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University of Denver,
J.D. with honors, 1990
University of Colorado,
B.S., 1985 (Business)
Tenth Circuit Court of
Appeals Seventh
Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court, Colorado
U.S. District Court, Northern
District of Illinois
Colorado
Illinois
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General Overview
John F. Young is a member of Markus
Williams Young & Zimmermann LLC and specializes in the
representation of secured creditors, lessors, asset
purchasers, debtors, official committees and trustees in
workouts, restructurings, and bankruptcy proceedings and
related commercial litigation.
Areas of Concentration
Bankruptcy and
Restructuring
Creditors’ Rights
Distressed
Investments
Foreclosure
Lender Liability
Representative
Transactions/Representative Cases
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In re Schwinn Bicycle Company
- represented the debtor in two separate chapter 11
proceedings ten years apart; the second case
concluded with asset sales totaling over
$151,000,000 and chapter 11 plan of liquidation
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In re Geneva Steel Company and
related cases - counsel for the chapter 11
trustee administering estates with assets totaling
$200,000,000 pursuing over $20,000,000 in avoidance
claims and fiduciary claims
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In re Convergent Communications,
Inc.-represented the unsecured creditors
committee of a publicly traded company with allowed
unsecured claims totaling more than $145,000,000
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In re Western Pacific Airlines,
Inc.-represented the unsecured creditors
committee of a large regional airline with fleet of
approximately 30 Boeing 737 aircraft
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In re Rimsat Limited-represented
unsecured creditors committee in multi-million
dollar international satellite company involving
jurisdictional disputes across several countries
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In re Recycling Industries, Inc.-represented
unsecured creditors committee of nationwide scrap
metal recycling company with over $100,000,000 in
secured debt and $110,000,000 in unsecured notes
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In re NetLibraries, Inc. -
represented the unsecured creditors committee of
company providing electronic books to academic,
public, corporate and special libraries across the
country
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In re Future Beef Operations -
represented pre-petition secured lender owed
$160,000,000 and same creditor as DIP lender
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In re Ocean Journey, Inc. -
counsel for the bond holders committee of the Denver
aquarium
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In re Energy Fuels, Ltd. and
In re Nuexco Trading Corporation - counsel for
Section 363 purchasers of substantially all assets
of companies controlling a substantial majority of
the world’s uranium market
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In re America West Airlines, Inc.;
In re Braniff Airlines, Inc.; and In re Midway
Airlines, Inc. - counsel for major trade
creditors
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Represented successful purchaser in
section 363 sale of international toy manufacturing
company
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Represented DIP lender to
multi-million dollar real estate project in Aspen,
Colorado
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Represented chapter 11 debtor and its
affiliates in commercial resort development project
in Telluride, Colorado
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Represented chapter 11 debtor in
successful reorganization of hotel operating under
national franchise flag
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Successfully defended publicly traded
company in multi-faceted contract and fraud dispute
in which plaintiffs’ claims were dismissed on
summary judgment
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Represented FDIC in several
bankruptcy related matters
Publications and
Presentations
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Enforcement of Pre-Petition
Waivers of the Automatic Stay, The Colorado
Lawyer
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Healthcare Bankruptcies - Eligibility
Issues, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
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Ninth Circuit Weighs in on
Recoupment of Medicare Overpayments, American
Bankruptcy Institute Journal
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Chapter 11 Trustees, ABI Rocky
Moutain Bankruptcy Conference, 2011
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Stern v. Marshall and Other Hot
Topics, Faculty of Federal Advocates Bench/Bar
Roundtable 2011
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Real Estate: State of the
Industry, VALCON09
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Executory Contracts—How to Keep
the Ones You Want, ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy
Conference, 2009
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Real Estate Development Issues in
Bankruptcy, ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy
Conference, 2008
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"Dirt for Debt” Real Estate and
Single Asset Bankruptcy Cases, ABI Rocky
Mountain
Bankruptcy Conference, 2007
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Presentation of Contested Matters
in Bankruptcy, ABI, 2006
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Loan Workout and Collateral
Liquidation in Colorado, Lorman Educational
Services, 2002
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Bankruptcy: A Creditor’s Perspective
in Colorado, Lorman Educational Services, 2001
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Health Care Bankruptcies,
Health Care Financial Management Association and
Colorado Bar Association-Health Section
Professional and
Community Involvement
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President, American
Board of Certification
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Former Chair, Real Estate Committee,
American Bankruptcy Institute
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Former Chair, Bankruptcy Subsection,
Colorado Bar Association
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Member, Bankruptcy Court Liaison
Committee, Faculty of Federal Advocates
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Program Advisor, Rocky Mountain
Bankruptcy Conference, American Bankruptcy Institute
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Turnaround Management Association
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Denver Bar Association
Awards and Recognition
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Certified Business Bankruptcy
Specialist, American Board of Certification
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AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated,
Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory
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The Best Lawyers in America®
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency
and Reorganization Law
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Colorado Super Lawyer,
Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights
Admissions
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Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
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U.S. District Court, Colorado
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U.S. District Court, Northern
District of Illinois
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Colorado
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Illinois
Related Employment
Education
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University of Denver, J.D. with
honors, 1990
(Admitted to Order of St. Ives)
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University of Colorado, B.S., 1985
(Business)
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