Lee S. Raphael

Lee S. Raphael is managing partner of Prober & Raphael. Mr. Raphael oversees the firm’s bankruptcy practice. Mr. Raphael has extensive experience with bankruptcy, real estate and federal appellate matters.

Mr. Raphael’s professional affiliations have included: the Mortgage Bankers Association, American Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, United Trustees Association, Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association and the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.

Mr. Raphael has been a panelist on bankruptcy lien strips for both the San Fernando Valley Bar Association and the Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association, has been a panelist on Central District of California Chapter 13 Local Rule changes for the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, been a panelist for the United Trustees Association’s Bankruptcy Update at their Annual Education Conference and been a panelist the last two years at the Central District of California Bankruptcy Judge’s Annual Retreat.

Mr. Raphael has taught Real Property law for the Legal Education Conference Center.  He also served on the Central District of California Bankruptcy Forms Committee and the Central District of California’s Relief from Stay Task Force.

Mr. Raphael earned his bachelor’s degree in Sociology from California State University Northridge and his Juris Doctor from Southwestern University School of Law where he also received the Dean’s Scholar Designation. He was admitted to State Bar of California in 1995 and is also admitted to all California Federal District Courts as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.