Brent D. Meyer is a partner at Finestone Hayes LLP and focuses his practice on bankruptcy and insolvency matters, complex commercial litigation, receiverships, and appellate advocacy. Brent has extensive experience representing debtors, trustees, and creditors in chapter 7, chapter 11, and chapter 13 cases, related adversary litigation, and appellate proceedings.
Prior to joining the firm, he was a founding partner of Meyer Law Group, LLP and served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Thomas E. Carlson and the Honorable Hannah L. Blumenstiel of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. While in law school, Brent was a full-time judicial extern for the Honorable Michael S. McManus of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California.
BAR COMMITTEES AND ACTIVITIES
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Drafting Committee for Model Chapter 11, Sub-Chapter V Plan, United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California (2023)
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Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum, Board of Director (2019-2022)​
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Drafting Committee for Fee Guidelines for Administrative Professional in Chapter 13 Cases, United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California (2017)​
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Drafting Committee for Model Chapter 13 Plan, United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California (2017)​
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National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees Academy, Board Member (2016-2018)
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Drafting Committee for Mortgage Modification Mediation Program, United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California (2016)
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Bench Bar Liaison Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California, Member (2014-2017)​
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Drafting Committee for Model Chapter 11 Plan, United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California (2013)
RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
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California Bankruptcy Forum, HANG LOOSE: NUTS-AND-BOLTS OF CIVILITY, STIPULATIONS, AND PROFESSIONAL COURTESIES (May 18, 2024) (Producer)​
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Bay Area Judges’ Conference, QUIRKS IN THE STANDARD MODEL: EVALUATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MODEL CHAPTER 13 PLAN ONE YEAR IN, San Francisco, California (October 12, 2018)
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Northern District Judicial Conference, HAPPY TRAILS? THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE FOR BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS, Napa, California (April 29, 2017)
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Alameda County Bar Association, NAVIGATING THROUGH THE MORTGAGE MODIFICATION MEDIATION PROGRAM, Oakland, California (February 3, 2017)​
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Contra Costa County Bar Association, “STAY AWHILE” ... OR MAYBE NOT: THE EFFECT OF A BANKRUPTCY FILING ON LITIGATION, Walnut Creek, California (November 18, 2016)
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Mortgage Modification Mediation Workshop, San Francisco, California (August 4, 2018) • Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, San Diego, California (July 14, 2015)
REPORTED DECISIONS
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Mission Hen, LLC v. Lee et al. 137 F.4th 1008 (9th Cir. 2025)
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Saldana v. Bronitsky (In re Saldana), 122 F. 4th 333 (9th Cir. 2024), cert denied
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In re Scholz, 699 F.3d 1167 (9th Cir. 2012) (successfully represented Trustee in appeal concerning whether income received pursuant to 45 U.S.C. § 231 et seq. [Railroad Retirement Income] shall be included in the calculation of “projected disposable income” under 11 U.S.C. § 1325(b)
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In re Aughney, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74505 (N.D. Cal. 2011) (successfully represented Debtors in appeal concerning expungement of a class proof of claim pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7023)
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In re Heal, 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 107879 (N.D. Cal. 2010) (successfully represented Trustee in appeal concerning the applicability of 11 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(3) for a debtor with negative “projected disposable income”)
ADMISSIONS
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State Bar of California (2009)
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State Bar of New York (2013)
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United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Southern Districts of California
EDUCATION
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International Business and Information Technology Exchange Program (2001), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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B.S., Business Administration (2002) (cum laude), University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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A.A., in Apparel Manufacturing (2003) (summa cum laude), Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
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Juris Doctorate (2009) (cum laude), University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law