Hon. David H. Leigh

Hon. David H. Leigh is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Utah in Salt Lake City. Prior to his appointment, he was a shareholder with Ray Quinney & Nebecker P.C., where his practice is concentrated in bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and civil/commercial litigation. He represented various parties, including secured creditors, unsecured creditors, official committees of unsecured creditors, and trustees in chapter 7, 11, 12, 13 and 15 bankruptcy cases. Judge Leigh also represented commercial debtors in chapter 11 proceedings, as well as plaintiffs and defendants in general commercial litigation matters, including out-of-bankruptcy workouts and other debt restructurings, collection litigation, contract disputes, real and personal property liens and lien disputes, and business torts. He is a past president of the Utah Bankruptcy Lawyers Forum and has routinely been included in The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and in Mountain States Super Lawyers in the categories of Bankruptcy: Business and Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights. He also was voted by his peers throughout the state as one of Utah’s “Legal Elite,” as published in Utah Business Magazine. Judge Leigh was selected as the Attorney of the Year for 2024 by The Banking and Finance Law Section of the Utah State Bar. He received his B.A. in communications in 1998 from Brigham Young University and his J.D. in 2002 from the University of Oregon School of Law, where he served as managing editor of the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation and received the Distinguished Service Award.