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• Jones Waldo
• St George Office
• Bret M Hanna
• Randall J Holmgren
• Lucy Jenkins Environmental
• Lucy Jenkins Estate Planning
• Richard Peter Stevens

FIRM:

Shareholder

PRACTICE FOCUS:

Leader, Bankruptcy/Creditors Rights Practice Group

EXPERTISE:

Represents clients in the litigation of complex commercial disputes, with a particular emphasis in bankruptcy-related litigation, at both the trial and appellate level. 

Handles creditor, committee, and indenture trustee representation in complex national and local bankruptcy reorganization and liquidation cases, securities litigation, investment fraud, contested administrative agency proceedings, business torts, and real estate broker errors and omissions defense.

Advises diverse lenders on designing and implementing policies and procedures for consumer bankruptcy cases.

CAREER:

Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Key Bank of Utah, 1986-1989

EDUCATION:

Pepperdine University, J.D., Deans Honor List, 1980

• Student Trial Lawyers Association, Founder/President
• Moot Court Honor Board
• Awarded American Jurisprudence Awards (first in class) in commercial and constitutional law.

University of Utah, B.S., 1977

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Utah Bankruptcy Lawyers Forum (Counselor Member)

American Bankruptcy Institute

National Association of Securities Dealers Dispute Resolution (Arbitrator, Chairman Panel)

Salt Lake County Bar Association

Utah State Bar (Chairman, Corporate Counsel Section, 1991; Member, Sections on: Litigation; Bankruptcy; Securities; Corporate Counsel)

Alpha Kappa Psi (President, 1976-1977)

Member, Moot Court Honor Board

Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Commercial Law

Chair, Committee of Bar Examiners, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights Subcommittee, 1988—

FINRA Dispute Resolution, Arbitrator Panels

Chicago Board Options Exchange Dispute Resolution

COMMUNITY:

Utahns Against Hunger, Director, 1994-1998 and Chairman, 1997-1998

Utah Symphony and Opera, Past Trustee

Park City Jazz Foundation, Executive Committee

Legal advisor to established and emerging church congregations.

PERSONAL:

Born, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1955