Brent R. Wilson

Practice Areas

Banking

Litigation

Creditor Rights and Bankruptcy

Professional Memberships

Bar Admissions:

Idaho

Illinois

United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois

United States District Court, District of Idaho

United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Idaho

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Idaho State Bar Association - Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, Board Member, since 2024

Publications

“The Justices are Set to Answer a Question that has Divided the Circuit Courts of Appeal: Do Creditors Violate the Automatic Stay by Passively Retaining a Debtor’s Property?“, Hawley Troxell Business Newsletter, September 2020

“In re Spanish Peak Holdings II, LLC: Lessons for Trustees and Lessees in Bankruptcy”, Hawley Troxell Business Newsletter, August 2017

“Who Paid You? Chapter 7 Trustees are Asking and Creditors Should Know”, Hawley Troxell Banking Newsletter, June 2016

“Secured Creditors Receive the Benefit of Their Bargain in Chapter 11”, Hawley Troxell Banking Newsletter, January 2016

“Underwater” Lienholders Breathe Easy, You’re Still “Secured” by 11 U.S.C.§ 506(d), Hawley Troxell Banking Newsletter, October 5, 2015

Speaker, 2013 Bankruptcy Case Review, 32nd Annual Bankruptcy Seminar, February 6-8, 2014, Coeur D’Alene, Idaho

A Penny for your Thoughts: How Much for a Debtor’s Life Story?, Idaho State Bar, 2013

Speaker, Bankruptcy Law Case Review, Fourth District Bar Association Spring Case Review and Law Update, April 2, 2013, Boise, Idaho

Speaker, 2012 Bankruptcy Case Review, 31st Annual Bankruptcy Seminar, February 28-March 2, 2013, McCall, Idaho

The “Current Monthly Income” Debate: Unemployment Compensation as a “Benefit Received Under the Social Security Act”?, 44 J. Marshall L. Rev. 801(2011)

Is the Almighty Entitled to the Almighty Dollar of the Bankrupt? Free Exercise Issues in the Bankruptcy Code, April 5, 2011

In re Kucharz: Unemployment Compensation Included in a Debtor’s “Current Monthly Income” Calculation Although it is a “Surprisingly Difficult Question”, Illinois State Bar Association: Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law Newsletter, March 2010

Education

Awards

Experience

Law Clerk to the Honorable Jim D. Pappas, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Idaho/Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit, July 2012-July 2015