Amit Ranade

Practice Areas

Amit Ranade is a bankruptcy and trial lawyer. In his bankruptcy practice, Amit primarily represents creditors, buyers and investors, official committees, and trustees. He has experience with the plan confirmation process; claim and lien-priority disputes; avoidance actions; asset sales and competitive bidding; and official committees.

Amit also has extensive experience in real estate, commercial, and business litigation matters. In his real estate litigation practice, Amit primarily represents owners, lenders, investors, and developers. He has experience with condemnation proceedings; secured debt financing disputes; environmental cost recovery actions; title and boundary disputes; evictions and lease disputes; constructions disputes; and land use and regulatory appeals. His commercial and business litigation practice includes a focus on matters involving the Uniform Commercial Code, partnership disputes, business interference, and consumer protection matters.

In addition to his law practice, Amit is adjunct faculty at the University of Washington School of Law, where he teaches J.D. courses in Bankruptcy Law and Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 – Secured Transactions. He is also a delegate for the Washington State Bar Association in the ABA House of Delegates, and he has served on numerous committees and commissions over the years. Amit was recently appointed to the King County Bar Association Board of Trustees. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Seattle Parks Foundation and Evergreen Business Capital. Amit is a Past President of the University of Washington Alumni Association. Amit has also served as Chair of the Washington Public Disclosure Commission, as Chair of the Seattle Parks Commission, and as a member of the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

- Practice Forward Commission (2020-Present)

- House of Delegates, Washington State Bar Association Rep. (2012-2018; 2022-Present)

- Constitution & By Laws Comittee (2023)

- Drafting Committee (2022)

- Rules Committee (2017-2018)

- Governance Commission, Volunteer Attorney (2006)

Evergreen Business Capital Board of Directors (2024-Present)

King County Bar Association Board of Trustees (2023-Present)

Washington Board of Judicial Administration COVID Recovery Task Force (2020-2022)

Washington State Bar Association

- Task Force on Escalating Cost of Civil Litigation (2011-2015)

- Legislative Committee (2010-2013)

South Asian Bar Association of Washington

William L. Dwyer Inn of Court (2009-2015)

Publications

“Still Learning the ‘Texas Two-Step:’ Lessons from the Third Circuit’s Decision in In re LTL Management, LLC, 64 F.4th 84 (3d Cir. 2023),” Presenter, Federal Bar Association of Eastern District of Washington (September 15, 2023)

"Washington Receiverships," Presenter, Risk Management Association Seattle Chapter Seminar (April 25, 2023)

"Valuation Issues in Regulatory Takings Cases," Presenter, Appraisal Institute Seattle Chapter (October 6, 2022)

"Regulatory Takings and Inverse Condemnation," Presenter, The Seminar Group CLE (November 17, 2022)

“UCC-9: Creation, Enforcement, Perfection, and Priority of UCC Security Interests,” Presenter, WSBA Creditor-Debtor Rights Section Webinar (annual presenter)

“UCC-9 Security Interests,” Presenter, King County Bar Association Debtor-Creditor Section CLE Presentation (annual presenter)

“Bankruptcy Primer,” Presenter, HKM Law Firm Lunchtime CLE Presentation (September 22, 2021)

“Bankruptcy Primer,” Presenter, Washington Employment Lawyers Association CLE Presentation (October 15, 2020)

“Opportunities in Distressed Real Estate Investing,” Presenter, HCMP Bankruptcy & Insolvency Webinar (May 27, 2020)

“Trial by Zoom,” Presenter, Cairncross & Hempelmann Lunchtime CLE (May 21, 2020)

“Structuring a Workout,” Presenter, HCMP Lender Services Seminar (March 27, 2018)

“CyberLaw,” Presenter, HCMP Lunchtime CLE (November 7, 2014)

Work Highlights

Represented a large institutional creditor in high-profile Chapter 11 case in Eastern Washington

Represented Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed, in Ingersoll v. Arlene's Flowers, 187 Wn.2d 804, 389 P.3d 543 (2017), in which the Washington Supreme Court held that a flower shop selling its goods and services to the general public cannot refuse to sell wedding flowers to a same-sex couple under the guise of religious freedom

Defended private university through appeal of land use decisions approving redevelopment of a parking lot on Seattle’s waterfront

Represented airline through jury trial in condemnation case involving operational support center

Represented client in bench trial seeking allowance of unsecured claim for environmental cost recovery under MTCA and CERCLA in major Chapter 11 environmental and asbestos case

Represented client in seeking to overturn a Seattle landmark decision that was preventing development of dilapidated warehouse site into a boutique hotel

Represented property owner in inverse condemnation action involving loss of access due to construction of overpass by City of Seattle

Represented secured noteholder in receivership proceeding of online shoe business with assets in the United States and Canada

Represented a heavy equipment manufacturer, as secured creditor, in receivership, bankruptcy, and personal guaranty proceedings in multiple jurisdictions

Represented a group of farm workers asserting wage and hour claims and discrimination claims in Chapter 12 "agricultural bankruptcy" proceedings

Defended a real estate investment firm through appeal in dispute involving a real estate purchase option in Michigan

Represented regional homebuilder in land use appeal of approved subdivision project

Regularly represent real property owners in condemnation, inverse condemnation, and regulatory takings

Represented real property owner in MTCA cleanup action of dry cleaner business

Negotiated settlement terms for local cement company in an international chemical conglomerate's multi-state bankruptcy proceeding

Negotiated consensual sale of intellectual property licensing rights in multi-state receivership proceeding