Practice Areas - Business Law
- Commercial Law
- Commercial Real Estate
- Real Estate
- Bankruptcy
- Commercial Bankruptcy
- Commercial Foreclosure
- Creditor Bankruptcy
- Foreclosures
- Workouts
- Business Formation
| - Business Organization
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Transactions
- Commercial Real Estate Finance
- Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure
- Commercial Real Estate Litigation
- Contracts
- Real Estate Bankruptcy
- Real Estate Finance
- Real Estate Foreclosure
- Real Estate Title Examination
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| University | Vanderbilt University, College of Arts and Science, B.A., cum laude, 1984; Memphis State University, M.A., 1986 |
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| Law School | Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D., 1989 |
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| Admitted | 1989, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee |
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| Memberships | Tennessee and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law and Real Property; Trust and Estate Law) Bar Associations. |
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| Born | Johnson City, Tennessee |
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| Biography | Vanderbilt Law Review, staff member (1987-88) and associate editor (1988-89). American Jurisprudence Award for Legal Writing (Fall 1986). Intern for U.S. Dist. Judge Thomas A. Higgins, Middle Dist. of Tenn. (Spring 1987). Legal writing advisor, Vanderbilt Univ. Sch. of Law (Fall 1987). Instructor in Logic, Memphis State Univ. (1985-86). Co-author, "Avoiding Fraudulent Transfers in Bankruptcy," Barrister, Vol. 22 (1) (Spring 1995). Author, "Statute of Limitations Interpreted," The Tennessee Surveyor (April 1993). 1993 Bankruptcy Advocacy Program, Nat'l Inst. for Trial Advocacy, Miami (1993). Hearing committee member, District I, Board of Professional Responsibility, Tennessee Supreme Court (2007-2010; 2010-2013). Member, ABA Standing Committee on Publishing Oversight (2009-2012). Associate Editor (1994-1998), Real Property Articles Editor (1998-2000), and Editor (2000—), Probate & Property magazine. |
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| Reported Cases | NCNB National Bank of North Carolina v. Thrailkill, 856 S.W.2d 150 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1993); Riverchase Apts., L.P. v. Campbell Co., Commonwealth of Kentucky (In re Riverchase Apts., L.P.), 184 B.R. 35 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1995); Creekstone Apts. Associates, L.P. v. Resolution Trust Corp. (In re Creekstone Apts. Associates, L.P.), 165 B.R. 845 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1993); In re Fischer, 184 B.R. 41 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1995); Bankers Trust Company v. Collins, 124 S.W.3d 576 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003); Bradford v. Sell, 240 S.W.3d 834 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2007); In re Southland Investments, Inc., 2009 WL 1971429 (Bankr. E.D.Tenn. July 2, 2009). |
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| ISLN | 908858659 |
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