Gabrielle Albert

GABRIELLE ALBERT

senior counsel

direct: (415) 364 6778

email: galbert@kbkllp.com

EDUCATION:

University of California, Berkeley, B.A. 1994
UCLA School of Law, J.D. 1997

ADMISSIONS:

California, Northern and Central Districts
Colorado
New York

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BIOGRAPHY

Gabrielle Albert advises clients in complex chapter 11 cases, with a particular focus on the restructuring and sale of distressed real estate portfolios. She has represented all significant constituencies, including debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees, landlords, indenture trustees, and ad hoc committees, and her broader bankruptcy experience spans industries including tort plaintiffs, gym chains, retail chains, online merchants, oil and gas, and utilities.

Ms. Albert most recently was on the KBK team that served as lead counsel to 61 affiliated real estate investment entities in In re LeFever Mattson guiding the estates through the marketing and sale of a multi-property portfolio complicated by allegations of fraud, work that earned KBK the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Eighth Annual Asset Sale of the Year Award in 2026. She brings to these engagements a perspective shaped by more than two decades of bankruptcy practice together with five years as a residential Realtor™, giving her a practical, ground-level understanding of property valuation, marketing, and sale execution that few restructuring lawyers can match.

Ms. Albert writes and speaks frequently on real estate and asset sale issues in bankruptcy, including “Reclaiming Value from Fraud: Selling Multi-Property Portfolios in Bankruptcy – A Playbook for Estate Professionals,” published in the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal in 2026. She is also co-chair of the ABI’s Rocky Mountain conference and membership chair of the ABI’s Business Reorganization Committee and is active in the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation and the Turnaround Management Association.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Law Clerk,

Honorable Thomas B. Donovan

United States Bankruptcy Court,

Central District of California

(1997 – 1998)

Keller Benvenutti Kim LLP
Associate
(2020 – 2024)

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Colorado

Law Clerk

(2013 – 2014)

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Bankruptcy Attorney

(2009 – 2009)

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP

Associate/Of Counsel

(2000 – 2005)

Danning Gill Diamond & Kollitz, LLP

Associate

(1998 – 2000)

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP

Of Counsel

(2010 – 2013)

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

Legal Specialist

(2005 – 2008)

Residential Realtor, ReMax Gold

(2016 – 2020)

Keller Benvenutti Kim LLP
Senior Counsel
(2025 – Present)

Speaking and writing engagements

American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, “Reclaiming Value from Fraud: Selling Multi-Property Portfolios in Bankruptcy A Playbook for Estate Professionals” (July 2026) Link
International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, “Client Management – The Importance of Soft Skills and Maintaining Wellness” (June 2026) – San Francisco, California
American Bankruptcy Institute, Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, “AI Boot Camp” (June 2026) – Vail, Colorado
American Bankruptcy Institute, Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, “Bankruptcy Game Show” (Moderator) (June 2026) – Vail, Colorado
American Bankruptcy Institute Business Reorganization Newsletter, “Consent in a Post-Purdue World” (November 2024)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, “Emerging Bankruptcy Issues” (Moderator) (June 2024) – Vail, Colorado

organizations and groups

Rocky Mountain American Bankruptcy Institute, Co-Chair (present)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Business Reorganization Committee, Membership Chair (present)
International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (present)
Turnaround Management Association (present)

Awards & honors

ABI Eighth Annual ABI Asset Sale of the Year Award, In re LeFever Mattson, 2026

Representative engagements

LeFever Mattson, USBC, N.D. Cal. (2024-2026) - lead counsel for 61 affiliated real estate investment entities in their ongoing chapter 11 cases.
Franciscan Friars of California, Inc., USBC, N.D. Cal. (2023) - co-counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors representing the interests of over 90 sexual abuse survivors.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Santa Rosa (2023) – co-counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors representing the interests of over 200 sexual abuse survivors.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland (2023) – co-counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors representing the interests of over 300 sexual abuse survivors.
Romeo Power, Inc., Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors, California (2023) – represented electric battery manufacturer in its wind down and assignment.
Speedboat JV Partners, LLC, USBC, N.D. Cal. (2022) – represented debtor in refinancing debt on Lake Tahoe property worth over $12 million, successfully opposing chapter 7 foreclosure sale, and obtaining dismissal of chapter 7 case.
Confidential Technology Company, Out of Court (2022) – counsel to technology company in acquisition of business in friendly foreclosure.
In-Shape Holdings, LLC, et al., USBC, D. Del. (2020) – lead debtors’ counsel for premium regional fitness club chain in California, with debtor-in-possession filing and asset purchase agreement with purchase price of over $45 million plus assumption of liabilities.
Ravn Air Group, Inc., USBC, D. Del. (2020) – debtors’ counsel for Alaska’s largest commuter airline in its chapter 11 case, resulting in a confirmed liquidating plan and the sale of different business lines and assets in over a dozen transactions, resulting in anticipated aggregate proceeds of over $60 million.
PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company, USBC, N.D. Cal. (2020-present) – co-counsel for Pacific Gas & Electric Company in its chapter 11 case, the largest chapter 11 filing in the Northern District of California in over a decade. PG&E, which has over $70 billion in assets and employs over 24,000 employees, filed for bankruptcy in January 2019 as a result of challenges relating to a series of catastrophic wildfires that occurred in Northern California in 2017 and 2018.
In re Blockbuster LLC, USBC, S.D. N.Y. – represented ad hoc committee of movie studios in chapter 11 reorganization
In re Movie Gallery Inc., USBC, E.D. VA – represented ad hoc committee of movie studios which transformed into representation of creditors’ committee in chapter 11 reorganization
In re Webvan Group, USBC, D. Del – represented internet-based grocery delivery service in chapter 11
In re Tri-Valley Growers, USBC, N.D. Cal – represented farmers’ cooperative whose brands included S&W through chapter 11 reorganization and sale
In re Landels Ripley & Diamond LLP, USBC, N.D. Cal – represented law firm in chapter 11 winddown
In re Pacific Gas & Electric Company, USBC, N.D. Cal (2001) – represented parent company, PG&E Corporation, in chapter 11 reorganization

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