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Butler Snow Bolsters Local Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization Practice

MEMPHIS – Butler Snow has hired James E. Bailey III and Michael P. Coury for their Memphis, Tenn. office. Butler Snow also has offices in Jackson, Miss., Gulfport, Miss., and Bethlehem, Pa.

“Jeb Bailey and Michael Coury are highly respected in the Memphis legal community and are two of the most recognized bankruptcy and business reorganization attorneys in our region,” said Randall D. Noel, Chair of Butler Snow’s Litigation Department. “Their experience will be a huge asset for the firm and its clients, especially in the current challenging business environment.”

Coury is the only practicing Memphis attorney who is a Fellow with the American College of Bankruptcy and one of only 14 in Tennessee. He has been honored by The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, every year since 1993 and the Mid-South Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, since 2006.

Coury is also past chairperson of the bankruptcy section of the Memphis Bar Association and the Tennessee Bar Association Bankruptcy Section.

Coury earned a Juris Doctor from the Vanderbilt University School of Law where he served as associate editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. He graduated with honors from Rhodes College with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Bailey is listed in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, and has published several articles on bankruptcy. Bailey was also a panelist at the 2008 National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Annual Meeting. He is a past chair of the Tennessee Bar Association Bankruptcy Section and is admitted to practice in the states of Tennessee, Arkansas and Alabama, as well as the federal courts in the Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee, the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, the Sixth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal and the United States Supreme Court.

Bailey served as a judicial law clerk in the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Western District of Tennessee and for the Chancery Court of Tennessee for the 30th Judicial District. He has served in private practice for the past 12 years.

Bailey earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Memphis, School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Auburn University.

“At Butler Snow, we consider the current business environment while strategically planning for the future to fortify practice areas where clients may benefit,” said Steve Rosenblatt, Practice Group Leader for Banking, Real Estate and Financial Services at Butler Snow. “With two outstanding and well-respected bankruptcy lawyers like Mike and Jeb joining us, Butler Snow has added to its breadth of experience for the businesses or financial institutions needing help in financial restructuring, problem loan workouts or bankruptcy reorganization - a practice area where our work has significantly increased, especially since the economy has declined.”