Jessica has significant and comprehensive insolvency and restructuring experience. She consistently represents chapter 7 trustees and receivers, as well as both debtors and creditors in chapter 11 matters. Jessica also has significant business litigation experience, and is routinely responsible for a wide range of motion practice in contested matters, adversary proceedings, and related appeals.
Prior to joining the firm, Jessica clerked for the Honorable Ellen Carroll (retired) and the Honorable Robert N. Kwan of the Los Angeles Division of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. Additionally, Jessica worked as a Staff Attorney for the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the United States Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit.
Jessica received her J.D. from Chapman University, Fowler School of Law, and a philosophy degree from Westmont College. Jessica presently serves as a Board Member for the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, an Associate Editor of the Business Law News section of the California Lawyers Association, and is one of the Education Co-Chairs for the 2020 California Bankruptcy Forum. Previously, Jessica served as one of the Young Insolvency Professionals (YIP) Co-Chairs for the 2019 California Bankruptcy Forum, and as Secretary of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (2015-2017). She has been recognized as a Southern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers from 2015-2021, and has been named among the “Best Lawyers in America” since 2018.
Education
- Chapman University School of Law (J.D. cum laude, 2011)
- Westmont College (B.A. cum laude, 2007)
Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- State Bar of California (2011)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Secretary and Southern California Board Member, International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
- Financial Lawyer’s Conference
- Federal Bar Association, Los Angeles Division
- “Best Lawyers in America” (2018-Present)
- Thomson Reuters Southern California “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars” (2015-Present)
December 30, 2020

Brutzkus Gubner Elevates Jessica Bagdanov to Partnership
August 20, 2020

14 Brutzkus Gubner Attorneys Named to Prestigious “Best Lawyers” List
June 9, 2020



Three Brutzkus Gubner Attorneys Recognized as 2020 Southern California Rising Stars, Joseph Rothberg Makes “Up-and-Coming 100″ List
August 15, 2019

13 Brutzkus Gubner Attorneys Named to Prestigious “Best Lawyers”
June 6, 2019

Four Brutzkus Gubner Attorneys Recognized as 2019 Southern California Rising Stars, Michael Davis and Joseph Rothberg Make “Up-and-Coming 100″ List
May 9, 2019

Jessica Bagdanov Elected to Board of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum (LABF)
August 15, 2018

12 Brutzkus Gubner Attorneys Named to Prestigious “Best Lawyers”
June 16, 2018

Four Brutzkus Gubner Attorneys Recognized as 2018 Southern California Rising Stars, Michael Davis Makes Top 100 List
February 12, 2018

Bagdanov Successfully Represents Chapter 7 Trustee
January 18, 2018


Susan Seflin and Jessica Bagdanov Present Webinar for ABA Business Law Section
November 4, 2017

Jessica Bagdanov Appointed to the Business Law News Editorial Board for California State Bar
August 15, 2017
