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Ronald Rus
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Email: rrus@rusmiliband.com
Tel: (949) 752-7100

Education:
University of Southern California, BA
Pepperdine University School of Law, JD

Ronald Rus limits his practice to complex business litigation and trials in all forums and was selected by his peers as a Best Lawyer in the United States for 2006, 2007 and 2008 and Best Lawyers in America for 2008. He frequently serves on Continuing Education of the Bar and other Bar Association panels relating to complex litigation and bankruptcy. He was co-author of the CEB Trial Practice Institute's manual on Complex Civil Litigation, has been a visiting lecturer on complex litigation at Stanford University School of Law. Mr. Rus has been the subject of feature articles by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Daily Journal, profiling him and the Firm's cases.

In 1998 Mr. Rus was chosen over some of Orange County's best attorneys as the 'Top Gun' trial lawyer by the Orange County Bar Association Business Litigation Section, was designated as co-lead counsel in the historic ACC/Lincoln Savings securities litigation in 1992 and has successfully tried numerous multi-million dollar cases to verdict for plaintiffs and defendants.

Mr. Rus was selected to serve as a lawyer delegate to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in 2007. Mr. Rus is a Master of the Bench in the American Inns of Court, is a member of the State Bar of California and the American Bar Association. He was a founder and a director of the Federal Bar Association (Orange County Chapter) and is a member of the Orange County Bar Association and the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Mr. Rus was selected and served as a Commissioner of the California State Bar, Judicial Nominees Evaluation ("JNE") Commission, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006. He was a founding director of the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum and served as the President of that organization from 1989-1990. He served on the Board of Directors of the California Bankruptcy Forum from 1989-1994 and was chosen as the Chairman of that organization's annual conference in 1994.

Sample Published Cases:
In re Fietz, 852 F.2d 455 (9th Cir. 1988); In re American Continental Corporation/Lincoln Sav. & Loan Securities Litigation, 794 F.Supp. 1424 (D.Ariz., 1992); In re County of Orange, 183 B.R. 594 (Bankr. C.D. Cal 1995); In re Walters, 136 B.R. 256, (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1992); Commonwealth Energy Corp. v. Investor Data Exchange, 110 Cal.App. 4th 26 (2003); Casey v. U.S. Bank National Association, 127 Cal.App. 4th 1138 (2005).

Community:
In addition to his professional involvement, Mr. Rus is active in civic and community activities. He has acted as a member of the Board of Directors of the Santa Ana Zoo, the Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation of Orange County and the Orange County Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Practice Areas:
Civil Trial Practice; Complex Litigation; Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy Litigation.