[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1020-E1021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING RILEY WALTER

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 8, 2010

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend and 
congratulate Riley Walter upon thirty years of business in the legal 
field. Mr. Riley will be honored at a reception on Tuesday, June 1, 
2010.
  Mr. Riley Walter attended California Polytechnic State University, 
San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973 
and a Master of Arts degree in 1974, both in Agriculture. While working 
towards his Masters degree, he worked as an assistant professor of 
agriculture business management at Cal Poly, Pomona. Upon completing 
the masters program, Mr. Walter attended Western State University in 
southern California and received a Juris Doctorate in 1980. During this 
time, he was also working toward becoming a tenured associate professor 
at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Later, Mr. Walter became certified as a 
Business Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Bankruptcy 
Certification.
  In 1980, Mr. Walter passed the bar and in May began practicing in a 
commercial law firm where he was working on reorganization, insolvency 
and bankruptcy law in Central California, from Bakersfield to 
Sacramento. His primary area of practice has become insolvency law, 
specifically Chapter 11 and specializing in large scale agricultural 
and agribusiness cases including creameries, processors, wineries, feed 
mills, farms, ranches and dairies. Mr. Walter also works on consensual 
restructuring, workouts, liquidations, receiverships, assignment for 
benefit of creditors

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and other insolvency and restructuring matters. For these types of 
issues, Mr. Walter has Worked with cities, hospitals, developers, 
energy companies, manufacturing, service and retail businesses. During 
his thirty years of practice, he has represented debtors and trustees 
in over three thousand cases under Chapter 11, 12, 7 and 9.
  Mr. Walter is actively involved with many legal organizations. He has 
served as president and director of the Central California Bankruptcy 
Association and the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the Federal Bar 
Association. He has served as the chair of Business Law Section and the 
Agricultural Law Section of the Fresno County Bar Association. Mr. 
Walter also served as the director and co-chair of the California State 
Bar Agribusiness Committee. He has served as director of the California 
Bankruptcy Forum and the Central California Receivers Forum. He is, or 
has been, a member of the American Bar Association, American Bankruptcy 
Institute, American Inns of Court and Society of Agricultural Lenders. 
He is a former chair of the Agricultural Law Review Advisory Committee 
at San Joaquin College of Law. He is a fellow of the American College 
of Bankruptcy, Class XIII and is a Delegate to the Ninth Circuit 
Judicial Conference. Mr. Walter was selected as a Northern California 
Super Lawyer for 2004 through 2009.
  Outside of his practice, Mr. Walter taught agriculture law as an 
adjunct professor at San Joaquin College of Law in Fresno from 1989 
through 1993. He was also an adjunct professor of management 
(entrepreneurial studies) at California State University, Fresno. He 
has authored, co-authored or contributed to many articles. Because of 
his extensive experience and involvement, Mr. Walter has lectured on 
bankruptcy topics to business and legal groups numerous times.
  Mr. Walter has a long history of involvement in civic and cultural 
organizations. He currently serves as the vice chair on the board of 
the Lyles Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation of California 
State University, Fresno. He is general counsel to the Central Valley 
Business Incubator and the Bulldog Fund. Mr. Walter recently retired 
from the board of the Central Valley Business Incubator, after thirteen 
years of service with the organization. He was formerly on the boards 
of the Fresno Business Council, the Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno 
City and County Historical Society and the Lee Institute for Japanese 
Art.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend and congratulate Riley Walter 
upon thirty years of legal service to the Central Valley. I invite my 
colleagues to join me in wishing Mr. Walter many years of continued 
success.

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