Charles Ekberg counsels clients on bankruptcy matters, reorganizations, workouts, creditors’ remedies, receiverships, and real estate litigation and financing. Chambers USA has stated that he is “extensively praised by clients and peers alike,” who say, “He is fantastic—very experienced and approachable, with great business sense.”
Chuck is a member of the Business Bankruptcy Subcommittee of the American Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and has served four terms on the Executive Committee of the Washington State Bar Association’s Creditor/Debtor Section.
Experience
Representative Matters
Turning Point Consulting Sale and Liquidation of Briggs Nursery, LLC
Advised Turning Point—in its capacity as general receiver—in the sale and liquidation of Briggs Nursery, LLC
In re Liberty House, Inc. Bankruptcy
Representation of Nordstrom, Inc., in Liberty House, Inc.
In re TreeSource Industries, Inc. and Quality Bankruptcy
Representation of General Electric Capital Corporation in TreeSource Industries, Inc., and Quality Bankruptcy
Professional Highlights
Professional Activities
American Bar Association, Business Bankruptcy Committee; Member, Subcommittee on Bankruptcy Rules
American Bankruptcy Institute
Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Lawyer Representative
Recognition & Accomplishments
American College of Bankruptcy, Fellow
Chambers USA, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, 2005-2024
Thomson Reuters, “Washington Super Lawyer,” Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, 2003-2022; Bankruptcy: Business, 2023-2024
Board Memberships & Community Service
Island Volunteer Caregivers, Board Member
Kids’ Discovery Museum, Director (past)
Bainbridge Foundation, Director (past)
Hamlin Robinson School, Former Director (past)
Credentials
Education
University of Washington (J.D. 1971)
University of Washington Law Review, Board of Editors, 1970-1971
Research Associate to Professor William H. Rodgers, Jr., 1969
Order of the Coif
University of Washington (B.A., with honors, 1968)
Languages
Swedish – Proficient
Admissions
Washington
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court