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David P. Billings

Attorney / Partner
Salt Lake City
Licensure: UT

Biography

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David P. Billings has extensive experience representing clients in complex civil litigation and appeals, including precedent-setting bankruptcy proceedings representing the unsecured creditors committee of the Yellowstone Mountain Club in Montana.

Beyond bankruptcy, David’s practice includes a wide variety of real estate and finance litigation involving foreclosure, Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors, the Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, public and private loan modification programs, municipalities, and HOAs.

He has also handled numerous complex commercial litigation matters involving lending, loan workouts, wrongful liens, mining, trucking, medical devices, medical malpractice, product liability, easement disputes, condemnation, and election law.

David is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court and Tenth Circuit bars and has had successful appeals in matters before the Utah Court of Appeals, the Utah Supreme Court, the 10th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Professional History

Judicial law clerk to the Honorable James Z. Davis of the Utah Court of Appeals. (2007-08)

Telos Ventures Group, PLLC v. Douglas R. Short (In re Short), Adv. Pro. 20-02027, 2021 WL 852058 (Bankr. D. Utah Mar. 4, 2021)

UD Dissolution Liquidating Trust v. Sphere 3D Corp (In re UD Dissolution Corp.), 629 B.R. 11 (Bankr. D. Del. 2021)

John Bean Techs. Corp. v. B GSE Grp., LLC, 480 F. Supp. 3d 1274 (D. Utah 2020)

Edwards v. Carey, 2019 UT App 182, 454 P.3d 73

Utah Republican Party v. Cox, 2016 UT 17, 373 P.3d 1286; 177 F. Supp. 3d 1343 & 178 F. Supp. 3d 1150 (D. Utah 2016), aff’d 885 F.3d 1219, en banc denied 892 F.3d 1066 (10th Cir. 2018), cert. denied 139 S.Ct. 1290 (Mar.4, 2019)

Ambuel et al v. Aegis Wholesale et al, 555 Fed. Appx. 817 (10th Cir. 2014)

Rushton v. Tennessee Valley Authority (In re C.W. Min. Co.), 508 B.R. 746 (Bankr. D. 2014)

Rushton v. Standard Industries et al (In re C.W. Min. Co.) 489 B.R. 431 (Bankr. D. Utah 2013)

In re JL Building, LLC, 452 B.R. 854 (Bankr. D. Utah 2011)

In re Guardianship of E.F.et al, 2010 UT App 339, 244 P.3d 407

Credit Suisse et al v. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (In re Yellowstone Mountain Club), 415 B.R. 769 (Bankr. D. Mont. 2009)

Education

University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law (J.D. degree in 2007)

  • Articles and Executive Editor of Extra Muros, an international law journal
  • William H. Leary Scholar
  • Two-Time CALI Excellence Award Winner

Brown University, (B.A. with Honors in 2002 (International Relations, honors thesis is entitled “The Social Impact of German Reunification and Its Implications for Korea.”)

  • Served as an Assistant Editor for the Brown Journal of World Affairs

Community Service

2022-2023 Utah Bar Banking and Finance, Section Chair

2018-present Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake, Board of Directors member

2015-2018 And Justice for All …, Emerging Legal Leader

Publications & Presentations

NBI Seminars on Hearsay, Lender Liability

Utah Business Magazine – Utah Legal Elite (2018, 2019, 2022)

Utah Bar Convention – Presenter 2014

Recognition and Awards

Recognized by Utah Legal Elite Top Lawyers in Utah in 2018, 2019, and 2022