Michael F. Thomson

Michael F. Thomson is a shareholder in the firm’s Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Section. His practice focuses on the areas of creditors’ rights, trustee and receiver representation, bankruptcy litigation, bankruptcy appeals, and financial reorganization.

Education

University of Utah, S. J. Quinney College of  Law - J.D. (2000)

  • Articles Editor, Utah Law Review
  • William H. Leary Scholar
  • First Place and Best Brief, Intermountain Region, National Moot Court Competition (1999–2000)

Brigham Young University - B.A., English (1997)

Admitted to Practice

  • Nevada
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • Utah
  • Wyoming

Professional and Civic Activities

  • Chapter 7 Panel Trustee, District of Utah
  • Named in The Best Lawyers in America, Mountain States Super Lawyers, and Utah Business magazine’s Legal Elite
  • Voting Council Member, Bankruptcy Law Section, State Bar of Nevada
  • Member, Board of Governors, Davis County Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Member, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees

Publications

  • Co-author, “Piercing the Façade of Utah’s ‘Improved’ Elective Share Statute,” 1999 Utah Law Review 667

Presentations

  • "Creditor Rights & Bankruptcy," Utah State Bar Spring Convention, March 2012
  • “Navigating Bankruptcy in Troubled Times: Options for Creditors and Debtors,” Lorman Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah, December 2009
  • “Evictions in Utah: Residential and Commercial,” Lorman Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah, December 2008
  • “Foreclosure and Repossession in Nevada,” Lorman Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 2008
  • “Landlord and Tenant Law in Utah,” Lorman Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2008
  • “Collection Law: The Good, the Bad and the Profitable,” Lorman Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2007
  • “What We Know That We Didn’t Know Then: The Bankruptcy Reform Act One Year Later,” Lorman Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 2006
  • “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

  • In re Reinhart, 267 P.3d 895 (Utah 2011)
  • Gillman v. Ford (In re Ford), 492 F.3d 1148 (10th Cir. 2007)
  • Miller v. Miller (In re Miller), 302 B.R. 705 (10th Cir. BAP 2003)
  • In re Flamingo 55, Inc., 378 B.R. 893 (Bankr. D. Nev. 2007)