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James Blake Bailey

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Birmingham P: 205.521.8913 F: 205.488.6913
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  • I’m WARNing You… Maybe? Bankruptcy Court Considers Exception to Layoff Notice Statute
    1/7/2025
    LABOR & EMPLOYMENT INSIGHTS
  • Fifth Circuit Reminds Creditors They Must Actively Protect Their Interests in Bankruptcy
    4/29/2024
    FINANCIAL SERVICES PERSPECTIVES
  • Fourth Circuit Decision Clarifies Application of Exceptions to Discharge in a Subchapter V
    6/13/2022
    FINANCIAL SERVICES PERSPECTIVES
Area(s) of Focus
  • Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights
  • Banking & Financial Services
  • Corporate Restructuring
  • Distressed Municipal Finance
  • Healthcare Restructuring
  • Creditors’ Rights
  • Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation
  • Receivers, Committees, Trustees, & Other Fiduciaries
  • Distressed Investing
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  • Financially Distressed Construction
  • Long Term Care & Senior Housing
  • Commercial Loan Workouts & Restructuring
  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2010
  • University of Florida, B.A., Political Science; B.S., Finance, 2005, cum laude
  • Alabama
  • Texas
  • United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama
  • United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama
  • United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Florida
  • United States District Court, Southern District of Texas

American Bar Association

Business Bankruptcy Committee

Vice-Chair, Legislation Sub-Committee, 2018-2019

Birmingham Bar Association

Executive Board, 2018

Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section

Chair, 2018

Executive Board, 2012-2017, 2019

Alabama Bar Association

American Bankruptcy Institute

Turnaround Management Association of Alabama, Board of Directors

Childcare Resources, Junior Board Member

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2025 Best Lawyers Badge

Super Lawyers 2024 Badge

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2019-2025 Litigation – Bankruptcy, 2021-2025 Global M&A Network Turnaround Atlas Award, 2018 Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," 2022-2024 Bankruptcy: Business, 2016-2021 Listed in Alabama Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, 2014-2015 Listed in Birmingham Business Journal  NextGen: Law, 2022 In re Walter Energy, Inc. Bankruptcy counsel for Walter Energy, Inc., a publicly traded company and one of the world’s largest producers of metallurgical coal, and 22 of its subsidiaries. The Walter Energy case is the largest Chapter 11 ever filed in the state of Alabama and involved over $3 billion in long-term debt. In re Jefferson County, Alabama Bankruptcy counsel for the most populous county in Alabama in its Chapter 9 bankruptcy case, pursuant to which the county confirmed its Chapter 9 plan of adjustment, successfully restructuring over $5 billion in debt. Judgment Collection Represented a national, publicly traded healthcare company in the collection of a $2.9 billion judgment against its former CEO. Retail Bankruptcy Represented hardware retailer in bankruptcy of one of its landlords.
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