Hilary L. Barnes

Senior Member
hbarnes@cavanaghlaw.com
Phone: 602-322-4002
Fax: 602-322-4105

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights

Industries

Banking, Financial Services

Representative Experience

Ms. Barnes' practice focuses on creditors’ rights in bankruptcy. Her experience includes advocacy in bankruptcy court proceedings in numerous jurisdictions, including cash collateral and stay relief proceedings, prosecution and defense of various adversary proceedings and contested matters, such as fraudulent transfer and preference avoidance, exemption and claims objections, non-discharge litigation, and contested confirmations. Ms. Barnes also represents creditors in enforcement and collections proceedings in Arizona, assisting them to protect and take control of their collateral and to collect the amounts that are due and owing to them.
  • Ms. Barnes represents mainly secured and unsecured creditors, and she also represents debtors, trustees and receivers.
  • She has successfully briefed and argued appeals before the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Publications & Presentations

Associations & Activities

  • Arizona State Bar, Debtor/Creditor Section 
  • American Bankruptcy Institute 
  • Director, Board of YWCA, Maricopa County 

Bar Admissions

  • Oregon, 2002
  • Arizona, 1999

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, 2002 
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2000 
  • U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 2000

Education

  • Arizona State University (J.D., 1999) 
  • Executive Editor, Jurimetrics: Journal of Law Science & Technology, 1998-1999 
  • University of Chicago (B.A. , with honors, 1986)

Languages

  • French