- Auto Finance
- Bankruptcy + Restructuring
- Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Special Servicing
- Corporate Trust + Agency Services
- Debtor + Committee Representations
- Distressed Mergers + Acquisitions
- Financial Services
- Financial Services Litigation
- Insolvency Litigation
- Litigation + Trial
- Oil + Gas
- Private Equity
- Real Estate Capital Markets (REITs)
- Secured Lender Representation
- Trade Creditors Representation
- Events Committee, Turnaround Management Association, New York City Chapter
- Past chair, Bankruptcy Section, Georgia State Bar
- Atlanta Leadership Committee member, Lambda Legal
- Co-chair, Troutman Pepper Locke Pride (LGBTQIA+ affinity group)
- Steering committee member, “Roadways to the Federal Bench,” Bankruptcy System National Diversity Event, October 24, 2019
Education
- Mercer University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2008
- Appalachian State University, B.S., magna cum laude, 2004
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
- Co-Presenter, “Distressed M&A Investing,” Stafford, April 2, 2025.
- Panelist, “Top Considerations for a Board Before and During a Bankruptcy: What Investors Need to Know About What Happens in the Boardroom,” Distressed Investing Conference, December 4, 2024.
- Panelist, “Out of Court and Other Alternatives to Bankruptcy,” Distressed Investing Conference, November 28, 2022.
- Co-presenter, “Workouts and Current Restructuring Trends,” State Bar of Georgia Secured Lending Conference, March 2, 2022.
- Speaker, “Perspectives on Creating an Inclusive Environment for LGBTQ Attorneys,” Pride at Troutman Pepper Panel, June 2020.
- Speaker, “Skills Presentation: Evidentiary Focus on Deposition, Cross-Examination & Testimony Prep,” American Bankruptcy Institute Southeast Conference, July 2019.
- Speaker, “Equity Interests – Key Considerations When Enforcing Remedies State Bar of Georgia,” Secured Lending Section, February 2018.
- Speaker, “Ethical Obligations of Debtor’s Counsel to Creditors, Trustee, and Client,” Ted Talk presented at annual American Bankruptcy Institute Southeast Conference, July 2017.
- Speaker, “Preventative Medicine: Focusing on Remedies Prior to Default,” State Bar of Georgia, Secured Lending Section, February 2015.
- Speaker, “Enforcement of Remedies and Judgments – Use of 363 Sales, Foreclosures and Judicial Attachment,” State Bar of Georgia, Bankruptcy Section, October 2014.
- Co-author, “Winning the Game of Distressed M&A: The Playbook,” Troutman Pepper, November 29, 2022.
- Co-author, “Georgia Bankruptcy Alternatives,” Publication Forthcoming Thomson Reuters, September 2021.
- Co-author, “The 2015 Revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Impact on Bankruptcy Matters,” The Review of Banking & Financial Services, September 2017.
- “Community Bank Fights Involuntary Bankruptcy Filed by TruPS Owners,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, July 2015.
- “Lenders Rejoice: Foreclosure Confirmation Statute May be Waived by Guarantor,” 19 Ga.B.J. 10, 2014.
- Profiled and quoted, “Celebrating Pride Month: Matthew Brooks, Partner, Troutman Pepper (GA),” Turnaround Management Association, June 2022.