Graham H. Stieglitz - Attorney Information - Burr & Forman LLP

About Graham

Graham’s practice in the Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy practice group focuses on commercial and bankruptcy litigation. He has experience in commercial reorganizations and workouts, as well as transactional and litigation experience involving commercial transactions, receiverships, real estate and other business-related matters. He has represented debtors, trustees, unsecured and secured creditors in Chapter 11 cases. Graham has also represented financial institutions, commercial lenders, commercial lessors and lessees in bankruptcy cases and structured loan workouts. Graham is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the American Bar Association, the Turnaround Management Association, the National Funding Association, the Atlanta Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia.

Graham’s practice in the Financial Services and Mortgage practice groups has been an equal mix between litigation in the alphabet soup of federal laws related to mortgages (TILA, HOEPA, ECOA, FCRA, CRA, FHA, RICO, RESPA, FDCPA) and other related causes of action and ensuring compliance with these same statutes in current or future markets. Graham attended the Mortgage Bankers Association Regulatory Compliance Institute held from July 19 through 22, 2004 and, after passing the final examination, was awarded a Certificate of Completion.

Graham has been named multiple times in the Georgia Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition in Atlanta magazine. The lawyers chosen as Rising Stars represent approximately 2.5 percent of the best up-and-coming attorneys in the state as voted by their peers based on their personal observations.

Graham graduated from The Westminster Schools in 1991. Graham received his B.A. in Economics from Washington University at St. Louis in 1995, his J.D. from Georgia State University School of Law in 1999, and his LL.M. in Bankruptcy from St. John’s University in 2000.

Publications/Presentations

Forbearance: An Option For Borrowing Time, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 1, 2009

Hey Buddy, Can You Spare a Few Million? An Overview of DIP Financing and Its Tension Points, Secured Lending Seminar, Institute of Continuing Education in Georgia, February 24, 2006

Liabilities for Lenders and Others Arising Out of the Deepening Insolvency Decisions, Business Law Institute, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, October 21-22, 2004

Recent Developments in Bankruptcy, Workouts and Lender Liability Secured Lending Seminar, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, November 21, 2003

Northern District of Alabama Practice regarding (1) Preference Defenses of Contemporaneous Exchange for New Value, Ordinary Course of Business and Subsequent Advance of New Value and (2) Requirement of Expert Testimony to Satisfy ‘Ordinary Business Terms’ Requirement, Birmingham Bar Association Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section Newsletter, Spring 2003

How to Treat Straddle-Year Income Taxes in a Chapter 11 Reorganization, 9 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 467, Winter 2001

Graham Cross-Examined

Being a native Atlantan, I have always maintained an active role in the city. I served on the Junior Committee for “Derby Days” which raises money for the Shepherd Center Spinal Clinic, as well as served as a volunteer for the last seven years with “A Wish For Wendy” which raises money for Cystic Fibrosis research in honor of an elementary school classmate’s deceased sister Wendy. In August of 2005, I graduated from a year-long program called the Buckhead Business Association’s Leadership Development Program. Through BBA, the only community-sponsored leadership program that is specifically focused on leadership development skills in order to promote fully integrated, authentic leaders in the community, I’ve been able to interact and connect with a number of local charities such as Camp Twin Lakes, Hands On Atlanta, and The Jewish Federation.

What is your favorite thing about the law? Working with my clients to understand their business problems and assisting them in finding the best way to overcome these obstacles.

What advice would you give to a young law student? Maintain perspective on what you are doing and what you are seeking to accomplish. Don’t get so caught up in the destination of law school that you miss out on the ride.