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December 7 - Nashville 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. JAMES D. NAVE is an attorney in Nashville, where his main area of practice is bankruptcy law. He is a frequent lecturer for various professional groups on creditors'/debtors' rights, collections issues and bankruptcy law. Mr. Nave is a board-certified consumer bankruptcy specialist, Tennessee Commission of Continuing Legal Education and Specialization, and American Board of Certification. He earned both his B.A., magna cum laude, and J.D. degrees from Washington and Lee University. Mr. Nave is a member of the Nashville (member, Bankruptcy Law Section) and Tennessee and Federal bar associations. 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. December 13 - Chattanooga 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. He 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, Fall, 2002, teaching Secured Transactions and Banking. He 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, Mr. Ahern now serves as chair of the ABC and served as chair of the Tennessee Commission. He 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. His many other professional affiliations include the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, in which he currently serves as director. He is the author and co-author of numerous books and articles and he is a frequent speaker in his fields of practice. BRUCE C. BAILEY is a shareholder in the Chattanooga law firm of Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C., where his areas of practice include bankruptcy and creditors' rights, and communication/media law. He is certified as a business bankruptcy specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education Specialization as well as being a certified Rule 31 general civil mediator. Mr. Bailey earned his B.A. degree from Purdue University and his J.D. degree, with high honors, from Washington University. He is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association (Board of Directors; past chair, Commercial and Bankruptcy Section; past member, Board of Governors), the American Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Chattanooga Bar Association (past member, Board of Governors), the Mid South Commercial Law Institute (board; past president), the Tennessee Justice Center (Board of Governors), and was named the Tennessee Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year in 1995. RICHARD L. BANKS is the principal in the Cleveland office of Richard Banks & Associates, P.C., where he practices in the area of consumer bankruptcy. He is board certified as a consumer bankruptcy specialist by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification and the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education. Mr. Banks has spoken for various business and professional groups on bankruptcy issues. He is a member of the Bradley County and Hamilton County bar associations. Mr. Banks is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) and the American Bankruptcy Institute and an associate member of the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees. He earned his B.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. THOMAS E. RAY is a partner and practices in the area of bankruptcy with the Chattanooga law firm of Samples, Jennings, Ray & Clem, P.L.L.C. He frequently lectures on bankruptcy issues for the Chattanooga and Tennessee bar associations, as well as for business and professional groups, and has written numerous articles on bankruptcy and related issues. Mr. Ray is a member of the Panel for the Bankruptcy Trustees, and is a fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy. He earned his B.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of Tennessee. Mr. Ray is listed in the Best Lawyer's in America in the area of bankruptcy. December 14 - Knoxville 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 lectured previously 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. MICHAEL L. POWELL is an attorney in the law firm of Ayres & Parkey, where he practices in legal malpractice defense, banking law, trusts and estates, wills, probate and civil litigation. Mr. Powell frequently lectures on his areas of practice, and teaches law and banking for the American Institute of Banking. He was a senior attorney for the FDIC, a member of the in-house counsel for SunTrust Bank for 11 years and is admitted to the Tennessee bars. Mr. Powell earned his B.A. degree from Carson-Newman College and his J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee. December 15 - Memphis JOHN E. DUNLAP is a sole practitioner in Memphis, where he is board-certified by the Tennessee Continuing Legal Education and Specialization Commission in consumer bankruptcy. His main areas of practice include bankruptcy, workers' compensation, personal injury, ERISA litigation and social security’s disabilities. Mr. Dunlap has spoken on consumer bankruptcy and workers' compensation, as well as spoken for a company called SCES and for the Memphis Bar Association. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and his J.D. degree from the University of Memphis. Mr. Dunlap is a member of the Memphis and American bar associations, as well as the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. TONI CAMPBELL PARKER is a sole practitioner in Memphis where she practices in the areas of bankruptcy and creditors' rights, including issues related to Chapters 7,11 and 13. She has lectured before the Memphis, Tennessee and Desota bar associations, the American Bankruptcy Institute and American Bankruptcy Association on bankruptcy and commercial litigation. Ms. Parker earned her B.P.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Mississippi. She is a member of the Tennessee (past chairman, sections on Bankruptcy Law, Banking Law, Commercial Law; current board member, Bankruptcy Section) and Memphis (current secretary/treasurer, Bankruptcy Section; past chairman and founding member, Bankruptcy Section) bar associations and The Mississippi Bar. ELLEN VERGOS is a partner at Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, where she is a member of the firm's Bankruptcy & Creditor's Right Service Team and practices primarily in the areas of business bankruptcy, representing creditors and Chapter 11 debtors, and commercial litigation. Ms. Vergos is certified as a specialist in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification and the Tennessee Commission of Continuing Legal Education and Specialization. She is certified by the Tennessee Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission as a Rule 31 listed mediator in the field of General Civil Mediation. Ms. Vergos has broad litigation experience representing creditors in business bankruptcy cases, debtors in business bankruptcy cases and in related adversary proceedings, and in commercial litigation in state and federal courts. In addition, she is experienced in the Federal Circuits; in Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Sixth Circuit; and the Tennessee Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Ms. Vergos received her B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University and her J.D. degree from the University of Memphis. She is a member of the Memphis and American Bar Associations, the Tennessee Bar Association, Ethics and Professionalism Committee, the Memphis and Tennessee Bar Foundations, the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners, Assistant Bar Examiner, the Tennessee Lawyers Association, the Association for Women Attorneys, and the Tennessee Justice Center, board member.
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