Steven Rider |
Steve's practice has been concentrated on complex commercial litigation, agribusiness transactions, and the enforcement of creditor’s rights in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings. Steve has been in private practice since 1977. His clients include the Farm Credit Banks of Wichita, local farm credit system institutions, CoBank, ACB, Ag Services of America, Inc., Land of Lakes, Inc., Midland Loan Services, Centennial Bank of the West, and various community banks. Before becoming of counsel with Block Markus & Williams LLC, Steve was the founder of Rider Edwards McAnallen & Taylor, LLC, a firm that specialized in creditor's rights. Steve is accredited as a Business Bankruptcy Specialist and Creditor’s Rights Specialist by the American Board of Certification. Steve is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Association of Insolvency Advisors, the Turnaround Management Association, and the Independent Bankers of Colorado, where he serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the IBC Education Foundation. Steve has represented secured creditors, trustees, and unsecured creditors in well over a thousand bankruptcy proceedings. He has been involved in all aspects of bankruptcy, including relief from stay proceedings, cash collateral disputes, plan negotiations, and contested plan confirmation hearings. Although most of his experience has been in chapter 11 reorganizations, he has represented lenders in chapter 7, 12, and 13 cases as well. Among the major bankruptcy cases in which he has been involved are Geneva Steel, Convergent Communications, PentaStar Communications, and Colorado Greenhouse. Steve represents lenders in all aspects of state collection proceedings, including foreclosures and replevins. He represents a number of receivers and liquidators, and has experience in both property and equity receiverships. He has assisted in the conduct of numerous auctions and UCC foreclosure sales. Steve has also represented the interests of small and medium sized business owners in entity organization, corporate governance, financial planning, and merger and acquisition matters. Steve was also lead counsel in an oil and gas royalty dispute between royalty owners and the major oil companies, representing the interest of a royalty owner who successfully challenged millions of dollars of improper expenses deducted from the royalty. The case resulted in major changes in the law of the allowance of transportation and conditioning expenses deductions from the royalty to mineral owners under Colorado law. Steve has also handled complex litigation for commercial and agricultural lenders, including the defense of numerous lender liability cases. Besides representing creditors before various federal and state administrative agencies, Steve has served as a lobbyist for the interests of various financial institutions before the Colorado General Assembly. Steve earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Denver in 1974 and obtained his law degree from the University of Denver College of Law in 1977. Steve also holds a Master of Science degree in financial analysis. Steve is a Level II Candidate in the Chartered Financial Analyst program. His background in accounting and finance make him well qualified to handle complex commercial and bankruptcy transactions. Steve is admitted to the Colorado State Bar and is a member of the Denver, Colorado, and American Bar Associations. |
