Mr S Cary Forrester
46+ Years Experience
Phoenix, Arizona • Serving Maricopa County
About Mr S Cary Forrester
<p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">Phoenix attorney Cary Forrester has a diverse commercial bankruptcy, business restructuring and bankruptcy mediation practice. He has represented debtors, creditors, trustees, committees and asset purchasers in a wide range of bankruptcy cases and has served as a Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 trustee. He has also represented debtors and creditors in loan enforcement and receivership actions in state court.</p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><strong>Practice Areas</strong></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">Commercial Bankruptcy<br /> Commercial Litigation<br /> Bankruptcy Mediation</p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">A 1980 Harvard Law School honors graduate, Mr. Forrester has represented debtors, creditors, trustees, committees and asset purchasers in a wide range of bankruptcy cases (<a href="https://www.forresterandworth.com/results">see representative results</a>) and has served as both a Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 trustee. He has also represented debtors and creditors in loan enforcement and receivership actions in state court.</p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">Mr. Forrester has practiced law in Arizona since 1980 and been actively involved in bankruptcy cases and loan enforcement actions for most of that time.</p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><strong>Peer Recognition</strong></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">Mr. Forrester is an AV Preeminent<sup>®</sup> rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell<sup>®</sup>. He has been a Super Lawyers selectee every year since 2008 and listed by <em>The Best Lawyers in America</em><sup>®</sup> since 2010. He is a 1985 graduate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.</p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><strong>Professional Leadership</strong></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">Mr. Forrester has lectured on bankruptcy issues and has led seminar discussions on asset sales under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, personal Chapter 11 bankruptcies, and bankruptcy mediation.</p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">He served on the executive committee of the Arizona Bankruptcy American Inn of Court from 2012 to 2014; is the immediate past chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s local CARE Program, which presents financial education programs to high school and college students; and recently completed a three-year term as one of five bankruptcy lawyer representatives to the Ninth Circuit Council. He currently serves on the Bankruptcy Advisory Committee of the State Bar of Arizona.</p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"><strong>Bankruptcy Mediation</strong></p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in">Mr. Forrester has mediated many disputes in bankruptcy, with issues ranging from routine avoidance actions and discharge litigation to complex multi-party commercial litigation, real estate disputes, escrow disputes, patent infringement and royalty disputes, partnership dissolutions, legal malpractice, Ponzi scheme litigation, mining investments and disputes over timber royalties.</p> <p style="margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in"> </p>
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Education
- Law School: Harvard
Practice Areas
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Office Location
131 E NORTHVIEW AVE
Phoenix, AZ 85020-4853
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