Speaker
Bios:
Penrod William Keith is a partner at Durham
Jones & Pinegar in Salt Lake City, where his practice focuses on
bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters. He has been a lecturer
on bankruptcy-related matters, chair of the Bankruptcy Section of the
Utah State Bar and is the author of “Civil Rico-The Allegations in
Context” in the BYU Law Review and “Contractual and
Equitable Subordination in Bankruptcy” in Dealing with the
Reorganizing Debtor, (PLI 1990) and is a contributing author to Collier
on Bankruptcy Treatise and Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice
Treatise.
Steven J. McCardell is a partner at
Durham
Jones & Pinegar in Salt Lake City, where his law
practice concentrates on representing debtors, trustees, examiners,
committees, creditors and other parties in chapter 11 cases, workouts
and related litigation and in advising parties on bankruptcy and
insolvency matters in transactions. He is a member of the Utah
Bankruptcy Lawyers Forum and a fellow of the American College of
Bankruptcy, and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Utah
Business’s Legal Elite in Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights. He
has served as a member of the Local Rules Committees for the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah and the U.S. Bankruptcy
Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit and as a member and chair of the
Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee of the Utah State Bar. He has been an
adjunct professor of law, teaching courses in business reorganization at
the University of Utah College of Law and the J. Reuben Clark Law
School. He was counsel to Ralph R. Mabey as examiner in the A.H. Robins
case, has served as counsel to trustees in complex chapter 11 and
chapter 7 cases in Utah and Colorado, and has represented numerous other
parties in interest in chapter 11 cases across the United
States.
Holly Renee Shilliday is a partner at Snell
& Wilmer LLP in Denver, where her practice concentrates on
bankruptcy and related state court and federal court litigation,
including lift stay, nondischargeability, claim objections preference,
fraudulent conveyance, plan confirmation, receiverships and related
appellate work. Ms. Shilliday earned her B.A. at the University of
Denver and her J.D. at Pepperdine University.
Hon.
Howard R. Tallman was appointed a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the
District of Colorado in Denver on Dec. 6, 2002. Prior to taking the
bench, he served as the U.S. Trustee for Region 19, covering Colorado,
Utah and Wyoming. Previously, Judge Tallman practiced with the Denver
firm of Block Markus & Williams LLC, where he specialized in the
representation of debtors, creditors, trustees, committees,
asset-purchasers and other parties in workouts, restructurings,
commercial litigation and bankruptcy cases and proceedings. He was also
a member of the chapter 7 panel of trustees for Colorado from 1996-2000.
From 1986-95, Judge Tallman practiced with the Denver office of the
regional firm of Holland & Hart LLP, representing creditors and
debtors in chapter 11 reorganizations. Judge Tallman is admitted to the
Colorado and New Jersey state bars and is a member of the Colorado and
Arapahoe County Bar Associations. He served as president of the Board of
Directors for Continuing Legal Education of Colorado Inc. and the
nonprofit legal education arm of the Colorado Bar Association and the
Denver Bar Association. He was also a faculty member for the National
Institute of Trial Advocacy. He has participated in the Bankruptcy
Subcommittee of the Business Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association
and the Bankruptcy Liaison Committee of the Faculty of Federal
Advocates, and has lectured and authored articles on bankruptcy and
related topics for many state bar and trade/industry associations. He is
certified as a business bankruptcy specialist by the American Board of
Certification. Judge Tallman received his B.A. summa cum laude from
Villanova University, his M.B.A. in finance from the University of
Colorado Graduate School of Business and his J.D. from the University of
Denver College of Law.
Kimberly H. Tyson is a member of Sherman
& Howard LLC’s litigation and natural resources department in
Denver, where her practice concentrates on bankruptcy and related
commercial litigation. She has represented secured creditors,
creditors’ committees, trustees, unsecured creditors and
purchasers in complex bankruptcies in Colorado and the West, and is the
current co-chair of the Colorado Bar Association’s bankruptcy
subsection. Ms. Tyson is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy issues and
co-authored the bankruptcy chapter of the Continuing Legal Education in
Colorado Inc.’s 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 Annual Surveys of
Colorado Law as well as the National Association of Credit
Management’s Bankruptcy Reorganization Guide (Second Edition). She
provided editorial assistance on Texas Personal Property Secured
Transactions Handbook for Wisconsin Lawyers and Lenders and the American
Bankers Association’s Guide to Challenging Consumer Bankruptcy.
Ms. Tyson received her A.B. from Smith College and her J.D. from the
University of Kansas School of Law. |
