Butler Snow attorneys James E. Bailey, III, Stephen W. Rosenblatt and Martin A. Sosland have been named to the 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers list.
The guide recognizes the nation’s top attorneys for their remarkable skills in financing, structuring, litigating and creating a pathway forward for troubled businesses. Those listed are selected through a combination of journalistic research, law firm submissions and editorial vetting from a board of legal peers.
James E. Bailey III
Business Reorganization, Bankruptcy & Litigation
Bailey is a member of and a former practice group leader of Butler Snow’s finance, real estate and restructuring group. He works with companies and individuals in business reorganizations, litigation, workouts and bankruptcy proceedings.
Bailey has been recognized by Super Lawyers® as a Mid-South Super Lawyer, Best Lawyers in America® and Martindale-Hubbell® with an AV-Preeminent Peer Review rating.
Bailey is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the American, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee and Memphis Bar Associations, a past Chair of the Tennessee Bar Association Bankruptcy Section, a Director of the Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, and Co-Chair of the Local Rules and Forms Committee of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Tennessee. He received his bachelor’s degree from Auburn University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Memphis.
Stephen W. Rosenblatt
Bankruptcy & Restructuring, esp. Litigation
Rosenblatt is of counsel to the firm and a member of Butler Snow’s finance, real estate and restructuring group. He focuses his practice on bankruptcy, business restructuring, workouts, and commercial litigation.
Rosenblatt is AV-Preeminent Review Peer Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® and has been recognized by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America® and Super Lawyers®.
Rosenblatt is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, the American Bar Foundation, the Mississippi Bar Foundation and the Mississippi Young Lawyers Association. He is a member of The Mississippi Bar, the Capital Area Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Turnaround Management Association. He received his bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University and his Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Mississippi.
Martin S. Sosland
Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring
Sosland is a member of Butler Snow’s finance, real estate and restructuring practice group and focuses his practice on public finance and bankruptcy and restructuring. He also has vast experience in business reorganizations, debtor and creditors’ rights and refinancing and acquisitions of troubled companies.
Sosland has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America®, by Chambers USA, Chambers Global and Who’s Who Legal for Restructuring and Insolvency.
Sosland is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the American and Dallas Bar Associations, the State Bar of Texas, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, the John C. Ford American Inn of Court, the Turnaround Management Association and INSOL International. He received his bachelor’s degree from Rice University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law.
