Tom H. Connolly

Tom H. Connolly is a principal of Connolly Lofstedt Cadette & Pearce, P.C. in Louisville, Colo. Previously, he was Of Counsel at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a partner with Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. In 1993, he formed the firm the present day firm. Mr. Connolly has extensive business experience, having served as chairman, president and CEO of several operating businesses and as a director of Colorado National Bank in Glenwood Springs, Colo. His chapter 11 activities include representing creditors, serving as debtor's counsel, creditors' committee counsel and as chapter 11 trustee. His national cases include Resorts International and Drexel Burnham Lambert. Mr. Connol- ly has also served as plan agent or liquidating trustee under confirmed chapter 11 plans for Amdura Corp., Rexon Tecmar Corp., Vail Plaza Hotel & Club, the Mercury Cos. and others. As the chapter 7 trustee for Miniscribe Corp. he recovered for and distributed to general unsecured creditors over $100 million. Mr. Connolly founded the Bankruptcy Liaison Committee of the local Faculty of Fed- eral Advocates, and has been an occasional speaker at bankruptcy seminars and events sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association, ABI and the Office of the U.S. Trustee for Region 9. He received his undergraduate degree from Ohio State University, taught science for two years, then received his J.D. summa cum laude from Ohio State University School of Law. While in law school, he served as the law school dean's research aide, was a member of the Ohio State Law Journal edito- rial board and was awarded the Order of the Coif and best senior article writer's award.