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Mona Burton
Mona L. Burton
Partner
mburton@hollandhart.com
Salt Lake City Office
222 South Main Street
Suite 2200
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: 801-799-5822
Fax: 801-799-5700

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PRACTICE AREAS

Bankruptcy
Reorganizations
Workouts
Creditor/Debtor Rights
Subprime Mortgage
Financial & Commercial Transactions
Real Estate

EXPERIENCE

Ms. Burton has over 25 years experience in all areas of bankruptcy law. She has represented creditors, debtors, committees, and trustees in all types of cases under the Bankruptcy Code, with extensive experience in chapter 11 reorganizations, but also with a wealth of experience in cases under chapters 7, 12 and 13. She also has extensive experience in sales of bankruptcy assets through private sales and auctions, having represented purchasers, trustees and debtors in negotiating and completing such sales. Her bankruptcy work has encompassed a wide variety of businesses, including mining, manufacturing, transportation, retail, real estate operations and development, health and retirement care, technology and telecommunications, agriculture, and many others. Ms. Burton has participated in a number of the larger bankruptcy cases in Utah and Nevada, including Bonneville Pacific Corporation, Clark Financial Corporation, Desert Power, Eneco, Inc., Geneva Steel, Great Basin Trucks, North Silver Lake Lodge, Tesco American, and Vescor Capital.

In addition, Ms. Burton has represented both borrowers and lenders in out-of-bankruptcy-court workouts, restructurings and liquidations. She also has extensive experience in bankruptcy trials and appeals, having represented creditors, debtors, and trustees in a wide variety of preference, fraudulent transfer and other bankruptcy related actions in bankruptcy and federal courts. Ms. Burton is licensed to practice law in the states of Utah and Texas, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Ms. Burton is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy, an exclusive honorary association of bankruptcy and insolvency professionals. She is one of only nine Utah attorneys so honored for their proven record of the highest standards of professionalism and service. Ms. Burton has an established reputation in the Utah legal community for integrity, credibility and hard work. Her goal is to help her clients achieve their objectives as completely and efficiently as possible.

HONORS

Fellow (21st Class - 2010) of the American College of Bankruptcy

Legal Elite, Utah Business Magazine

Listed in Best Lawyers in America (2009 and 2010)

Listed in Mountain States Super Lawyers for Bankruptcy & Creditor / Debtor Rights

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Founding Member, Utah Bankruptcy Lawyers Forum

Member, American Bankruptcy Institute

Member, Utah and Texas State Bar organizations

Member, Salt Lake County Bar Association

Past Member, Utah State Bar Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Ms. Burton previously has been a contributing author to Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law. She is also a frequent speaker on bankruptcy topics at continuing legal education seminars.

EDUCATION

University of Houston Law Center J.D. 1980
- magna cum laude

University of Texas B.S. 1976
- With Honors