M. Jonathan Hayes

Senior Counsel, RHM Law, LLP (Los Angeles, CA)

Biography

M. Jonathan Hayes has practiced consumer bankruptcy law primarily for the past 42 years in Southern California. He recently completed a two-year sabbatical as the BAP Law Clerk first for Judge Laura Taylor in San Diego and then for Judge William Lafferty in Oakland. He is now Senior Counsel to the bankruptcy firm of RHM Law, LLP. Jon has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of West Los Angeles School of Law for the past 33 years where he has taught Bankruptcy, Business Associations and other subjects. Jon was a member of the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization, Bankruptcy Law Advisory Commission, 2010 to 2018. He was Vice-Chairman for the year 2016-2017 and Chairman for the year 2017-2018. He was President of the Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney’s Assn (“cdcbaa”), 2013 and 2014, and is a member of the Board of Directors 2008 to present. He was a Lawyer Representative to the Central District Judicial Conference, 2014 to 2019. Today he has joined with Hon. Meredith Jury (Ret.) to form a bankruptcy appellate “dream team” with six other bankruptcy attorneys throughout the 9th Circuit to help consumer attorneys with their bankruptcy appeals. Jon has written four books entitled, “A Summary of Chapter 13” published in November 2019; “A Summary of Bankruptcy Law, Third Edition” published in December, 2016; “Bankruptcy Jurisprudence from the Supreme Court, Second Edition” published in 2016; and “Melvyn ‘Deacon’ Jones: My 40 years with the Blues Legends,” published in 2004. All are available on Amazon.com. You can reach Jon at [email protected].

Articles by M. Jonathan Hayes

Hayes Jury
May 4, 2025
A new series from Attorney Jon Hayes. “I expect to cover every aspect of appeals carefully over the next couple months. Part 2 will have my thoughts on how to choose a good case to appeal.”
Members
Hayes Jury
March 23, 2025
. . . “9th Circuit apparently has a rule that ‘well-reasoned dicta’ is binding on 9th Circuit federal courts and all litigants in the circuit.” Who knew??
Members
Hayes Jury
January 19, 2025
Atty Hayes takes a look at a very interesting aspect of law we probably don’t think about on a regular basis. Are appeals for sale? “. . . maybe the answer is that the right to appeal is always property of the estate and may be sold to the opposing party.”
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Hayes Jury
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Hayes Jury
November 17, 2024
Issue: Does the bankruptcy discharge terminate the right of a secured creditor to foreclose its lien on the debtor’s exempt homestead?
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Hayes Jury
November 3, 2024
“I had a profound thought - what in the world is the two-dismissal rule? I guess the 9th Circuit wondered the same thing because it affirmed . . . bankruptcy court’s dismissal of a debtor’s declaratory relief complaint against a bank on the basis that the debtor had previously filed three other cases and then voluntarily dismissed them.”
Hayes Jury
October 6, 2024
“What, he [Gorsuch] explains, jumped out at me is that not only are there too many laws and administrative rules, but there are too many laws and rules created by agencies -- by individuals not chosen by we the people, and often in the far-away land we call Washington.”
Hayes Jury
September 8, 2024
Apparently, seventh time’s the harm. In this case, aggressive lawyering’ crosses the line.
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Hayes Jury
September 1, 2024
Should the court dismiss a lawsuit by homeowners against their bank where they did not disclose the claims in their chapter 13 petition?
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Hayes Jury
July 21, 2024
I did a little digging hoping to find out how in the world anyone could think that an LLC could file chapter 13. After all, chapter 13 can be filed only by an individual(s). Right? Or No??
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