In re US Realm Powder River, LLC – Represented chapter 11 debtors-in-possession. 
Debtors held significant mineral leases and owned and operated approximately 6,000 coal-bed methane gas wells in the Powder River Basin.  After more than 6 years of continuous contested matters, and successfully negotiating more than $200 million in post-petition administrative claims, the assets were sold and the cases were dismissed. 

In re BOTW Holdings, LLC, et al. – Represented debtors-in-possession – a firearms manufacturer – in a hostile and very litigious chapter 11 bankruptcy case. After successfully defending against a motion to convert the case and other contested matters, the Debtors were successful in confirming a joint chapter 11 plan of reorganization. 

In re Huy Dinh v. HS Group, Inc. – Represented a court-appointed receiver over a wholesale ISO (independent sales organization).  After stabilizing the company and operating the company on a net-profit basis, the company’s assets were liquidated, generating millions of dollars for equity holders after paying creditor claims.

In re Cuda Energy Inc. et al. – Represented foreign representative in a chapter 15 cross-border bankruptcy proceeding involving the sale of oil and gas assets.

In re Mountain States Rosen LLC – Represented chapter 11 debtor-in-possession.  Debtor owned and operated a meat packing facility in Greeley, CO.  Debtor’s assets were successfully liquidated through a chapter 11 sale process. 

In re Twiford Enterprises, Inc. – Represented principal secured lender involving a cow-calf operation.  Obtained confirmation of creditor’s chapter 11 liquidating plan.

In re Vester Investments, LLC – – Represented chapter 11 debtor-in-possession in case involving a debtor whose primary assets were substantial securities held in investment accounts.

In re Powell Valley Health Care, Inc. – Represented chapter 11 debtor-in-possession.  Debtor (non-profit corporation) operates an acute healthcare facility in rural Wyoming.  Obtained confirmation of a chapter 11 plan of reorganization.  

In re Dennis Danzik – Represented largest unsecured creditor through multiple serial chapter 11 and 7 filings.  Obtained $7,000,000 nondischargeable judgment. 

In re Leonard Owen Mosher – Creditor’s counsel for creditor asserting claims for fraud, embezzlement and willful and malicious injury. Successful in obtaining nondischargeable judgment and converting case from chapter 11 to chapter 7.

In re US Bentonite, Inc., et al. – Represented chapter 11 debtors-in-possession in successful liquidation of debtor’s assets for $4,250,000.   

In re Red Eagle Oil, Inc. – Represented chapter 11 debtors-in-possession in successful liquidation of debtor’s assets for $9,400,000.     

In re Western Biomass Energy, LLC – Represented chapter 11 debtor-in-possession in successful liquidation of debtor’s assets

In re MTR, LLC – Represented chapter 11 debtor-in-possession (single asset real estate), a real estate holding company.  Plan confirmed. 

In re Hildebrand – Represented individual chapter 11 debtor-in-possession, an owner/operator of a licensed chiropractic center in Wyoming.  Plan confirmed.

Practice Smarter in Bankruptcy: Practice Pointers, Sale Issues, First Day Relief, and the Do’s, Don’ts, and Doughn’ts, June 2026.

Did I do that? Do’s and Don’ts and Often-Overlooked Issues in the Everyday Practice of Bankruptcy Law, May 2024.

I Got 99 Problems But Fixing My Financial Aff airs Ain’t One: Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, Wyoming State Bar Annual Meeting and Judicial Conference, September 2023

Consumer Bankruptcy Basics for Non-Bankruptcy Practitioners.  Wyoming State Bar Annual Meeting and Judicial Conference, September 2021.  

Third Party Releases.  Turnaround Management Association – Denver Chapter, September 2021. 

A New Tool in the Debtor’s Toolbox in Light of the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 and the Cares Act.  Laramie County Bar Association, March 2021.  

Brass Tacks of an Initial Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Consultation.  Wyoming State Bar, Bankruptcy Law Section, May 2019

Getting Thrown in the Ring with the Trustee – How to Properly Defend Your Client Against the Trustee’s Avoidance Powers Under the Bankruptcy Code. Wyoming State Bar, Bankruptcy Law Section, March 2018

Panelist at the 23rd Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference: Health Care and Nonprofits in Crisis: Is Bankruptcy the Cure? How to Properly Diagnose and Treat Troubled Health Care Businesses and Nonprofits

Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Section of the Wyoming State Bar, Past-Chair

Wyoming Bankruptcy Court Local Rules Committee, Member

American Bankruptcy Institute, Member

University of Wyoming, College of Law, J.D., 2009

University of Wyoming, B.S., Business Administration, Spanish Minor, 2002