Mr. Pachulski received his preparatory education at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he received his B.A. in political science, graduating summa cum laude, in 1971. Mr. Pachulski received his J.D. degree from Harvard University, where he graduated summa cum laude and received the Fay Diploma (which is awarded to the graduate with the highest cumulative grade average) in 1974. While at Harvard, he received the Sears Prize in 1972 and again in 1973, and was a member of the Harvard Law Review for the academic year 1972-73.

Mr. Pachulski is currently a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference. Some of Mr. Pachulski's recent engagements include representing the holders of in excess of $200 million of secured notes in the chapter 11 case of Scotia Pacific Co.; representing the holders of approximately $500 million in unsecured senior notes in the chapter 11 case of Delphi Corporation; and representing the holders of in excess of $3 billion of senior unsecured debt of Enron Corp. in Enron's chapter 11 case.  Other recent engagements include acting as co-counsel for certain holders of Calpine's 6% Convertible Notes; acting as special conflicts counsel to a group of bondholders of Adelphia Communications Corp. in Adelphia's chapter 11 case; and representing the holders of $275 million of debt in the Owens-Corning chapter 11 case.  He also acted as lead chapter 11 counsel for Mariner Post-Acute Network, Inc., Mariner Health Group, Inc., and 185 affiliated entities which collectively operated approximately 400 skilled nursing and long-term acute care facilities as of the chapter 11 filing, whose chapter 11 cases are pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and who successfully confirmed a chapter 11 plan. Representative engagements in which Mr. Pachulski has previously been involved include the representation of the debtors in the administratively consolidated chapter 11 cases of Doskocil, Wilson Foods, and 16 affiliated entities; the representation of Public Service Company of New Hampshire, a public utility, in its chapter 11 case; the representation of Argo Petroleum, Bercor, Pizza Time Theatre, and Sambo's Restaurants (all publicly held companies at the time) in their respective chapter 11 cases; the representation of Cherokee, Inc., and Restaurant Enterprises Group in their respective prepackaged chapter 11 cases; representation of the trustee in the liquidation of W.S. Clearing, Inc., a clearing broker, under the Securities Investor Protection Act; representation of funds managed by Apollo Advisors as a major bondholder in the chapter 11 cases of Hayes-Lemmerz, Gillette Holdings, Inc. and Hillsborough Holdings, Inc.; representation of funds managed by Fidelity Investments, Apollo Advisors and Trust Company of the West as the holders of approximately $500 million in bonds in the aggregate in the chapter 11 case of SCI Television; representation of Pennzoil in the Texaco, Inc. chapter 11 case; and the successful defense of an appeal on behalf of a plaintiff which obtained a $22.5 million lender liability judgment against Royal Bank of Canada. Mr. Pachulski also represented AMC in its successful acquisition of General Cinema Corporation in the chapter 11 case of General Cinema.

Mr. Pachulski has also devoted a significant portion of his practice to appellate matters. Some of the reported appellate opinions in which he has appeared as counsel of record include: U.S. Bancorp Mortgage Corp. v. Bonner Mall Partnership, 513 U.S. 18, 115 S. Ct. 386 (1994) (counsel for amicus); Chemical Bank v. First Trust of N.Y. (In re Southeast Banking Corp.), 156 F.3d 1114 (11th Cir. 1998); United States v. Wyle (In re Pacific Far East Lines), 889 F.2d 242 (9th Cir. 1989); First Fidelity Bank v. Public Service Co. of N.H. (In re Public Service Co. of N.H.), 879 F.2d 987 (1st Cir. 1989); Willamette Waterfront, Ltd. v. Victoria Station (In re Victoria Station Inc.), 875 F.2d 1380 (9th Cir. 1989); In re Bullion Reserve of N. Am. (Danning v. Bozek), 836 F.2d 1214 (9th Cir. 1988); Landes Constr. Co. v. Royal Bank of Canada, 833 F.2d 1365 (1987); Sambo's Restaurants v. Wheeler (In re Sambo's Restaurants, Inc.), 754 F.2d 811 (9th Cir. 1985); Harris v. Emus Records Corp., 734 F.2d 1329 (9th Cir. 1984); Salomon v. Logan (In re International Envtl. Dynamics, Inc.), 718 F.2d 322 (9th Cir. 1983); Aoki v. Shepherd Mach. Co. (In re J.A. Thompson & Son), 665 F.2d 941 (9th Cir. 1982); Royal Bank of Canada v. Trone (In re Westgate Cal. Corp.), 634 F.2d 459 (9th Cir. 1980); Casady v. Bucher (In re Royal Props., Inc.), 621 F.2d 984 (9th Cir. 1980); and C.F. Brookside, Ltd. v. Skyview Memorial Lawn Cemetery (In re Affordable Hous. Dev. Corp.), 175 B.R. 324 (Bankr. 9th Cir. 1994).

Mr. Pachulski's articles include "Levy v. Cohen: Another Pitfall for Creditors in Bankruptcy Proceedings," 53 Los Angeles Bar Journal 278, 1977, and "The Cram Down and Valuation Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code," 58 N.C.L. Review 925 (1981). He has also lectured on topics such as appellate practice, intellectual property licenses and security interests in bankruptcy and Chapter 11 plans.