Admitted
2000, Tennessee and Alabama; 2001, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
Law School
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1999
Law School Graduation Year
1999
College
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, B.S., 1996
Biographical
Co-Author: An Historical Analysis of Insolvency Laws and Their Impact on the Role, Power, and Jurisdiction of Today's United States Bankruptcy Court and Its Judicial Officers, 9 J. BANKR. L. & PRAC. 165, Jan./Feb., 2000. Co-Author: The Involuntary Bankruptcy Process: A Study of the Relevant Statutory and Procedural Provisions and Related Matters, 31 UNIV. OF MEMPHIS LAW REV. 1, Fall, 2000. Author: Should the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure Be Amended to Expressly Authorize United States District and Bankruptcy Courts to Appoint a Special Master in an Appropriate and Rare Bankruptcy Case or Proceeding? 31 UNIV. OF MEMPHIS LAW REVIEW 353, Winter, 2001. Author: Nondischargeable Liability of Corporate Officers, Directors, and Guarantors Under 11 U.S.C. ' 523(a)(4): In re Ellison, 296 F.3d 266 (4th Cir. 2002), 9 NORTON BANKRUPTCY L. ADVISER 2, September, 2002. Co-Author: The Mere Filing of the Chapter 7 Trustee's ANo-Asset@ Report Does not Constitute an AAbandonment@ of Estate Property under Section 554(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and FED. R. BANKR. P. 6007, 11 J. BANKR. L. & PRAC. 347, 2002 and BANKRUPTCY SERVICE, CURRENT AWARENESS ALERT, Issue No. 10, October, 2002, (This article was published twice). Author: The Historical Development of American Indian Tribes; Their Recent Dramatic Commercial Advancement; and A Discussion of the Eligibility of Indian Tribes Under the Bankruptcy Code and Related Matters, 27 AM. INDIAN L. REV. 177, Fall, 2002. Co-Author: Reasonable and Necessary Expenses under Section 1325(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, Postconfirmation Considerations, and the Effect of Conversion and Dismissal of Chapter 13 Cases, 32 UNIV. OF MEMPHIS LAW REVIEW 789, Summer, 2002. Co-Author: Professionalism in the Legal Profession: The Bankruptcy Attorney as a True Professional, 33 UNIV. OF MEMPHIS LAW REVIEW 1, Fall, 2002. Co-Author: The Controversies Centering Around a Debtor's Statutory and Procedural Right to Convert an Originally Filed Chapter 7 Case to a Case Under Chapter 11 or 13 and