Mr. Thomson is a shareholder in the firm's Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Section. His practice focuses on the areas of business and personal financial reorganization, bankruptcy litigation, bankruptcy appeals, creditors’ rights, and trustee and receiver representation.
PRACTICE AREAS
Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights
- Business Workouts
- Chapter 11 Reorganization
EDUCATION
University of Utah, S. J. Quinney College of Law - J.D. (2000)
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Articles Editor, Utah Law Review
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William H. Leary Scholar
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First Place and Best Brief, Intermountain Region, National Moot Court Competition (1999–2000)
Brigham Young University - B.A., English (1997)
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ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
- Utah
- Nevada
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Wyoming
INDUSTRIES
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
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Named by Utah Business magazine as one of Utah’s “Legal Elite”
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Named to the 2009 Rising Star List in the Mountain States Super Lawyers magazine
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Voting Council Member, Bankruptcy Law Section, State Bar of Nevada
PUBLICATIONS
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Co-author, “Piercing the Façade of Utah’s ‘Improved’ Elective Share Statute,” 1999 Utah Law Review 667
PRESENTATIONS
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"Navigating Bankruptcy in Troubled Times: Options for Creditors and Debtors," Lorman Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah, December 2009
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"Evictions in Utah: Residential and Commercial," Lorman Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah, December 2008
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"Foreclosure and Repossession in Nevada," Lorman Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 2008
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"Landlord and Tenant Law in Utah," Lorman Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2008
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"Collection Law: The Good, the Bad and the Profitable," Lorman Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2007
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"What We Know That We Didn't Know Then: The Bankruptcy Reform Act One Year Later," Lorman Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 2006
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"What Every Creditor Needs to Know about the Consumer Protection Act of 2005 in Utah," Lorman Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2006
REPRESENTATIVE CASES/DEALS
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Gillman v. Ford (In re Ford), 492 F.3d 1148 (10th Cir. 2007)
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Miller v. Miller (In re Miller), 302 B.R. 705 (10th Cir. BAP 2003)
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In re Flamingo 55, Inc., 378 B.R. 893 (Bankr. D. Nev. 2007)
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