|
December 2 - Knoxville DEAN B. FARMER is a member of Hodges, Doughty and Carson, PLLC, where his practice involves diverse corporate and commercial litigation, including Chapter 11 reorganization, corporate debtor and creditor representation, and defense practice in civil rights and governmental entity representation. He was a Certified Business Bankruptcy Specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization, as well as the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification, from 1995 to 2001. Mr. Farmer has served as a board member of the Mid-South Commercial Law Institute. He is a panel trustee for the U.S. Trustee's Office in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Mr. Farmer frequently lectures on bankruptcy, as well as civil rights law topics. He is member of the Defense Research Institute, American Bankruptcy Institute, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Knoxville Bar Association and Tennessee Bar Association. Mr. Farmer earned his B.S. degree from the University of North Carolina, his M.T.S. degree from the University of Harvard and his J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee. MICHAEL H. FITZPATRICK is a partner in the Knoxville law firm of Jenkins & Jenkins, Attorneys PLLC, where he practices primarily in commercial transactions and bankruptcy representation. He has previously lectured on bankruptcy and commercial transactions for National Business Institute. Mr. Fitzpatrick earned his B.A. degree from California State University and his J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee. He is a member of the Trustee Panel of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. JOHN P. NEWTON is a partner with Mayer & Newton, Attorneys-at-Law, where his main areas of practice include business bankruptcy and consumer bankruptcy law. He specializes in small business cases. Mr. Newton has filed thousands of consumer bankruptcy cases and has been a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Panel Trustee for the Eastern District of Tennessee since 1985. He is a member of the NACBA and the American Bar Association. Mr. Newton is admitted to the federal court and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. He is certified by the American Board of Certification and the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization as a Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist. Mr. Newton has lectured to various professional groups on collections and bankruptcy issues. He earned his B.S., M.B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. December 15 - Memphis JAMES E. BAILEY III is an attorney with Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, where his main areas of practice are bankruptcy and creditors' rights, business reorganizations, and business and commercial transactions. He is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association (Bankruptcy Section), Arkansas Bar Association, Alabama State Bar and Memphis Bar Association (Bankruptcy Section). Mr. Bailey is admitted to practice before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Tennessee; U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 8th Circuit and 11th Circuit; and U.S Supreme Court. He earned his B.A. degree from Auburn University and his J.D. degree from the University of Memphis. J. DAVID BLAYLOCK is a member of Glankler Brown, PLLC, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of creditors' rights, bankruptcy, insolvency, secured creditor representation and general commercial law. He has participated as a speaker in numerous seminars relating to bankruptcy and commercial law. Mr. Blaylock is a member of the American Bar Association (Business Law Section), Tennessee Bar Association, The Mississippi Bar (former director, former chairman and member of Board of Directors - Bankruptcy Section), American Bankruptcy Institute and American College of Bankruptcy (fellow). He earned his B.A degree from Vanderbilt University and his LL.B. degree from the University of Mississippi. EMILY CAMPBELL TAUBE is a partner with Adams and Reese LLP, where she focuses her practice on litigation, specifically business litigation, bankruptcy litigation, and franchise/dealership litigation. Ms. Taube served as a Felony Assistant with the Shelby County District Attorney's Office prior to joining Adams and Reese LLP. She has extensive experience in state and federal court, is licensed to practice law in multiple states, and has handled more than 40 jury and bench trials in her career. Ms. Taube is a member of the American Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, Turnaround Management Association, Association for Corporate Growth, International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), American Inns of Court (Leo Bearman, Sr. Chapter), Association of Women Attorneys (Memphis Chapter, vice president), Memphis World Trade Club, Memphis Bar Association, and Tennessee Bar Association. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and her J.D. degree from the University of Memphis School of Law. DAVID J. COCKE is a shareholder in the Memphis law firm of Evans | Petree PC, where he is a member of the litigation and bankruptcy section. He represents creditors, bank trustees and other unsecured creditors committees. Mr. Cocke has served as a Chapter 11 trustee and as counsel for trustees and Chapter 11 debtors-in-possession. He is a member of the American and Tennessee bar associations, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Tennessee Bar Foundation, the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, and a member and former director of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Memphis Bar Association. Mr. Cocke has been a lecturer at the Mid-South School of Banking and lectures frequently on bankruptcy matters and secured transactions. He is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard University Law School. HENRY C. SHELTON III is a transactions and corporate