M. JONATHAN HAYES

Adjunct Faculty Member

Subjects Taught: UCC, Bankruptcy, Income Tax, Business organizations and contracts, Civil Procedure, Advanced Bankruptcy Issues, Remedies.

Contact Information:

Telephone: (818) 710-3656
Fax: (818) 710-3659
Email: jhayes@polarisnet.net

“Law is a great profession and way to spend your life. But it takes a lot of effort. Don’t even start if you don’t intend to make the effort.”

Educational and Professional Background:

B.A. Loyola University 1971
J.D. Loyola University School of Law 1977

Mr. Hayes has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at San Fernando Valley College of Law, formerly University of La Verne, in Woodland Hills for the past 17 years where he has taught Bankruptcy, Business Organizations, Contracts, Advanced Bankruptcy Issues, Commercial Law, and Taxation.  He is on the Faculty Senate of the University of West Los Angeles School of Law and has been with the University since 1987.   

Mr. Hayes has been a member of the panel of mediators of the Bankruptcy Mediation Program for the Central District of California since the program's inception.  He received an award from the court for “Most Frequently Chosen Mediator in the Central District – 2000-2001” and “Most Frequently Chosen Mediator in the Los Angeles Division – 2004- 2005.” 

Professional Memberships and Activities:

• Member, Board of Editors of the California Bankruptcy Journal.
• Member, Bankruptcy Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. 
• Member, Board of Directors of the Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association.
• Editor of the newsletter, Consumer Bankruptcy Law News.
• Maintains a bankruptcy blog on the westlaw website at www.lawprofessorblogs.com