Andrew W. Caine

Andy Caine, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, practices in cases across the country. His practice focuses primarily on litigation in various bankruptcy contexts, representing debtors, trustees, creditors, and creditors’ committees in chapter 11 reorganization cases. He handles matters in state and federal courts, with an emphasis on disputes tried in bankruptcy court, including contested reorganization matters. Andy’s practice in recent years has focused on the representation of survivor creditor committees in bankruptcy cases prompted by numerous sexual abuse claims, including the Archdioceses of New Orleans and San Francisco. In addition, Andy is the chair of the firm’s postconfirmation practice group, overseeing the entire spectrum of claims and avoidance litigation for debtors, creditors’ committees, trustees, liquidation or postconfirmation trusts, and defendants, from “mega cases” to smaller, individual matters. He has spent considerable time as “general counsel” to liquidating trustees in the administration of post-confirmation estates.

Andy brings an experienced, responsive approach to all such disputes that might result in litigation. He has written numerous articles and often lectures nationally on bankruptcy and litigation, and is a past president and former chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the world’s largest organization of insolvency professionals, with over 12,000 members. He is a member of the Registry of Mediators for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, and a former member of the Los Angeles Superior Court panel of business law arbitrators. He holds an AV Preeminent Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell‘s highest rating for ethical standards and legal ability and has been named a “Super Lawyer” in the field of Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights every year since 2007 in a peer survey conducted by Law & Politics and the publishers of Los Angeles magazine, an honor bestowed on only 5% of Southern California attorneys. He has been named to Best Lawyers in America every year since the 2016 edition for the practice area of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Andy is a graduate of Northwestern University and received his J.D. from UCLA.

Clerkships

•Judicial extern, Arthur Alarcon (9th Cir.)

Publications

•Co-Author, “The Influence of Outcomes and Procedures on Formal Leaders,” 41 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (No. 4 1981)

News

Bankruptcy Court Confirms Consensual Reorganization Plan for the Archdiocese of New Orleans

December 8, 2025

Bankruptcy Court Approves Disclosure Statement in Archdiocese of New Orleans Bankruptcy; Abuse Survivors Will Now Vote on Settlement Plan

August 12, 2025

Archdiocese and Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors Agree to Nonmonetary Provisions

November 7, 2024

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

August 15, 2024

Nineteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2024 Southern California “Super Lawyers” List

January 10, 2024

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 17, 2023

Eighteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2023 Southern California’s “Super Lawyers” List

January 1, 2023

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 18, 2022

Seventeen PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2022 Southern California’s “Super Lawyers” List

January 20, 2022

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 19, 2021

Nineteen PSZJ Attorneys Named 2021 Southern California “Super Lawyers”

January 1, 2021

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 20, 2020

Twenty-One PSZJ Attorneys Named 2020 Southern California “Super Lawyers”

January 15, 2020

PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America

August 15, 2019

Twenty-One PSZJ Attorneys Named 2019 Southern California “Super Lawyers”

January 30, 2019

PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America

August 15, 2018

Twenty PSZJ Attorneys Named 2018 Southern California “Super Lawyers”

January 31, 2018

Thirty-Five PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America

August 15, 2017

Eighteen PSZJ Attorneys Named 2017 Southern California “Super Lawyers”

January 25, 2017

Nineteen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America

August 1, 2016

Seventeen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America

August 17, 2015

Thirteen PSZJ Attorneys Selected as Southern California Super Lawyers

Los Angeles magazineFebruary 1, 2015

Liquidating Trustees and Tax Refunds in United States of America v. Edward P. Bond

PSZJ Case AlertNovember 5, 2014

Ten Southern California Super Lawyers at Pachulski Stang

Los Angeles magazineFebruary 1, 2014

Eight Southern California Super Lawyers at Pachulski Stang

Los Angeles magazineJanuary 1, 2013

Eight Southern California Super Lawyers at Pachulski

Los Angeles MagazineMarch 1, 2008

Events

Equitable Mootness & Other Postconfirmation Issues

Fifth Circuit Bankruptcy Bench-Bar Conference New Orleans
February 4, 2022

All You Need to Know About Liquidating Chapter 11 Plans

93rd Annual National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Washington DC
November 1, 2019

The ABCs (and DEFs) of Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors

37th Annual American Bankruptcy Institute Spring Meeting Washington DC
April 11, 2019

Cutting-Edge Issues in Avoidance Actions

26th Annual American Bankruptcy Institute Southwest Bankruptcy Conference Las Vegas
September 7, 2018

Update on Avoidance Actions

American Bankruptcy Institute Rocky Mountain Conference Denver
January 26, 2018

Running a Cost-Effective Receivership

National Association of Federal Equity Receivers
August 24, 2017

Money, Money, Money: Tax, Insurance, Expenses, and Reporting

Fifth Annual Conference of the National Association of Federal Equity Receivers Washington, D.C.
October 13, 2016

Best Practices for Avoiding Preference Suits

AIRA 32nd Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference Coronado Island, CA
June 10, 2016

D&O and E&O Claims

American Bankruptcy Institute 21st Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference Denver
January 16, 2016

Past Presidents’ Debate

American Bankruptcy Institute 31st Annual Spring Meeting
April 18, 2013