About Paul
Paul has extensive experience in representing financial institutions including asset based lenders and real estate lenders. He has also successfully represented Chapter 11 Debtors, Trustees, Creditors’ Committees, and purchasers of assets in the Bankruptcy Court. For example, he has served as Counsel to the Creditors’ Committee in the multi-billion dollar Chapter 11 case of Walter Industries in Tampa; counsel to the principal competing bidder in the hotly contested Hayes Microcomputer Products case in Atlanta; and counsel to the lender in the Chapter 11/foreclosure of the Tower Place complex in Atlanta.
He is the former Chair of the American Bar Association’s Subcommittee on Lender Liability of the Commercial Financial Services Committee and the former Chair of the Bankruptcy Section of the State Bar of Georgia. Paul is also affiliated with the Atlanta Bar Association, The Lawyers Club of Atlanta and the Old War Horse Lawyers Club of Atlanta. In addition, he was selected for inclusion in the 2010 Georgia Super Lawyers and named by Chambers USA as a “Leader in their Field” in 2010.
Paul in the community
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Paul and his wife, Sis, live in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, are the proud parents of Patrick, a Colorado graduate, and Marie, a Florida State graduate, and are members of the Christ the King Catholic Cathedral parish. He is active in a number of volunteer activities and, among other accomplishments, organized the State Bar of Georgia’s statewide pro bono legal assistance program for the Bankruptcy Courts. For recreation, Paul enjoys whitewater rafting with his family, stalking the elusive wild turkey in the Spring, and hunting Georgia whitetail deer in the Fall. He is an avid reader of history.