Leland Murphree
Special Counsel @Buchalter
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WORK HISTORY
Special Counsel @Buchalter
Nashville, AL
J. Leland Murphree is Special Counsel in the Firm’s Nashville office and a member of the Insolvency and Financial Law practice group. Mr. Murphree represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, committees, fiduciaries, investors, indenture trustees, and bondholders, in a wide range of complex disputes and distressed matters. He represents the interests of U.S. and foreign clients in Chapter 11 and Chapter 9 bankruptcies, receiverships, and other insolvency proceedings, as well as out-of-court restructurings, workouts and liquidations across the United States and internationally. He has experience in all areas of bankruptcy and insolvency and has significant experience with state and federal receiverships, the purchase and sale of distressed assets in bankruptcy and receiverships, distressed investing and transactions, post-petition financing, extra-judicial remedies, and complex bankruptcy and commercial litigation, including lender liability, preferential transfer, fraudulent transfer and other avoidance actions.Mr. Murphree has a wide range of experience involving complex financing and investment structures and handles matters with unique restructuring issues, including higher education, healthcare and senior living, agribusiness, government contracts, energy, construction, public finance, tax credit investments, and factoring and asset-based lending.
EDUCATION
Samford University
BA, History, Mathematics
Samford University
Bachelor's degree, History
The University of Memphis—Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Doctor of Law - JD
The University of Memphis—Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
JD, Law
SKILLS
ABOUT LELAND MURPHREE
Leland Murphree is Special Counsel in the Firm’s Nashville office and a member of the Insolvency and Financial Law practice group. Mr. Murphree represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, committees, fiduciaries, investors, indenture trustees, and bondholders, in a wide range of complex disputes and distressed matters. He represents the interests of U.S. and foreign clients in Chapter 11 and Chapter 9 bankruptcies, receiverships, and other insolvency proceedings, as well as out-of-court restructurings, workouts and liquidations across the United States and internationally. He has experience in all areas of bankruptcy and insolvency and has significant experience with state and federal receiverships, the purchase and sale of distressed assets in bankruptcy and receiverships, distressed investing and transactions, post-petition financing, extra-judicial remedies, and complex bankruptcy and commercial litigation, including lender liability, preferential transfer, fraudulent transfer and other avoidance actions.Mr. Murphree has a wide range of experience involving complex financing and investment structures and handles matters with unique restructuring issues, including higher education, healthcare and senior living, agribusiness, government contracts, energy, construction, public finance, tax credit investments, and factoring and asset-based lending.Awards and Honors:Chambers USA: Leading Practitioner in the area of Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2018 – present)American Bankruptcy Institute: 2018 Class of “Top 40 Under 40” Emerging Leaders in Insolvency PracticeBest Lawyers in America© for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2019 – present), Litigation: Bankruptcy (2018 – present), and Commercial Litigation (2023 – present)Mid-South Super Lawyers (formerly Alabama Super Lawyers): “Rising Star” in Bankruptcy: Business (2014 – present)Birmingham Business Journal’s “Rising Stars in Law” (2019)Professional Involvement:Turnaround Management Association, Alabama Chapter, Past-President, 2018Alabama State Bar Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section, Past-Chairman, 20••••17American Bankruptcy Institute Southeastern Bankruptcy Workshop Advisory BoardMember, Alabama Law Institute Committee on Uniform Fraudulent/Voidable Transfer LawsMember, Alabama Bankruptcy Pro Bono Task ForceMember, Birmingham Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law SectionMember, American Bankruptcy InstituteMember, Tennessee Bar AssociationMember, American Bar Association
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