advisory services commercial restructuring and bankruptcy team leader and partner with the law firm of Adams and Reese LLP, where his practice focuses business litigation and bankruptcy, as well as workouts and reorganizations. Mr. Shelton represents parties in business litigation and creditors in bankruptcy and insolvency matters, and has served as counsel in a number of reported commercial litigation appeals. He has been certified as a mediator by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and by the Tennessee Supreme Court. Additionally, Mr. Shelton conducts continuing legal education courses on subjects relating to litigation. He is a member of the Memphis (Bankruptcy and Alternative Dispute Resolution committees), the Tennessee (former chairman of Continuing Legal Education Committee) and the American (Antitrust Law and Business Law sections) bar associations. Mr. Shelton is also a member of the Association of Attorney Mediators and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law. Mr. Shelton earned his B.A. degree from Wesleyan University and his J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law. December 15 - Nashville LAWRENCE R. AHERN III practices bankruptcy and commercial law with Burr & Forman LLP, based in Nashville. He began his practice at Miller & Martin in Chattanooga. Mr. Ahern is a graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School, where he has served as an adjunct professor of law, teaching Secured Transactions, since 1998. He serves on the advisory board of the St. John's Law School Bankruptcy LL.M. program and was a visiting professor at Cumberland School of Law in the fall of 2002, teaching Secured Transactions and Banking. Mr. Ahern is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Certified since 1994 as a business bankruptcy specialist by the American Board of Certification (ABC) and the Tennessee Commission on CLE & Specialization, he now serves as chair of the ABC and has previously served as chair of the Tennessee Commission. Mr. Ahern has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1989, in the categories of business reorganization, creditors' rights and bankruptcy litigation, and has been ranked Best of the Bar in bankruptcy by the Nashville Business Journal since the ranking began in 2004. One of his many other professional affiliations includes the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, in which he currently serves as director. Mr. Ahern is the author and co-author of numerous books and articles and he is a frequent speaker in his fields of practice. MICHAEL GIGANDET is a sole practitioner in Pleasant View, where he practices in the areas of workers' compensation, insurance defense law, bankruptcy law and civil litigation. Mr. Gigandet frequently lectures on workers' compensation, insurance defense and bankruptcy. He earned his B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from Middle Tennessee State University and his J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University. Mr. Gigandet is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association and the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees. He also is a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee. W. NEAL McBRAYER is a member of the law firm of Miller & Martin PLLC, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, bankruptcy and aviation law. He is experienced in a variety of commercial litigation areas, including preference litigation and contract claims. Specifically in the bankruptcy arena, in addition to representing creditors, Mr. McBrayer has served as counsel for the debtor-in-possession in several successful Chapter 11 reorganizations and represented purchasers of estate assets. His aviation practice centers on general advice and counsel to air taxi operators and transactions involving the sale, lease and management of aircraft. Mr. McBrayer is co-author of Tennessee Secured Transactions Under Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code Forms and Practice Manual (Data Trace Publishing) and a contributing author for the 2010 book, Inside the Minds: Navigating Recent Bankruptcy Law Trends (Aspatore Books). He is a member of the Nashville (former chair of the Bankruptcy Court Committee), Tennessee (former chair of the Bankruptcy Law Section) and American bar associations. Mr. McBrayer is also a member of the board of the Mid-South Commercial Law Institute. He serves as the 20th Judicial Circuit delegate to the TBA House of Delegates and is a fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation. Mr. McBrayer earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Maryville College and his J.D. degree at the College of William & Mary in Virginia. WILLIAM L. NORTON III is a partner in the Nashville law firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP in Nashville, where his main area of practice is in the commercial finance area, dealing primarily in creditors' rights and insolvency. He is certified as a business bankruptcy law specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Legal Education and Specialization. Mr. Norton is an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University School of Law and a frequent speaker at seminars on bankruptcy, real property foreclosure and the Uniform Commercial Code. He is the managing editor of Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice 3d and co-wrote Norton Creditors' Rights Handbook (West). Mr. Norton earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from Vanderbilt University. He is a fellow at the American College of Bankruptcy, a past president of the American Board of Certification, a past president and founder of the Tennessee Turnaround Management Association, and a past president of the Mid-South Commercial Law Institute. Mr. Norton is a member of the Nashville, Tennessee and American (member, Business Bankruptcy Committee, Business Section) bar associations, and the American Bankruptcy Institute.
|