- Auto Finance
- Bankruptcy + Restructuring
- Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Special Servicing
- Community Banking
- Construction
- Corporate Trust + Agency Services
- Credit Unions
- Debtor + Committee Representations
- Energy
- Finance + Banking
- Financial Services
- Financial Services Securities + Capital Markets
- Insolvency Litigation
- Online Lending
- Private Equity
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Finance
- Secured Lender Representation
- Trade Creditors Representation
- Board Certified by the American Board of Certification in Business Bankruptcy and Creditor’s Rights
- Adjunct professor, Bankruptcy Law, Business Litigation, Creditors’ Rights, Debtor-Creditor Law, Emory University School of Law
- Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
- Director, American Board of Certification
- Director, Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute
- Director, Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal
- Master, Emory University, Lamar Inn of Court
- Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
Education
- Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1985
- American University, B.A., 1982
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Panelist, “Restructuring, Insolvency & Troubled Companies 2023: Bad Debtor Owes Me Money!” Financial Poise Webinar, November 1, 2023.
- Panelist, “Restructuring, Insolvency & Troubled Companies 2023: Opportunity Amidst Crisis-Buying Distressed Assets, Claims, and Securities for Fun & Profit,” Financial Poise Webinar, September 27, 2023.
- Panelist, “Bankruptcy Intersections 2023: The Intersection of Bankruptcy and…Tax Law,” Financial Poise Webinar, August 31, 2023.
- Panelist, “Restructuring, Insolvency Troubled Companies 2023: Help, My Business Is in Trouble!,” Financial Poise Webinar, August 30, 2023.
- Speaker, “The Intersection of Bankruptcy and the UCC,” Thomson Reuters West LegalEdcenter, June 8, 2023.
- Speaker, “Public Company Bankruptcies,” ABI 2023 Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop, July 21, 2023.
- Speaker, “The Intersection of Bankruptcy and…Intellectual Property Law,” Financial Poise Webinar, April 13, 2023.
- Speaker, “The Intersection of Bankruptcy and Labor/Employment Law,” Financial Poise Webinar, March 9, 2023.
- Speaker, “Restructuring, Insolvency & Troubled Companies 2022: Opportunity Amidst Crisis-Buying Distressed Assets, Claims, and Securities for Fun & Profit,” Thomson Reuters West LegalEdcenter, September 21, 2022.
- Co-presenter, “Restructuring, Insolvency & Troubled Companies 2022: Help, My Business is in Trouble!” Financial Poise, August 24, 2022.
- Panelist, “The Intersection of Bankruptcy and…Environmental Law,” Financial Poise, May 26, 2022.
- Co-presenter, “The Intersection of Bankruptcy and…Labor/Employment Law Webinar,” Thomas Reuters West LegalEdcenter, March 31, 2022.
- Co-presenter, “Workouts and Current Restructuring Trends,” State Bar of Georgia Secured Lending Conference, March 2, 2022.
- Speaker, “To Focus on Principle or Principal?,” The Art of Negotiation Podcast, April 14, 2021.
- Panelist, “Legal Malpractice Risk Arising From Failing Clients,” ProQuest CLE Webinar, April 28, 2021.
- Co-presenter, “Bankruptcy Claims Trading,” Financial Poise Webinar, March 9, 2021.
- Co-presenter, “Valuing Real Estate Assets,” Fairness Issues in Real Estate-Based Bankruptcies 2021 Series, West LegalEdcenter, January 26, 2021.
- Webinar, “Cash Collateral and DIP Loan Contests – Bankruptcy Battle Royale – Common Litigation Scenarios,” February 2017.
- “Opportunities and Challenges for Government Contractors in Times of Fiscal Uncertainty and Financial Distress,” Buying Trouble Conference, October 2014.
- “Buying and Selling Real Estate Loans and Assets,” Law Seminars International, November 2009.
- “Identifying, Closing and Resolving Distressed Debt from Private Market Sellers,” Preparing for the Thaw Conference, November 2009.
- “The 363 Sales Process: Current Trends,” Fourth Annual Buying Trouble Seminar, October 2009.
- “Acquisition of the Assets of a Troubled Company,” ICLE Negotiated Corporate Acquisitions Seminar, January 2008.
- “Hot Chapter 11 Issues,” Trigild Lender Conference, October 2008.
- “The KERP Phenomenon and the Road Ahead,” State Bar of Georgia Bankruptcy Seminar, February 2006.
- “The Six Most Common Bankruptcy Questions Asked by In-House Counsel,” Corporate Counsel Institute, December 2001.
- Co-author, “How Cannabis Cos. Are Adapting in Shifting Bankruptcy Arena,” Law360, December 4, 2023.
- Co-author, “Texas Ruling Guides on Asset Sales for Secured Creditors,” Law360, August 17, 2022.
- Author, “Lender Liability Claims Are Alive and Well: A Case Study,” DailyDAC, December 15, 2020.
- Co-author, “Reevaluating Retail REIT Restructurings,” American Bankruptcy Institute’s Real Estate Committee Newsletter, October 2020.
- Co-author, “A Primer on Municipal Bankruptcy,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, October 2020.
- Contributing author, “Federal Court Receiverships,” Strategic Alternatives For And Against Distressed Businesses, 2017.
- Co-author, “Insolvencies – An Overview of Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code,” In-House Georgia, October 2017.
- Contributing author, “Fraudulent Transfer Litigation,” Georgia Business Litigation, 2017.
- Co-author, “Lender Strategies for Dealing with Commercial TIC Bankruptcies,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, April 2013.
- “Chapter 11 Interest Rates After Till,” The American Bankruptcy Law Journal, 2012.
- “Ten Commandments for Avoiding Lender Liability,” Commercial Lending Review, March-April 2010.
- Co-author, “The Pros and Cons of Being a Stalking Horse Bidder for Assets in Bankruptcy,” Distressed Real Estate Strategies, February 2010.
- “When Is a 363 Auction Final?,” ABI Journal, October 2009.
- “Processing Credit Card Charges in Chapter 11,” The American Bankruptcy Law Journal, 2008.
- “Legal Issues Every Player in the Distressed Market Should Know,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, October/November 2007.
- “The Many Faces of Director’s Fiduciary Duties,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, 2003.
- Quoted, “Altavita Village Latest Retirement Community Casualty,” The Deal, March 12, 2019.