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Steven J. McCardell

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Salt Lake City Office
Main: 801.415.3000
Direct: 801.297.1215
smccardell@djplaw.com

Mr. McCardell represents creditors, debtors, trustees, committees, examiners, purchasers, contract parties, boards of directors, and other parties in interest in business bankruptcy and insolvency matters, as well as in related business transactions, workouts, and litigation. He joined the firm in 2006, after practicing with a national firm for 22 years. Mr. McCardell maintains an "AV" rating with Martindale/Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics.

PRACTICE AREAS

Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights

  • Business Workouts
  • Chapter 11 Reorganization

EDUCATION

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School - J.D., cum laude (1981)

Brigham Young University - B.A., Speech and Interpersonal Communication, summa cum laude (1973)

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FIRM MANAGEMENT

  • Chair, Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Section

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

  • Utah
  • All State and Federal Courts in Utah
  • United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and Tenth Circuits
  • United States Supreme Court

INDUSTRIES

  • Financial

ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES

  • Spanish

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES

  • Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Member, Utah Bankruptcy Lawyers' Forum
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Mountain States Super Lawyers, and Utah Business magazine's "Legal Elite"
  • Member, Local Rules Committee, United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (2001-2003)
  • Utah State Bar Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee (Chair, 2003-2004; Member, 1995-2004)
  • Adjunct professor, S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah (1987)
  • Assistant adjunct professor, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University (1994-1997)

PRESENTATIONS

  • Speaker on bankruptcy law for the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, American Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, Utah Bankruptcy Lawyers' Forum, and Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Judicial Clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Utah
  • Judicial Clerk, Honorable Glen E. Clark (1982-1984)
  • Judicial Clerk, Honorable Ralph R. Mabey (1981-1982)

REPRESENTATIVE CASES/DEALS

  • United States v. Reorganized CF&I Fabricators of Utah, Inc., 518 U.S. 213 (1996) (argued as debtor's counsel)
  • Allen v. Geneva Steel Co., 281 F.3d 1173 (10th Cir. 2002)
  • Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. v. CF&I Fabricators of Utah, Inc., 150 F.3d 1293 (10th Cir. 1999)
  • UMW 1992 Benefit Plan v. Rushton, 147 F.3d 1273 (10th Cir. 1998)
  • In re Sweetwater, 884 F.2d 1323 (10th Cir. 1989)
  • Menard-Sanford v. Mabey (In re A. H. Robins Co.), 880 F.2d 694 (4th Cir. 1989)

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