John F. Young is a member of Markus Williams Young & Hunsicker LLC focusing upon the representation of companies and parties in distressed debt situations including creditors, lessors, asset purchasers, debtors, official committees, receivers and trustees in workouts, restructurings, receiverships and bankruptcy proceedings and related commercial litigation. John is certified by the American Board of Certification as a Business Bankruptcy Specialist.
In re General Moly, Inc. – represented debtor, a publicly traded company and owner of one of the largest molybdenum mines in the United States, in a successful reorganization and confirmation of chapter 11 plan converting all note holder claims in the company to equity and providing a substantial cash dividend to unsecured trade creditors
In re Powell Valley Health Care, Inc – represented debtor, a regional hospital and skilled nursing facility, in a successful reorganization and confirmation of chapter 11 plan preserving over 400 jobs and maintaining a 25 bed hospital, a 100 bed long-term care facility and four medical office buildings and a 24 unit assisted living facility.
In re re American Eagle Energy Corp – represented Ad Hoc Committee of Noteholders holding over $170,000,000 of debt against energy producing company
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 confirmed chapter 11 plan of liquidation
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
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
In re Western Pacific Airlines, Inc.-represented the unsecured creditors committee of a large regional airline with fleet of approximately 30 Boeing 737 aircraft
In re Rimsat Limited-represented unsecured creditors committee in multi-million dollar international satellite company involving jurisdictional disputes across several countries
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
In re NetLibraries, Inc. – represented the unsecured creditors committee of company providing electronic books to academic, public, corporate and special libraries across the country
In re Future Beef Operations – represented pre-petition secured lender owed $160,000,000 and same creditor as DIP lender
In re Ocean Journey, Inc. – counsel for the bond holders committee of the Denver aquarium
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
In re America West Airlines, Inc.; In re Braniff Airlines, Inc.; and In re Midway Airlines, Inc. – counsel for major trade creditors
Represented purchaser in receiver/UCC sale of multi-million professional services company
Represented successful purchaser in section 363 sale of international toy manufacturing company
Represented chapter 11 trustee of real estate lending company with over $170 million of pending loan transactions
Represented DIP lender to multi-million dollar real estate project in Aspen, Colorado
Represented chapter 11 debtor and its affiliates in commercial resort development project in Telluride, Colorado
Represented chapter 11 debtor in successful reorganization of hotel operating under national franchise flag
Represented chapter 11 debtor and its affiliate in commercial resort development project in Aspen, Colorado
Successfully defended publicly traded company in multi-faceted contract and fraud dispute in which plaintiffs’ claims were dismissed on summary judgment
Represented FDIC in several bankruptcy related matters
The Next Chapter in Bankruptcy & Insolvency, American College of Bankruptcy
Enforcement of Pre-Petition Waivers of the Automatic Stay, The Colorado Lawyer
Healthcare Bankruptcies – Eligibility Issues, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
Ninth Circuit Weighs in on Recoupment of Medicare Overpayments, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
When Disaster Strikes, TMA Rocky Mountain Chapter 2018
Supreme Court Bankruptcy Decisions, ABI Southwest Conference, 2014
Chapter 11 Plan Formation and Confirmation Issues, ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, 2014
Bankruptcy Update 2014, Colorado Bar Association Business Law Section
Judges’ Roundtable: Employment of Chief Restructuring Officers/Mock Trial, 6th Annual TMA Western Regional Conference, 2014
Rights and Responsibilities of Debtors and their Counsel, Faculty of Federal Advocates Bench-Bar Roundtable, 2014
Fraudulent Conveyance and Other Avoidance Claims, ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, 2013
Opinions of Interest and Recent Trends in Colorado and the Tenth Circuit, Faculty of Federal Advocates Bench/Bar Roundtable, 2012
Hot Topics in a Cold Economic Climate, ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, 2012
Chapter 11 Trustees, ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, 2011
Stern v. Marshall and Other Hot Topics, Faculty of Federal Advocates Bench/Bar Roundtable 2011
Real Estate: State of the Industry, VALCON09
Executory Contracts—How to Keep the Ones You Want, ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, 2009
Real Estate Development Issues in Bankruptcy, ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, 2008
“Dirt for Debt” Real Estate and Single Asset Bankruptcy Cases, ABI Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, 2007
Presentation of Contested Matters in Bankruptcy, ABI, 2006
Loan Workout and Collateral Liquidation in Colorado, Lorman Educational Services, 2002
Bankruptcy: A Creditor’s Perspective in Colorado, Lorman Educational Services, 2001
Health Care Bankruptcies, Health Care Financial Management Association and Colorado Bar Association-Health Section
American College of Bankruptcy, Fellow
Chairman, Standing Local Bankruptcy Rules Revision Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (2014-2017)
Chairman and President, American Board of Certification of Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Attorneys (2014-2015)
Former Chair, Real Estate Committee, American Bankruptcy Institute
Former Chair, Bankruptcy Subsection, Colorado Bar Association
Member, Bankruptcy Court Liaison Committee, Faculty of Federal Advocates
Program Chair, Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, American Bankruptcy Institute
Emeritus Director, American Board of Certification of Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Attorneys
American Bankruptcy Institute
Turnaround Management Association
Denver Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association
Faculty of Federal Advocates
University of Denver, J.D. with honors, 1990
(Admitted to Order of St. Ives)
University of Colorado, B.S., 1985
(Business)
Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, Illinois (Associate)
areas of concentration
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Creditors’ Rights
Distressed Investments
Foreclosure
Lender Liability
Awards and Recognition
Super Lawyers Illinois Rising Star, Business Bankruptcy (2016)
admitted
United States Supreme Court
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 (Inactive)
