Attorney Bios

About David

David practices with the firm’s Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy group. His experience concentrates on commercial bankruptcy matters, including the representation of secured and unsecured creditors, committees, defendants in preference actions, corporate debtors and parties involved in out of court restructurings.

David is admitted to practice in Tennessee (2000), Mississippi (2001), the U.S. District court, Middle District of Tennessee (2001) and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (2002). He is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association (chair of the Bankruptcy Section Executive Council), the Nashville Bar Association (past chair, Bankruptcy Court Committee; past chair, Local Rules Sub-committee), the Mississippi Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Mid-South Commercial Law Institute (Director, 2003-2008), American Bankruptcy Institute (Co-Chair, Ethics and Professional Compensation Committee; Co-Chair, Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop) and the Turnaround Management Association. David is also listed as one of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in the Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights area.

David co-authored the following articles on Bankruptcy: “Advisors in Asbestos-Related Bankruptcies: Judicial Contamination?”, ABI Journal (April 2004); and, “District Court Judge Disqualified from Asbestos-Related Bankruptcy Cases.”, ABI Journal (September 2004). He also presented the lecture “Bankruptcy Issues in Foreclosure Proceedings” for Lorman Education Services, Mortgage Foreclosure in Tennessee (June 17, 2003, & June 10, 2004), and “The New Era of Bankruptcy Practice: A Close Look at the Major Provisions of the New Bankruptcy Act” for Barristers Educational Services (December 2005).

David earned his J.D., 2000, from the University of Mississippi School of Law, and his B.P.A in Criminal Justice Administration, 1997, also from the University of Mississippi.