UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

July 8, 2008

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

PACWEST BANCORP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		00-30747		33-0885320
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

401 West A Street

San Diego, California 92101

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(619) 233-5588

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.*

On July 8, 2008, PacWest Bancorp issued a press release announcing estimated results of operations and financial condition for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.*

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release dated July 8, 2008

*The information furnished under Item 2.02 and Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other filings of PacWest Bancorp under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be set forth by specific reference in such filing.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	PACWEST BANCORP

Date: July 8, 2008
	By:	/s/ Jared M. Wolff
	Name: Jared M. Wolff
	Title: Executive Vice President, General
	Counsel and Secretary