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Riley C. Walter
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 Riley Walter has over 28 years experience in bankruptcy,
reorganization and insolvency law as
well as agricultural law and PACA.
He is rated Av by
Martindale-Hubbell.
Riley
specializes in complex insolvency and reorganization
matters.
He has handled hundreds of
cases under Chapter 11, 12, 9 and 7
representing debtors and has
represented many committees, trustees,
secured creditors and unsecured
creditors, as well as receivers and
examiners.
He is a
former Chapter 7 trustee and a member
of the alternative dispute resolution
panel for this district.
Riley has
been lead counsel on many of the
largest Chapter 11 cases filed in the
Eastern District of California and is
a certified business bankruptcy
specialist by the American Board of
Bankruptcy Certification.
He is admitted to all
California courts, the Eastern,
Northern, and Southern districts of
California, the District of Arizona
and Montana, the Ninth Circuit, and
the Supreme Court of the United
States.
Riley has
widely written and spoken on
bankruptcy and agricultural topics at
the local, state, and regional levels.
Riley
has been active in legal organizations
where he has served as chairman, a
director or a member of such
organizations as the State Bar
Agribusiness Committee; American
Bankruptcy Institute; Central
California Bankruptcy Association;
California Bankruptcy Forum; Federal
Bar Association, San Joaquin Chapter;
Central California Receivers Forum;
and the Fresno County Bar Business Law
and Agricultural Law Sections. Mr.
Walter was inducted into the American
College of Bankruptcy as a Fellow in
March of 2002. He was formerly an adjunct professor of law at the San
Joaquin College of Law. He
is a delegate to the Ninth Circuit
Judicial Conference.
Additionally,
Riley is active in various civic
matters including The Fresno Business
Council, Lyle's Center for Innovation
and Entrepreneurship, Central Valley
Business Incubator and other cultural
non profits. He has also taught at
California State University, Fresno,
Cal Poly - SLO, and Cal Poly - Pomona.
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Riley can be reached by e-mail:
rwalter@walterlawgroup.com
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Deborah
K. Boyett
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 Deborah
K. Boyett practices in the areas of
business transactions, estate planning,
probate and real property. She was
admitted to the State Bar of California
in 2001 after graduating from San
Joaquin College of Law. Deborah earned
her Bachelors of Art degree from
University of the Pacific, Stockton,
California, majoring in both music and
communication arts.
While
attending law school, Deborah served as
the Editor-in-Chief of the San Joaquin
Agricultural Law Review.
She is the author of “The
Effect of Glickman v. Wileman
Brothers & Elliott, Inc. on
Nongeneric Commodities:
A Narrow Focus on a Broad
Rule.”
Deborah
is a member of the American Bar
Association and the Fresno County Bar
Association. She is admitted to practice
before the California Courts and the
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and
Northern Districts of California.
Deborah
is a prior business owner, having
operated an advertising and public
relations firm in Fresno.
She has served on the boards and
in leadership positions of several
nonprofit organizations, including the
Rotary Club of Fresno Airport, the
Rotary Club of Fresno Sunrise (Past
President), the Fresno Advertising
Federation (Past President), the
American Advertising Federation (Past
District Governor), and the Girl Scouts
Golden Valley Council.
She currently serves as a member
of the vestry of St. Mary’s Episcopal
Church.
Away
from the office, Deborah enjoys her two
sons, attending sports events, and
playing the piano for her church.
Deborah
can be reached by email: dboyett@walterlawgroup.com.
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Peg
T. Watson
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 Peggy
has
nearly 16 years of bankruptcy
experience. For the prior 21 years, she
worked extensively in the real estate
area-working with both the legal and
lending aspects of residential and
commercial real estate transactions.
Along with the real estate experience she
has an extensive banking background.
Peg
is very active in purebred dog showing
and activities related to dogs.
She serves on the Board of a
local Dog Training Club as well as the
Giant Schnauzer Club of America.
Although her Giants do well in
the show ring, Peg has all of her Giants
trained in obedience and to be Therapy
Dogs and visits nursing homes, etc.,
with her dogs.
The visiting to nursing homes is
very dear to Peg's heart - the patients
love to interact with the dogs and since
most of the dogs that go to visit are
small, she takes great pleasure in
having her "Giants" visit and
demonstrate their good behavior.
Peg
also donates her time to work on many
community projects concerning dogs -
working with the public to educate
people on what constitutes the
responsible ownership of dogs;
working with the local shelters
at fund raising projects and judging at
various fun events where children get to
compete with their dogs - purebred or
"All American".
Peg
has been on the Planning Committee for
numerous National Specialty Shows in the
Giant Schnauzer Club and has used some
of her dog club experience in planning
large events to work on events in the
Fresno Legal Community.
She has assisted Riley Walter in
the planning of various large events and
enjoys working on the planning and
drafting of the Programs and other
paperwork so necessary for the success
of a large event.
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Ms.
Watson can be reached by e-mail: pwatson@walterlawgroup.com
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Kendra M.
Rust
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Kendra M.
Rust assists the firm with various
transactional services including
preparation of bankruptcy schedules,
monthly operating reports, claims
analyses, preference analyses,
budgeting, tax dischargeability, and
disclosure statements and plans. Kendra
is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
and has a strong background in
accounting. She joined the Walter Law
Group in 2002 as our Controller/Practice
Administrator and worked with area CPA
firms for three years in the public
accounting field preparing tax returns,
audits, compilations (including monthly
operating reports), reviews, and
financial statements. Prior to that
Kendra worked in various private
industries including six years as
Controller and Tax Manager for a payroll
company where she prepared client
payroll tax returns and internal
financial statements.
Kendra is a Valley native and graduated
summa cum laude from the California
State University of Fresno with both a
Bachelor of Science degree in Business
with an Accounting Option and a Bachelor
of Arts degree in English. She was
licensed with the California State Board
of Accountancy in 2007 and is a member
of the California Society of Certified
Public Accountants, the Association of
Legal Administrators, and was a
Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
from 1999 to 2004.
Kendra likes to spend her free time
reading and writing and sneaking in a
science fiction movie here and there.
She did go white water rafting once –
but now prefers to live vicariously
through the much more exciting lives of
others.
Kendra can be reached by email at:
krust@walterlawgroup.com.
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