Richard Neiter served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California for ten years until his retirement from the bench in 2016. His chambers was based in Los Angeles. He began his distinguished legal career in 1963 as a member of the prestigious firm of Stutman Treister & Glatt, PC; A Los Angeles based law firm with a national practice specializing in bankruptcy reorganization and creditor rights where he stayed until he became a judge in 2006. While at Stutman, he worked on many significant reorganization cases and frequently mediated cases in Delaware and in California. A graduate of USC Law Center, he served as a board member of its Law Review

and also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of its Alumni Association in 1986. Judge Neiter taught by example and made a positive impact on every person whose life he has touched. His genuine interest in thewell-being and opinion of others made him a great mentor, friend, and counselor to so many individuals.He believed in civility in the courtroom. He valued theimportance of having diverse points of view and often collaborated with his clerks on bankruptcy decisions. A lover of contemporary art, he enjoyed exposing others to its dynamic concepts and subjects that advocate cultural diversity and breaking from tradition.

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