Knox Dobbins is a member of Sutherland's Corporate Practice Group, where he focuses principally on banking, consumer financial services and restructuring matters. He regularly advises consumer finance companies on compliance and privacy matters and participates in restructurings and financings across the country. Professional Honors and Awards · Recipient, H. Sol Clark Award for pro bono service, State Bar of Georgia (2001) · Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of banking law (1995-2011) and leveraged buyouts and private equity law (1995-2012) · Named among the "Legal Elite" by Georgia Trend magazine (2004, 2006-2008) · Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2004-2009) Professional and Community Involvement · Member, Consumer Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Truth in Lending, Subcommittee on Privacy and Pro Bono Executive Committee, Business Law Section, American Bar Association · Member, Lawyers Club of Atlanta · Alumnus, Leadership Atlanta · Member, Board of Directors, Midtown Alliance Recent Publications and Speaking Engagements · Co-author, The Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 - An Annotated Guide (May 2011) · Author, "Lenders Suing Lenders After Credit Default: Liability Despite Loan Sale Disclaimers," Bank Director Magazine (December 2007) · Author, "Dealing with CRE Scrutiny as a Director," Bank Director Magazine (June 2006) · Author, Winning Legal Strategies for Bankruptcy and Restructuring (November 2005) · Author, "Revisiting the Duties of Troubled Company Directors," Financier Worldwide (October 2005) · Speaker, 2006 Annual American Bar Association and National Legal Aid and Defender Association (ABA/NLADA) Equal Justice Conference (March 30-April 1, 2006) · Participant, "Financial Services Roundtable," hosted by Financier Worldwide (December 2005) Industries Financial Services Retirement Products and Services News Four Sutherland Partners Recognized by Peers as "2012 Lawyers of the Year"
October 21, 2011 Sutherland Attorneys Take on Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010
July 12, 2011 Legal Alerts Legal Alert: Federal Agencies Unveil Financial Aid Disclosure Form for Colleges and Universities
November 16, 2011 Legal Alert: Can PE Firms Use Chapter 11 to Credit Bid Away Landlords and Unsecured Debt?
November 8, 2011 Legal Alert: CFPB: Important Comment Period on Nonbank Regulation
June 28, 2011 Legal Alert: FDIC Sanctions World's Foremost Bank
March 14, 2011 Legal Alert: Federal Fair Debt Collection Liability for Violation of State Licensing Laws
March 11, 2011 Legal Alert: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Structure, Mission and Limitation of Authority Prior to the Appointment of a Director
March 8, 2011 Legal Alert: New Whistleblower Protections for Financial Service Employees
October 1, 2010 Legal Alert: Dodd-Frank Act Creates Significant Changes in Bankruptcy Law Affecting Derivatives and Other Trading Counterparties
September 22, 2010 Legal Alert: Federal Reserve Publishes Rules Implementing Provisions of the CARD Act Relating to Gift Cards, Gift Certificates and Prepaid Cards
May 7, 2010 Legal Alert: Federal Banking Regulators Issue Guidance on "Prudent Commercial Real Estate Workouts"
November 6, 2009 Legal Alert: Financial Regulatory Reform - A New Foundation: Rebuilding Financial Supervision and Regulation
June 23, 2009 Legal Alert: Court Reverses Prior Ruling That Commodity Supply Contract Is Not Swap Agreement Under Bankruptcy Code
February 13, 2009 Legal Alert: Federal Agencies Approve Final Rules on Credit Card and Overdraft Practices
December 23, 2008 Legal Alert: FDIC and OCC Introduce Modified Application Processes Relating to Troubled Bank Acquisitions
December 10, 2008 Legal Alert: House Financial Services Subcommittee Approves the Insurance Information Act of 2008 to Create an Office of Insurance Information
October 10, 2008 Legal Alert: Moving Forward with the Bailout - The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 Becomes Law
October 3, 2008 Legal Alert: Progress on the "Bailout" Proposal - The Senate Passes an Expanded Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
October 2, 2008 Legal Alert: The Evolving "Bailout" Proposal - Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
September 29, 2008 Legal Alert: Federal Reserve Considering Flexibility for Private Equity Bank Investments
July 2, 2008 Legal Alert: Supreme Court Rejects Pre-Confirmation Tax Exemptions
June 18, 2008 Legal Alert: Sutherland Forms Regulatory Reform Task Force
June 12, 2008 Legal Alert: Congress Includes TREE Act in Farm Bill - Temporarily Cuts Corporate Tax Rate on Timber Gains and Loosens Timber REIT Rules
June 6, 2008 Legal Alert: Federal Agencies Propose Changes to Rules on Credit Card and Overdraft Services
May 7, 2008 Legal Alert: New Virginia Legislation Affecting Payday Lenders
March 12, 2008 Legal Alert: Court Determines Commodity Supply Contract Is Not Swap Agreement Under Bankruptcy Code
August 14, 2007 Publications Lenders Suing Lenders After Credit Default: Liability Despite Loan Sale Disclaimers
December 2007 Bank Director Magazine Dealing with CRE Scrutiny as a Director
June 2006 Bank Director Magazine Winning Legal Strategies for Bankruptcy and Restructuring
November 2005 Revisiting the Duties of Troubled Company Directors
October 2005 Financier Worldwide Events Community Bankers Association - Director and Officer Exposure: What Keeps You Awake at Night?
February 26, 2010 2006 Annual ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference
March 30 - April 1, 2006 Financier Worldwide
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