About Joe
Joe practices in the firm’s Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy practice group, assisting clients in the resolution of complex commercial issues, and the maximization of debt recovery and under-performing assets. His primary clients include financial institutions, commercial leasing companies, general contractors, healthcare companies, insurance companies, manufacturers, property management companies, public utilities, telecommunications companies and trustees in bankruptcy. Representative cases include: Hackney v. First Alabama Bank, 555 So.2d 97 (Ala. 1989); Selma Medical Center v. Fontenot, 824 So.2d 1463 (Ala. 2001).
Joe received his J.D. in 1987 from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, where he was a member of Cumberland Law Review (Associate Editor, 1985-1986, Writing Editor, 1986-1987). He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alabama, 1980. Joe is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, Business Section of the American Bar Association, the Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section of the Alabama State Bar and the Birmingham Bar Association. He has lectured on such topics as Commercial Loan Workouts and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.