Will practices in the Construction and Litigation practice groups and the Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy group. With respect to his construction practice, he focuses primarily on collections and construction defaults relating to insolvencies and bankruptcies. In the landlord-tenant area, he has handled dozens of commercial tenant defaults, evictions and bankruptcies. He also has expertise with respect to creditors' rights relating to commercial purchase agreements, including the securing of open account sales. Will has extensive experience with quiet title actions and has successfully handled hundreds of real estate disputes involving tax title issues. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Alabama State Bar and the Birmingham Bar Association. Within the Alabama State Bar, he is affiliated with the Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section. He also belongs to the American Bankruptcy Institute and has served on the Local Bankruptcy Rules Advisory Committee. He has practiced before all bankruptcy courts in Alabama and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Will is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Will has given numerous presentations and seminars on bankruptcy, creditors' rights, lien and payment bond rights, landlord-tenant issues. He is a member of the National Tax Lien Association and has given presentations concerning Alabama tax certificate and tax deed issues. Will is included in The Best Lawyers in America 2011 in the fields of Real Estate Litigation and Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.), and is a member of the Construction Financial Management Association. Will received his B.S. in 1985 from the University of Alabama at Huntsville and his J.D. in 1988 from Vanderbilt University, where he was an Associate Justice on the Moot Court Board. He was admitted to the Alabama Bar in 1988. Will has been with Burr & Forman since 1988 and is the Chair of the Charitable Contributions Committee. His favorite thing about the law: Identifying and clarifying client issues and then pursuing a practical strategy to resolve the issues favorably for the client. Hobbies and Community: Assistant Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 28; formerly served on the Board of Trustees and as Chair of the Finance Committee for First United Methodist Church; member of the Monday Morning Quarterback Club; history; fishing; and hiking. Memberships & Bar Associations American Bar Association Alabama State Bar Member, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section Birmingham Bar Association |