2025 International Conference

About Our Speakers

Hon. Justice David C. Doyle
Grand Court, Cayman Islands Judiciary

In 2021, Justice David Doyle was sworn in as a Judge of the Grand Court, Financial Services Division. Prior to serving in this capacity, Justice Doyle was as an Advocate with Cains Advocates in the Isle of Man. He sat as a Judge of Appeal for Jersey and Guernsey (from 2015-2018) exercising appellate jurisdiction including dealing with appeals related to trusts, financial regulation, financial crime, and professional negligence. Justice Doyle served as First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls in Isle of Man from 2010-2018 where he focused on financial sector work. In addition, he served as Second Deemster in Isle of Man from 2003-2010 where he focused mainly on serious crime and civil cases. Prior to being appointed to the bench he worked as an Advocate for nearly twenty years in the areas of company, commercial, trust, and regulatory matters for Dickinson Cruickshank & Co. He was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s 2019 New Year’s Honours for services to the law and the administration of justice. David Doyle was called to the Bar in 1982 becoming a Bencher of Gray’s Inn in 2011. He regularly analyses and researches legal issues, delivers lectures, and participates in continued professional development.

Hon. Mary Jo Heston
United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Washington

Mary Jo Heston is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Washington. Prior to her appointment she was a shareholder in the Seattle and Portland Offices of Lane Powell PC where her practice involved commercial litigation and transactional matters with an emphasis on business reorganizations, international insolvency and the acquisition of troubled businesses and assets. Between 1988 and 1993 Ms. Heston served as the first Region 18 United States Trustee, overseeing bankruptcy cases and fiduciaries in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and Montana.  She also is a former law clerk to a federal district court judge and a bankruptcy judge and a former estate administrator of the federal bankruptcy court.  Ms. Heston has taught bankruptcy courses for over twenty-five years at both Seattle University School of Law.  She is a 2001 Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and an active participant in both professional organizations and community service organizations and currently serves or has served in leadership positions for the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ), the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT) International Committee, National Association of Equity Receivers’ International Committee (NAFER), INSOL International, the Washington State Bar Association - Debtor Creditor Section, the Turnaround Management Association (TMA). Judge Heston is a frequent international, national, and regional speaker and author on topics including international insolvency issues, creditors’ rights issues, and commercial and consumer insolvency issues.  Recently Judge Heston’s professional activities have focused on cross border insolvency and international mediation issues and her community service efforts have focused on military and veterans’ issues working on projects through the Pro Bono Committee of ABI’s Veterans and Servicemembers Task Force.