Attorney Profiles

Tom Beckett is a shareholder in the Litigation department. He practices primarily in the area of commercial litigation, and he is head of the firm's Financial Solutions Group which includes bankruptcy, workouts and financial litigation. For the past several years, Tom has mainly represented Creditors Committees in the bankruptcies of high-end luxury resorts, including the Promontory Club in Park City, the Yellowstone Mountain Club in Big Sky, Montana and the Rhodes Ranch in Las Vegas.

Prior to joining Parsons Behle & Latimer, he was an associate in the bankruptcy/workout department of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York City. Tom is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy issues. His work experience includes a year as a research assistant for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights.  He has held a whitewater river guide's license for 35 years and is the president of the Brown University Club of Utah. 

Professional Listings:

• Best Lawyers in America (Bankruptcy / Creditors Rights)
• Utah Business Magazine's Legal Elite (Bankruptcy / Creditors Rights)
• Southwestern Regional Superlawyer (Bankruptcy / Creditors rights)
• AV rating, Martindale Hubbell

Representative Engagements

• Counsel to Creditors Committee Yellowstone Mountain Club, Big Sky, Montana ($400m)
• Counsel to Creditors Committee Promontory Club, Park City, Utah  ($400m)
• Counsel to Creditors Committee Rhodes Homes, Las Vegas, Nevada ($400m)
• Counsel to Creditors Committee Waterford Funding, Salt Lake City, Utah ($100m)
• Counsel to Creditors Committee Geneva Steel's first bankruptcy ($150m)
• Counsel to Creditors Committee Geneva Steel's second bankruptcy ($250m)
• Counsel to Creditors Committee Firstline Security, Inc.  ($30m)
• Counsel to Creditors Committee Johns Manville ($50m) 
• Counsel to National Consulting Firm invoking force majeure clause in contract with luxury hotel following 9/11 ($3m) 
• Creditor Counsel defense of avoidance action ($5m)
• Claim Counsel to Sales and Marketing Department of Yellowstone Mountain Club ($8m) 
• Creditor Counsel in re Simon Trucking ($50m)
• Bank Litigation Counsel secured lenders foreclosing on power plants  ($800m)
• Bank Litigation Counsel secured lender foreclosing on three-tower real estate development  ($100m)
• Victims' Counsel 250 German victims of securities fraud ($60m)
• Asset Purchaser's Counsel national gasoline retailer purchasing numerous retail sites from bankrupt regional
• Corporate / Restructuring counsel real estate development company with $425 million in debt on eight projects in four Western States
• Debtor's counsel bankruptcy of largest U.S. roller coaster manufacturer
• Debtor's counsel U.S. Lines, one of the world's largest sea shipping companies
• Trustee's counsel liquidation of formerly largest U.S. law firm, Finley Kumbel