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Kenneth L. Cannon II

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Salt Lake City Office
Main: 801.415.3000
Direct: 801.297.1201
kcannon@djplaw.com

Mr. Cannon is the Chair of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Section. He joined the firm in January 2003, after practicing many years with a national law firm. Mr. Cannon 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
  • Creditor's Claims

EDUCATION

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School - J.D., cum laude (1982)

  • Order of the Coif
  • J. Reuben Clark Law Scholar

Brigham Young University - M.A., American History (1982)

Brigham Young University - B.A., History, summa cum laude (1978)

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ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

  • Utah
  • All State and Federal Courts in Utah
  • New York
  • Southern and Eastern District Courts of New York
  • District of Columbia (inactive)
  • United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Tenth Circuits

INDUSTRIES

  • Financial

ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES

  • Finnish

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES

  • Member, National Advisory Council, College of Family Home & Social Sciences, Brigham Young University (2002–present)
  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Advisory Board, Rocky Mountain Region, American Bankruptcy Institute (1999–2002)
  • Adjunct faculty member, J. Reuben Clark Law School (1997–2001)
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Mountain States Super Lawyers, and Utah Business magazine's "Legal Elite"
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Utah Heritage Foundation (1989–1993)
  • Senior Fulbright Scholar, Helsinki University (1985)
  • Member, Advisory Board of Editors, Utah Historical Quarterly (1983–1996)

PUBLICATIONS

  • "Liability Insurance Settlements in Mass Tort Bankruptcy Cases," 41 Fed. Bar Journal 195 (March/April 1994)
  • "Germain v. Connecticut National Bank: Granfinanciera and Langenkamp Correctly Understood," Norton L. Advisor 9 (May 1994)
  • "Cellular Mobile Radio Telecommunications: Regulating an Emerging Industry," BYU L. Rev. 305 (1983)
  • "'The Mountain Common Law': The Extralegal Punishment of Seducers in Early Utah," 51 Utah Historical Quarterly 308 (Fall 1983)
  • "A Strange Encounter: The English Courts and Mormon Polygamy," 22 BYU Studies 73 (Winter 1982)

PRESENTATIONS

  • Frequent lecturer on corporate bankruptcy and workout topics

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Shareholder, LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae

REPRESENTATIVE CASES/DEALS

  • Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors v. Mabey (In re Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.), 119 F.3d 349 (5th Cir. 1997)
  • United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan v. Rushton (In re Sunnyside Coal Co.), 146 F.3d 1273 (10th Cir. 1999)

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