About Heather
Heather practices in the firm’s Creditors’ Rights, & Bankruptcy group with a focus on commercial bankruptcy, landlord/tenant, and Alabama real property tax lien law.
Heather is licensed to practice law before the state, federal, and bankruptcy courts in Alabama and Mississippi. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Birmingham Bar Association, and the American Bankruptcy Institute.
Heather has lectured most recently on “Drafting and Enforcing Commercial Leases” (Sterling Education Services, Inc., November 2007), “Landlord/Tenant Law in Alabama” (Sterling Education Services, January 2006), and “Current Bankruptcy Issues in Chapter 7, 11, and 13: Landlord/Tenant Law and Bankruptcy” (Birmingham Bar Association Bankruptcy/Commercial Law Section, October 2004).
Heather received her B.S.B.A. with a major in accounting from Samford University in 1999, her Master of Accountancy from Samford University in 2002, and her J.D. from Cumberland School of Law in 2002. During law school, she served as a representative to the Student Bar Association. She was also a Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow and a recipient of the George M. Stewart Banking Award.
What is your favorite thing about the law? Fixing problems.
What community projects are you involved in? I am President of the Junior Board for Hands on Birmingham, which is an Alabama non-profit corporation committed to providing flexible, hands-on volunteer opportunities for individuals whose work and life time challenges prohibit their active involvement in traditional volunteer programs.
What was your first job? Hardees’ drive-through cashier.
What are your hobbies? Needlepointing and teaching group fitness classes for the YMCA.
How do you define a “good day?” When I tie up loose ends.