Sheila R Schwager

Practice Areas

Creditor Rights and Bankruptcy

Banking

Litigation

Professional Memberships

In the spring of 2022, Sheila was the first woman in Idaho inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy, a prestigious invitation based on a proven record of the highest standard of expertise, leadership, integrity, professionalism, scholarship, and service to the bankruptcy and insolvency practices and to their communities.

Idaho State Bar, Governing Board Member of the Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section, 2002-2008

Idaho State Bar, Idaho Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section, since 1994

Idaho State Bar, Chairperson for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Advisory Committee on Local Rules, 2006-2016

Idaho State Bar, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Advisory Committee on Local Rules 2001-2005

ABI (American Bankruptcy Institute)

American Bar Association

Inns of Court

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Bar Admissions-

State of Idaho

State of Washington

State of Oregon

Career

Sheila’s work within the legal community has been recognized by Best Lawyers – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (since 2019); Chambers & Partners— Bankruptcy & Restructuring (since 2008); Mountain States Top 50 Women Super Lawyer designation (since 2013), and Idaho Business Review’s Leaders in Law – Partner, and Women of the Year. Sheila also received the Professionalism Award from the Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section of the Idaho State Bar. She received the Idaho Business Review’s Accomplished Under 40 award and Women’s & Children’s Alliance Tribute to Women & Industry (TWIN) award.

Personal

Sheila conducts pro bono services for the Idaho State Bar, including CASA, participating in the Bankruptcy Hotline, acting as an arbitrator for attorney fee dispute cases between local attorneys and their clients, and is involved with I-CARE, an educational group of professionals working with high schools to provide credit issue counseling and education. She participated as an Attorney Mentor in Youth Court and in mock trial presentations for local high schools.Sheila is a graduate of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Boise Program; and she served on the Idaho Humane Society’s Board of Directors where she was a past-President. Sheila was recently nominated to the WCA (Women's and Children's Alliance) Board of Directors starting November 2024.

Clients

Glacier Bank

Umpqua Bank

KeyBank

Sunwest Bank

First Interstate Bank

Mountain West Bank

Citizens Community Bank

Northwest Bank

Agwest Farm Credit, fka Northwest Farm Credit

Banner Bank

Bank of Idaho

Idaho First Bank

Farm Credit Services of America

Construction Loan Services

Boise Cascade

J.R. Simplot Company

CHS Capital

Crop Production Services/ Nutrien Ag Solutions

CNH

Idaho Trust Bank

BMW Financial Services

Volvo Financial

Producers Livestock

Bankruptcy Trustees

Special Deputy Counsel for the State of North Dakota

Western States Equipment Company

Pioneer Federal Credit Union

Education

Awards