, representing debtors and creditors in motions for and opposing stay relief, and dealing with family law issues in Chapter 13 and Chapter 7 bankruptcies.
Mr. Rao has been a panelist and presenter at numerous bankruptcy seminars speaking on such topics as general consumer bankruptcy issues and strategies, family law issues in bankruptcy, and mortgage lending issues in bankruptcy.
Mr. Rao was born and raised in San Jose, California and joined Binder & Malter LLP in 1986.
