Overview
Ben Parker is an associate in the Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy practice group.
During law school, Ben served as a summer law clerk to Justice Charlie Bethel of the Supreme Court of Georgia and externed for the Honorable Corey L. Maze of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
While earning his J.D. from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law, Ben clerked for Burr’s Atlanta office, supporting senior associates and partners with due diligence documentation and motions across various practices. He served as President of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Board and the Sports & Entertainment Law Society, and as Senior Associate Editor for the American Journal of Trial Advocacy. As a member of Cumberland Law’s National Negotiation Team, he won the ABA regional competition and advanced as a finalist to the national competition in Chicago, Illinois. He was also a member of the Air and Space Law Society.
Ben earned his B.B.A., cum laude, in Finance and International Business from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business where he also received a minor in Spanish.
Honors & Recognitions
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award®, Negotiation; Jurisprudence and the Foundation of the Law; Law Office Practice & Management; Law Office Practice & Management
- Cumberland School of Law Dean’s List
Professional & Community
Civic Activities
- Former Volunteer, Volunteer Lawyers Birmingham
Publications
- Author, Contract Law—FTC’s Non-Compete Ban: The Uncertain Road Ahead For Employers and Employees Amidst A Circuit Split, American Journal of Trial Advocacy Vol. 48
- Author, Unmasking The Merchant Cash Advance in Bankruptcy: Loan, Sale, or Legal Fiction?, Cumberland Trial Journal (2025)
- Author, A Billion Dollar Reset Button: Supreme Court Denies Certiorari For Appeal of Boy Scouts Historic Chapter 11 Plan, Cumberland Trial Journal (2026)
Paralegal/Assistant
Legal Practice Assistant
Christine Griffith
(404) 685-4337
cgriffith@burr.com