Mr. Paul G. Swanson

Paul G. Swanson is a senior partner with Steinhilber Swanson, LLP in Oshkosh, Wis., and primarily represents individuals and businesses in financial reorganizations, restructurings, formal bankruptcy proceedings, receiverships and other debt-adjustment strategies. He has practiced bankruptcy law for nearly 35 years, and his representation is limited primarily to debtors in both simple and complex mat- ters. Mr. Swanson has represented clients primarily in the Eastern District of Wisconsin, but also fre- quently appears before the bankruptcy courts in the Western District of Wisconsin. He has also pursued appeals on bankruptcy-related matters through the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. A chapter 7 trustee since 1983, Mr. Swanson has presided over tens of thousands of chapter 7 liquidations, some of which have been complex. As an independent receiver in state court receiverships under chapter 128, Mr. Swanson has mediated disputes among secured creditors and other constituencies and managed to sell dozens of companies as going concerns. In addition to numerous out-of-court restructurings where he has represented disputes with primarily secured creditors, he has also filed numerous chapter 11 reor- ganizations. Mr. Swanson was on the forefront when chapter 12 was adopted by Congress to aid family farmers. He has been listed in Super Lawyers since 2005 for Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor Rights and is currently the president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin. Mr. Swanson frequently lectures on bankruptcy-related topics. He is the organizer and coordinator for the annual Law Education Institute conference held in Vail or Aspen, Colo., and has also taught a graduate-level course at the College of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Mr. Swanson received his B.B.A. in 1977 from the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh and his J.D. in 1979 from the University of Wisconsin Law School.