Sallie B. Armstrong

A distinguished bankruptcy lawyer with over four decades of experience which began with her clerkship for the Honorable Bertram Goldwater at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada, Reno Division, Sallie Armstrong represents clients throughout Nevada in all areas of bankruptcy, financial restructuring, corporate reorganization, creditor rights, debtor rights, insolvency counseling, receiverships, and related litigation. She also has expertise in complex legal issues at the intersection of bankruptcy and estate planning and administration.

Sallie practices regularly in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Reno, and during her career in Las Vegas, as well as in state court. Her insolvency practice includes the representation of a wide range of stakeholders, including debtors in complex Chapter 11 cases, equity security holders, secured and unsecured creditors, including financial institutions, lenders, committees, purchasers, and adversary litigation defendants, parties to executory contracts, receivers, and commercial litigants. Sallie often serves as local counsel to national firms with clients in Nevada, and, as a result, has been able to participate in some of the largest and most significant Chapter 11 cases filed in Nevada, several of which are detailed below.

Working with various stakeholders, Sallie helps navigate the complexities of business insolvencies whether in formal bankruptcy proceedings, litigation, receiverships, or informal out-of-court workouts.  Whatever the nature of her representation, Sallie works closely with her clients to help them find and develop the most appropriate business solution.

• LL.M. Taxation, New York University School of Law, 1980
• J.D., University of Arkansas School of Law, 1979
• B.A. magna cum laude, Sweet Briar College, 1976

• Nevada
• Arkansas

• Martindale-Hubbell – AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating (Since 2000)
• The Best Lawyers in America – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (1989-2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America – Commercial Litigation (2021-2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America – Bankruptcy Litigation (2024-2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America – “Lawyer of the Year” in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2012)
• Mountain States Super Lawyers Magazine – “Super Lawyer” (2007-2018)
• Nevada Business Magazine –  “Legal Elite/Top Rank Attorneys” (2020)
• Clerkship, the Honorable Bertram M. Goldwater, United States Bankruptcy Court, 1981-1982
• Member and Citations Editor, Arkansas Law Review (membership by invitation to top 14% of the class)

• Presenter, Estate Planning Session, Nevada Tax & Trust Conference, April 24, 2025

• Mentor, State Bar of Nevada Transitioning into Practice Mentoring Program
• Former Committee Member, Bar of Nevada Standing Committee on Judicial Ethics and Election Practices
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
• Member, Washoe County Bar Association

• Member of the Board of Trustees, Nevada Museum of Art
• Investment Committee Chair, Community Foundation of Western Nevada
• Executive Committee Member, Community Foundation of Western Nevada
• President of the Board of Trustees, Sage Ridge School, 2018-2023
• Member of the Board of Trustees, Sage Ridge School, 2008-2023
• Vice President and Secretary, Member of the Executive Committee, Sage Ridge School,
  2010-2018
• Chair and Member of the Parish Finance Council, Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church