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  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2013
  • Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
  • Named Mountain States Super Lawyer, 2007-2013 
  • 2010 College Honored Alumni Award, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
  • 2007 Pathfinder Award from the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, Women in Business Conference
  • 2005 Distinguished Alumna Award from the Women's Law Forum at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University 
  • AV Rating in Martindale Hubbell
  • Dorothy Merrill Brothers Award for the Advancement of Women in the Legal Profession, Utah State Bar, 2005

  • Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School (J.D., 1979), magna cum laude, BYU Law Review, J. Reuben Clark Scholar
  • Brigham Young University (B.S., History and European Studies, 1977), magna cum laude, Valedictorian for the Department of History

  • Utah
  • Colorado
  • United States Supreme Court
  • The Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Federal courts in Arizona

Annette W. Jarvis

Partner
Salt Lake City, Denver
P: (801) 933-8933, (303) 629-3400
F: (801) 933-7373
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Annette W. Jarvis is the Partner-in-Charge of Transactions. Awarded the 2007 Large Company Transaction of the Year Award (Turnaround Management Association) in recognition of her work in the USA Capital Commercial Mortgage cases, Ms. Jarvis has extensive experience in representing financial institutions, debtors, trustees, examiners, creditors' committees, creditors, indenture trustees, equity holders, public bond holders and purchasers of assets in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Annette has strong, successful experience in receivership cases, representing receivers and acting as a receiver. She has also handled SIPC cases brought under SIPA, and has experience in state insurance rehabilitation and liquidation cases.

She has been named one of The Best Lawyers in America in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, elected as a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy, selected as a Top 100 Mountain States Super Lawyer, and honored as one of Utah's "Legal Elite" (Utah Business Magazine).

Representative Litigation

  • Frequent representation in contract, UCC, and insolvency related commercial litigation
  • Nilson, et al. v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Individually and as Administrative Agent, et al., 690 F. Supp. 2d 1231 (D. Utah 2009)
  • Cajun Electric Members Committee v. Mabey (In re Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.), 230 B.R. 693 (Bankr. M.D. La. 1999).
  • Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Sw. Electric Power Co., 150 F.3d 503 (5th Cir. 1998)
  • In re USA Capital Commercial Mortgage, Inc., 2007 WL 2571947 (D. Nev. 2007)
  • Official Comm. Of Unsecured Creditors v. Dow Corning Corp. (In re Dow Corning Corp.), 456 F.3d 668 (6th Cir. 2006)
  • The Chase Manhattan Bank v. Iridium Africa, et al., Civil Action No. 00-564 (MPT) (October 23, 2002)
  • El Paso City of Texas v. America West Airlines, Inc. (In re America West Airlines, Inc.), 217 F.3d 1161 (9th Cir. 2000)
  • In re Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, 230 B.R. 715 (Bankr. M.D. La. 1999)

Representative Cases
Ms. Jarvis has represented parties in the following significant cases in the designated jurisdictions:
  • Dewey LeBoeuf, LLP (New York)
  • Southern Montana Generation and Transmission Electronic Cooperative, Inc. (Montana)
  • NVR, Inc. (Virginia)
  • Utah 7000, LLC (Utah)
  • Shane Co. (Colorado)
  • USA Capital Commercial Mortgage Company (Nevada)
  • Geneva Steel LLC (Utah)
  • Woodside Homes (California)
  • Dow Corning Corp. (Michigan)
  • Iridium LLC (New York and Delaware)
  • Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (Louisiana)
  • Tri-Valley Corporation (Utah)
  • America West Airlines (Arizona)
  • Sigman Meat Company (Colorado)
  • Gillette Holdings, Inc. (Colorado)
  • Qintex Entertainment/Hal Roach Studios (California)
  • Continental Airlines (Delaware)
  • M.C.E.G., Inc. (California)
  • A.H. Robins (Virginia)
  • 48 Insulations (Illinois)
  • Pacor, Inc. (Pennsylvania)
  • Pettibone, Inc. (Illinois)
  • Baldwin United (Ohio)
  • LTV Steel (New York)
  • DBSI, Inc. (Delaware)

Presentations

  • The Legacy of Charles Ponzi: New Strategies for Combating Old Problems, TMA Western Regional Conference, 2012
  • The Rampart Range: Defending Against Bankruptcy Filings - - “First Day” Creditors Motions, ABI Rocky Mountain Conference, 2012
  • “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade:” Where is Health Care Reform Taking Us?, ABI Rocky Mountain Conference, 2011
  • Straddling the Continental Divide at Rocky Mountain National Park: Ethical and Legal Challenges in Advising Boards of Directors of Distressed Companies (Large and Small), ABI Rocky Mountain Conference, 2010
  • Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail: Forging New Territory with Today's Lender Syndications, IWIRC Program, ABI Rocky Mountain Conference, 2010
  • "Survival of the Fittest? Financial and Economic Distress Restructuring Outcomes in Chapter 11," Rocky Mountain TMA, 2009
  • "Surfing More Than the Internet: Helping Hi-Tech Companies Ride the Economic Tsunami," TMA Western Regional Conference, 2009
  • "How the West Was Won: Trying the Insolvency/Valuation Case --- Iridium and Beyond," ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference (January, 2009)
  • "Degrees of Difficulty: Current Issues in Bankruptcy Settlements," ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference (February, 2008)
  • "Receivers: The Consummate Problem Solvers - - Experiences of Receivers, Forensic Accountants and Turnaround Specialists," Presentation to the Litigation Section of the Utah State Bar (December, 2008)
  • "Stepping Into the Breach: Circuit Splits Not Yet Resolved in the Tenth Circuit," ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference (2007)
  • "Summary of Selected Highlights of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005," Rocky Mountain Conference of the American Bankruptcy Institute in Denver, CO (2006)
  • "Jurisdiction, Claims and Remedies Against Non-Debtors: Confronting the Long Arm of the Bankruptcy Court," ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference (2005)

Professional Activities

  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Co-Chair, ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference
  • Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
  • The Federal Bar Association
  • The International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) , Founder, Mountain/Desert Network
  • Turnaround Management Association, Board Member, TMA Rocky Mountain Chapter, Co-Chair, TMA Western Regional Conference, 2011 and 2012
    International Board Member, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Founder, Women in the Law Committee

Civic & Community Activities

  • Pro Bono Work for the Utah Symphony & Opera Board
  • Former Community Counsel Member, West High School
  • Former ESL Teacher, Community Based Program at West High School

Attorney Articles

1987-1994
Co-Authored Publications

News & Press Mentions

June 25, 2012
Ten Dorsey Salt Lake Lawyers Recognized by Mountain States Super Lawyers
May 14, 2012
Partner Annette Jarvis Quoted in New York Times Article on Dewey Financial Situation
October 4, 2010
Restructuring Pros Mark Bankruptcy Reform’s 5th Birthday