Hon. Hilary L. Barnes

Hilary L. Barnes is a member of Allen Maguire & Barnes, PLC in Phoenix, where she focuses her practice on commercial bankruptcy, representing secured creditors, commercial and individual debtors, lessors, franchise parties, patient care ombudsmen, and other constituents in all aspects of bankruptcy and state court proceedings, including foreclosure, assignments for benefit of credi- tors and receiverships. Last year, she chaired the State Bar of Arizona's Bankruptcy Section, and she continues to serve as program chair on the Executive Committee for the Arizona Bankruptcy American Inn of Court (2014-16), for which she is a Master of the Inn. Ms. Barnes has been se- lected for inclusion in the 2014-15 Southwest Super Lawyers lists (bankruptcy), named among the "Top 25 Women" in the Southwest in 2015, and listed as one of Arizona's Finest Lawyers. A long- time member of ABI and other professional organizations, Ms. Barnes also volunteers with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Self-Help Center to assist unrepresented litigants in bankruptcy court and volunteers her time with organizations that assist women and families in Arizona. Recently, she was honored to receive a 2015 Tribute to Leadership Award with Arizona YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix. She received her B.A. in art history from the University of Chicago and her J.D. from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.