George H. Kalikman

Mr. Kalikman is the managing partner of the San Francisco office. He recently completed his second 3-year term on the Firm’s Executive Committee. He represents businesses ranging from closely held to publicly traded companies that are engaged in diverse industries including financial services, real estate investment, real estate development, telecommunications, information technology, manufacturing, music and entertainment, resort and hospitality, construction, oil and gas, agriculture, health care, and insurance.

Mr. Kalikman works closely with companies’ principals to develop and implement strategies to maximize companies’ value and to achieve results in an efficient and tax-advantaged manner. When appropriate, Mr. Kalikman draws on the knowledge of his colleagues in the six practice groups that comprise the Firm’s Business Services Department, which he led for many years: Corporate, Finance, Tax, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, and Creditors’ Rights & Business Restructuring.

Mr. Kalikman has substantial experience, both as a retained neutral and as an advocate on behalf of his clients, in the mediation of disputes between and among business partners and other parties seeking a negotiated resolution of complex business disputes. He also works closely with his colleagues in the Firm’s Financial Services Litigation Practice Group in arbitration proceedings and in litigation cases.

Other Distinctions

•Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation-Bankruptcy, 2010-2020*
•Named a “Northern California Super Lawyer” for creditors’ rights and bankruptcy, 2004-2019*
•Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell *
•Mr. Kalikman has presented lectures on financial restructuring and secured transactions issues for the National Business Institute, Inc., The Bar Association of San Francisco, and the continuing legal education program sponsored by Hastings College of Law

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Clerkships

•The Honorable Abraham J. Gafni, Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas

Community & Pro Bono

Community Activities

•President, Exeter Association of Northern California, Phillips Exeter Academy
•General Alumni Association, Phillips Exeter Academy, former Director
•Susan G. Komen Foundation, San Francisco Chapter, former Board Member
•A Home Away From Homelessness Foundation, former Board Member

Pro Bono Activities

•Election Protection Program, The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Housing Negotiation Project, Volunteer Legal Services Program, Bar Association of San Francisco (Recipient, Outstanding Volunteer in Public Service certificate)
•Veterans Multi-Service Center, Inc.
•New Leash on Life USA
•Court-Appointed Mediator, Bankruptcy Dispute Resolution Program, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (1994-present)

News & Publications

•Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2020
•Schnader Attorneys Named to CA Super Lawyers
•Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2019
•Schnader Attorneys Named to CA Super Lawyers
•Schnader Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers 2017
•40 Schnader Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2018
•Many Schnader Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers 2016
•Thirty-Seven Schnader Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2017
•Thirty-Three Schnader Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2016
•Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2015
•Thirty-Two Schnader Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2015
•Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2014
•Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2013
•Thirty-One Schnader Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2014
•Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2012
•Thirty-Three Schnader Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2013
•Protecting Yourself as a Secured Creditor - Proposed Amendments to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code
•Sixty-Eight Schnader Attorneys Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
•Thirty Schnader Attorneys Recognized as “The Best Lawyers in America” for 2012
•Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2011
•Thirty-Two Schnader Attorneys Recognized as “Best Lawyers in America” for 2011
•George H. Kalikman Named Managing Partner of Schnader’s San Francisco Office
•Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2010
•Three Schnader Attorneys Named as 2009 Northern California Super Lawyers
•Schnader Welcomes Two New Partners to the Firm’s San Francisco Office