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Gary E. Doctorman 
Salt Lake City, Utah
phone 801-532-1234
fax 801-536-6111
email gdoctorman@parsonsbehle.com
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Gary Doctorman is a shareholder in the Real Estate, Banking and Finance department and the Litigation department. He concentrates his practice in the areas of transactions and litigation in real estate, banking, equipment leasing, commercial law, corporations and bankruptcy. Gary began his legal career with Biele, Haslam & Hatch, where he was a shareholder and director until he joined Parsons Behle & Latimer in June 1989. He represents national and local banks and local credit unions in large transactions, commercial litigation, and bankruptcy. Examples of transactions include a $110 million financing by a national bank for a regional retailer; a $45 million financing of the Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort; a $15 million financing and securitization of a public company's hospital equipment leasing business; and a $12 million financing of all of the print and advertising for a worldwide release of a full feature motion picture and letter of credit enhancements to bond transactions. He has successfully represented banks that have been defrauded. He has litigated many UCC Article 3, 4 and 9 cases. Representing a national lender, he obtained summary judgment with a dismissal of five lender liability claims and obtained summary judgment for $44 million on a guaranty claim. He obtained a conversion from a Chapter 11 to a Chapter 7, over the objection of all other creditors, the Unsecured Creditors’ Committee and the debtor, and obtained relief from the stay to foreclose a $45 million loan secured by a large residential subdivision. Representative clients include JPMorgan Chase N.A., First Utah Bank, Bankers' Bank of the West, Pacific Western Bank, Mountain America Credit Union, Credit Union One and the FDIC.

Related Activities and Skills:

  • Listed in the Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Banking & Finance and Litigation-Bankruptcy 
  • Maintains a Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
  • Listed in Mountain States Super Lawyers
  • Listed in Utah Legal Elite 
  • Utah State Bar Association, Banking and Finance Section, Chairman, 2006
  • Salt Lake County Bar Association
  • Utah State Bar: Banking and Finance Section, Past Chair; Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 2007-2008, 1985-87; Fee Arbitration Committee, 1989-96; Chairman, 1992-96; Real Estate Section
  • American Bar Association: Business Law Section, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section and Corporate Section
  • Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, Board of Directors, 1988-1989
  • Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Salt Lake City, President 1979-85
  • Neighborhood Housing of Salt Lake, Pro Bono Attorney
  • "Big Legacy" Awarded by Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Utah, 2008
  • United Jewish Appeal, President, 1996-1998
  • Board Member Anti Defamation League, Pacific Region
  • Board Member Temple Har Shalom 

Areas of Practice:
Litigation & Appeals
Real Estate Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Banking & Finance Law
Banking Litigation
Bankruptcy Litigation
Workouts & Restructuring
Bar Admissions:
U.S. Supreme Court, 2006
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1983
U.S. District Court District of Utah, 1979
Utah, 1979
Education:
Lewis and Clark College Northwestern School of Law, Portland, Oregon, 1979
J.D. degree


University of Utah, 1976
B.A. degree
Honors: Cum Laude
Major:  Finance and Economics