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Annette W. Jarvis, Ray Quinney & Nebeker

Annette W. JarvisMs. Jarvis has extensive experience in representing debtors, trustees, examiners, creditors' committees, creditors, indenture trustees, equity holders, public bond holders and purchasers of assets in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Ms. Jarvis also has experience in receivership cases, both representing receivers and acting as a receiver, and has worked on SIPC cases brought under SIPA.

Ms. Jarvis is currently in the process of completing her representation of the USA Capital Commercial Mortgage cases in Las Vegas, Nevada, which resulted in a highly successful restructuring of five affiliated companies, including an SEC regulated fund, with a portfolio of loans of approximately $1 billion in outstanding principal amounts. Ms. Jarvis was awarded the 2007 Large Company Transaction of the Year Award by the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) in recognition of her work in the USA Capital Commercial Mortgage cases. Ms. Jarvis is also currently the Court Appointed Receiver in the Olympus Construction LLC case. As the Receiver, Ms. Jarvis has liquidated the assets of this real estate development company, satisfied its claims through a court supervised claims procedure, and settled claims among LLC members.

Ms. Jarvis is currently bankruptcy counsel for VR Telecommunications, GmbH, Vebacom Holdings, Inc. and their affiliates in representing their interests in the Iridium bankruptcy cases pending in the Southern District of New York. She represented Nippon Iridium (Bermuda) Limited in litigation related to the Iridium bankruptcy case pending in the District of Delaware. She was counsel for Halcyon/Alan B. Slifka Management Co. LLC in the Dow Corning Chapter 11 case pending in Michigan. In the District of Utah, among other cases in which she is currently involved, Ms. Jarvis represents the Chapter 11 Trustee in the Geneva Steel LLC case.

Ms. Jarvis has represented the debtors in the LTV Corporation, America West Airlines, Sigman Meat Company, and GNI Group, Inc. cases, the Chapter 11 trustee in the Cajun Electric Power Cooperative case (involving the restructuring of over $5 billion in debt of a regulated utility), the examiner in the A.H. Robins case, the Indiana Insurance Commissioner in the Baldwin United case, Bankers Trust Company in the Gillett Holdings, Inc. and Hal Roach Studios, Inc. cases, U. S. Trust in the Continental Airlines and M.C.EG. cases, Affiliated FM Insurance Company in the Pacor, Inc., Pettibone, and Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. cases, and the Pennsylvania Public School Employee's Retirement Board in the Highlands Inn Investors case. Ms. Jarvis has worked on SIPC cases, including Langheinrich & Fender, and represented a Chapter 7 Trustee in the liquidation of a commodities brokership in the T&D Investment case.

Ms. Jarvis has been named as one of The Best Lawyers in America in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law. She maintains an “AV” rating with Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics. She has also been selected for inclusion in Mountain States Super Lawyers in the category of Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights Law, and has been elected as a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy. Ms. Jarvis has also been voted by her peers throughout the state as one of Utah's "Legal Elite" in the categories of Bankruptcy/Creditor Rights Law and Corporate Law (as published in Utah Business Magazine).

EDUCATION

J. Reuben Clark Law School, J.D., 1979

  • magna cum laude
  • BYU LAW REVIEW
  • J. Reuben Clark Scholar

Brigham Young University, B.A., History and European Studies, 1977

  • magna cum laude
  • Valedictorian for the Department of History

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae L.L.P., in their Salt Lake City, Denver, and Washington D.C. Offices
  • Professor of Commercial Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
  • Watkiss & Campbell
  • Law clerk to the Honorable Ralph R. Mabey, United States Bankruptcy Judge

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

  • United States Supreme Court, 1999
  • The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2003
  • The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1998
  • The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1997
  • The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1997
  • Federal courts in Arizona, 1997
  • All state and federal courts in Colorado, 1994
  • All state and federal courts in Utah, 1979

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
  • The International Bar Association
  • The Federal Bar Association
  • The International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation
  • The American Bar Association
  • The America Bankruptcy Institute
  • International Board Member, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Chair, Women in the Law Committee

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

  • Presenter, “Summary of Selected Highlights of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005” at the Rocky Mountain Conference of the American Bankruptcy Institute in Denver, CO (2006)
  • Co-author, "Liability Insurance Settlements in Mass Tort Bankruptcy Cases," Federal Bar News & Journal (1994)
  • Co-author, "In re Frenville: A Critique by the National Bankruptcy Conference's Committee on Claims and Distributions," Business Law Journal (1987)

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES

  • 2007 Pathfinder Award from the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, Women in Business Conference
  • 2005 Distinguished Alumna Award from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University
  • Dorathy Merrill Brothers Award for the Advancement of Women in the Legal Profession, Utah State Bar, 2005
  • Chair, IWIRC Mountain/Desert Network (Utah, Colorado, Arizona), 2007-present
  • Member, Advisory Committee, ABI Rocky Mountain Conference, 2003-present
  • Pro Bono Work for the Utah Symphony & Opera Board
  • Former Community Counsel Member, West High School
  • Former ESL Teacher, Community Based Program at West High School
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