MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP. Bankruptcy Filing

Case Number: 19-14714

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MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP. Filing Information

MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP. filed a 11 chapter bankruptcy in the Central District of California bankruptcy court on December 04, 2019. This is a voluntary filing; it was assigned the bankruptcy case number #19-14714.

The bankruptcy petition for MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP. showed assets in the range of $10MM - $50MM with liabilities in the range of $10MM - $50MM. MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP. reports that the number of creditors is in the range of 100-199.

The debtor indicated their nature of business as: None of the Above. According to the debtor's petition, MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP.'s industry is Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing.

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Case Information and Court Record Details

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Last Updated: 6/21/2025

Case Age: 2026 days since filing

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Court Docket Information for MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORP.

JNTADMN, LEAD




U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Central District of California (Santa Ana)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 8:19-bk-14714-TA

Assigned to: Theodor Albert
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset
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Date filed:  12/04/2019
Plan confirmed:  12/16/2021
341 meeting:  01/10/2020
Deadline for filing claims:  04/16/2020

Debtor
Meade Instruments Corp.
27 Hubble
Irvine, CA 92618
ORANGE-CA
Tax ID / EIN: 95-2988062

rep. by Marc C Forsythe
Goe Forsythe & Hodges LLP
18101 Von Karman Avenue Ste 1200
Irvine, CA 92612
949-798-2460
Fax : 949-955-9437
Email:
 kmurphy @ goeforlaw.com
TERMINATED: 12/05/2019

Robert P Goe
Goe Forsythe & Hodges LLP
18101 Von Karman, Ste 1200
Irvine, CA 92612
949-798-2460
Fax : 949-955-9437
Email:
 kmurphy @ goeforlaw.com

Mark S Horoupian
GreenspoonMarder LLP
333 South Grand Avenue
Suite 3400
Los Angeles, CA 90071
213-626-2311
Fax : 954-771-9264
Email:
 mark.horoupian @ gmlaw.com

Charity J Manee
Goe Forsythe & Hodges LLP
18101 Von Karman
Suite 1200
Irvine, CA 92612
949-798-2460
Email:
 cmanee @ goeforlaw.com
TERMINATED: 12/05/2019

U.S. Trustee
United States Trustee (SA)
411 W Fourth St., Suite 7160
Santa Ana, CA 92701-4593
(714) 338-3400

rep. by Frank Cadigan
411 W 4th St Ste 7160
Santa Ana, CA 92701
714-338-3405
Fax : 714-338-3421
Email:
 frank.cadigan @ usdoj.gov
TERMINATED: 12/16/2021

Queenie K Ng
411 West Fourth St.
Suite 7160
Santa Ana, CA 92701
714-338-3403
Fax : 714-338-3421
Email:
 queenie.k.ng @ usdoj.gov
TERMINATED: 01/14/2022

Leslie Skorheim
Office of the United States Trustee
411 W Fourth St Ste 7160
Santa Ana, CA 92701
714-338-3400
Email:
 leslie.skorheim @ usdoj.gov

Creditor Committee
Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
rep. by Mark S Horoupian
333 South Grand Avenue
Suite 3400
Los Angeles, CA 90071
213-626-2311
Email:
 mark.horoupian @ gmlaw.com

Claire K Wu
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
725 South Figueroa Street
Ste 36th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213-488-7100
Fax : 213-629-1033
Email:
 claire.wu @ pillsburylaw.com

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