FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   FREMDER ANDREW B 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/08/2014 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PACWEST BANCORP [PACW] (Last) (First) (Middle) 10250 CONSTELLATION BLVD., SUITE 1640 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 47,896 (1) D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FREMDER ANDREW B 10250 CONSTELLATION BLVD., SUITE 1640 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067	  X	Â	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Kori L. Ogrosky, Attorney-in-Fact		04/10/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	In connection with the merger of CapitalSource Inc. with and into PacWest Bancorp on April 7, 2014 pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 22, 2013, as amended, between PacWest and CapitalSource, the reporting person received (i) 9,986 shares of the PacWest common stock reported above, together with $86,955 in cash, in exchange for 35,200 shares of CapitalSource common stock and (ii) PacWest phantom stock with respect to 37,910 shares of the PacWest common stock reported above in exchange for 111,567 shares of CapitalSource phantom stock. The shares of PacWest common stock underlying the PacWest phantom stock are payable upon the earlier of termination of the reporting person's service as a director of PacWest and April 7, 2015. On April 7, 2014, the effective date of the merger, the closing price of CapitalSource's common stock was $15.50 per share and the closing price of PacWest's common stock was $45.83 per share.
  Remarks: Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney

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