Overview
Kyra E. Andrassy is a partner at Raines Feldman Littrell LLP, where she specializes in insolvency law and fiduciary representation. She represents chapter 11 debtors, chapter 7 and chapter 11 trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, purchasers of assets from bankruptcy estates, assignees and assignors in assignments for the benefit of creditors, federal and state court receivers, and borrowers in out-of-court workouts. Kyra is a frequent speaker on bankruptcy and receivership topics.
Prior to joining Raines Feldman Littrell, Kyra was a partner at Smiley Wang-Ekvall, LLP. From September 1998 until September 2000, Kyra served a judicial clerkship to the Honorable John E. Ryan, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California and a member of the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. Kyra obtained her law degree from Loyola Law School, where she was an editor of the Loyola Law Review.
Education
- J.D., Loyola Law School
- B.A., University of California, San Diego
Admissions
- California
Recent Awards & Distinctions
- Lawdragon, Top 500 U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers, 2021, 2023 & 2024
- Super Lawyers, 2012-present
- Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, 2018-present
Recent Speaking Engagements
- Panelist, Corporate Bankruptcy Essentials for Counsel: Benefits and Pitfalls of Reorganizations and Insolvency, Orange County Bar Association Corporate Counsel Section, March 2025
- Panelist, Receiver as Detective: Working with a Receiver to Uncover Fraud and Other Bad Behavior, California Receivers Forum Loyola Symposium, January 2024
- Panelist, Regulatory Receiverships: A Receiver’s Role in the Larger Investigation, National Association of Federal Equity Receivers, 2023
- Panelist, Playing the End Game: Receivers in Post-judgment Enforcement, California Receivers Forum, 2023
- Panelist, Receivers and Bankruptcy: Is There Life After Filing?, California Receivers Forum, 2023
- Panelist, Bankruptcy Alternatives, California Bankruptcy Forum, 2023
- Panelist, Is Bankruptcy Dead?, American Bankruptcy Institute Southwest Conference, 2022
- Moderator, If I Had a Hammer: Enforcing Receivership Orders Against Third Parties, California Receivers Forum, 2022
- Panelist, The Bankruptcy Code and Receiverships: Cracking the Code, National Association of Federal Equity Receivers, 2020
- Panelist and Moderator, The Intersection of Pension and Retirement Plans and Bankruptcy, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2017
Professional Affiliations
- Central District of California Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2024-2027
- Alternate Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2023-2024
- Director, National Association of Federal Equity Receivers, 2021-present
- Conference Co-Chair, National Association of Federal Equity Receivers, 2021-2024
- Director, California Receivers Forum, 2023-present
- Director, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, 2021-2025
- Director, Southern California Chapter of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, 2016-2023
- Conference Chair, IWIRC on the Vine Conference, 2023
- Conference Co-Chair, American Bankruptcy Institute Bankruptcy Battleground West Conference, 2020-2023
- Member of and Diversity Coordinator for the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, 2020-2023
- Co-Chair of the Insolvency Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, 2019-2020
- Conference Co-Chair, California Bankruptcy Forum Conference, 2019
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Co-Education Chair, California Bankruptcy Forum Conference, 2018
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Member of the Advisory Board for the American Bankruptcy Institute Bankruptcy Battleground West Conference, 2017-2023
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Member, Insolvency Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, 2015-2018
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Sole Attorney Member of the Committee to Revise Local Rules Governing Bankruptcy Appeals, Cases, and Proceedings for the U.S. District Court, Central District of California
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President, Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, 2008-2009
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Director, California Bankruptcy Forum, 2018-2010
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Member, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District Task Force for Amendments to the Local Rules, 2007-2008
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Director, Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, 2006-2009
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Chair, Orange County Bar Association Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, 2004