J. Mitchell Carringt ...

J. Mitchell

Carrington II

Overview

Mitch is a member of Butler Snow's Business Services Group. He focuses his practice on corporate and transactional matters and distressed transactions.

About

Mitch’s experience includes advising privately held businesses in sales and acquisitions in a variety of industries including healthcare, energy, medical software, and logistics. He also represented Petroleum Production Finance, Inc., a subsidiary of PPF 11, LLC in In re: Amazing Energy MS, LLC, et al., United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Case No. 20-01243-NPO, which involved the successful acquisition of oil and gas leases covering over 1,000 acres in the Dinan, Piney Creek, and Saukum Fields in southern Mississippi, sold through a court-supervised 363 sales process.

He is active in a number of organizations, including the American, Mississippi, Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations. He obtained his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Mississippi and his B.A. in Political Science from Millsaps College. He is admitted to practice in Mississippi and Tennessee.

Experience

  • Sales and acquisitions of privately held businesses in a variety of industries including healthcare, energy, medical software, and logistics.
  • In re: Amazing Energy MS, LLC, et al., United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Case No. 20-01243-NPO. Represented Petroleum Production Finance, Inc. subsidiary, PPF 11, LLC, in its successful acquisition of oil and gas leases covering over 1,000 acres in the Dinan, Piney Creek, and Saukum Fields in southern Mississippi, sold through a court-supervised 363 sales process.
  • In re: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et al., United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Case No. 17-03283. Represents Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, insurer of bonds issued by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its agencies.
  • Mississippi Phosphates Corporation, et al., United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Southern Division, Case No. 14-51667. Part of a team representing the Debtors, a publicly traded fertilizer and chemical manufacturer and its subsidiaries, in jointly administered Chapter 11 cases. Certain assets of the Debtors were sold through a court-supervised 363 sales process.
  • Simply Wheelz LLC, d/b/a Advantage Rent-a-Car, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Case No. 13-03332-ee. Part of a team that represented the Debtor, the fourth largest car rental company in the United States, in its Chapter 11 case. Certain assets of the Company were sold through a court-supervised 363 sales process. This was the first "large chapter 11 case" under the new United States Trustee guidelines that was filed outside of Delaware or the Southern District of New York. 

Distinctions

  • Best Lawyers in America®
    • Ones to Watch, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2021-2023

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2022
  • Mississippi, 2012
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Tennessee: Eastern, Middle
    • Mississippi: Northern, Southern
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 5th Circuit

Education

  • University of Mississippi, J.D., magna cum laude, 2012
    • Associate Cases Editor, Mississippi Law Journal
    • Am Jur Awards: Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 Reorganization & Securities Regulation
    • ABOTA Tom Mason Trial Advocacy Award
    • Phi Delta Phi
    • Carson M. Hughes Memorial Scholarship
  • Millsaps College, B.A., Political Science, 2009
    • Pi Sigma Alpha – Political Science Honorary

Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • Mississippi Bar Association
  • Nashville Bar Association
  • Tennessee Bar Association

Papers, Presentations & Publications

  • Speaker, “Principled Negotiation Tactics and Cognitive Biases in Positional Bargaining,” Munich RE 2024 PERS Off-Site Program, January 17, 2024.
  • Speaker, “The Future of AI in Civil Litigation and Defense of Insurance Claims,” Butler Snow and Munich RE CLE and CE Program, December 12, 2023.
  • Moderator, "The Coming Effect of Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Implications in the Legal Industry and In-House Departments," Butler Snow and ACC TN CLE Program, December 6, 2023.
  • Speaker, “Bankruptcy Basics, Trends and Topics,” Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants - Central Chapter Meeting, January 2016.
  • Co-Author, Mississippi Section, 50-State Compendium on State Consumer Protection Act Statutes, Defense Research Institute, 2014.

J. Mitchell

Carrington II

Overview

Mitch is a member of Butler Snow's Business Services Group. He focuses his practice on corporate and transactional matters and distressed transactions.

About

Mitch’s experience includes advising privately held businesses in sales and acquisitions in a variety of industries including healthcare, energy, medical software, and logistics. He also represented Petroleum Production Finance, Inc., a subsidiary of PPF 11, LLC in In re: Amazing Energy MS, LLC, et al., United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Case No. 20-01243-NPO, which involved the successful acquisition of oil and gas leases covering over 1,000 acres in the Dinan, Piney Creek, and Saukum Fields in southern Mississippi, sold through a court-supervised 363 sales process.

He is active in a number of organizations, including the American, Mississippi, Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations. He obtained his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Mississippi and his B.A. in Political Science from Millsaps College. He is admitted to practice in Mississippi and Tennessee.

Experience

  • Sales and acquisitions of privately held businesses in a variety of industries including healthcare, energy, medical software, and logistics.
  • In re: Amazing Energy MS, LLC, et al., United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Case No. 20-01243-NPO. Represented Petroleum Production Finance, Inc. subsidiary, PPF 11, LLC, in its successful acquisition of oil and gas leases covering over 1,000 acres in the Dinan, Piney Creek, and Saukum Fields in southern Mississippi, sold through a court-supervised 363 sales process.
  • In re: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et al., United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Case No. 17-03283. Represents Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, insurer of bonds issued by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its agencies.
  • Mississippi Phosphates Corporation, et al., United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Southern Division, Case No. 14-51667. Part of a team representing the Debtors, a publicly traded fertilizer and chemical manufacturer and its subsidiaries, in jointly administered Chapter 11 cases. Certain assets of the Debtors were sold through a court-supervised 363 sales process.
  • Simply Wheelz LLC, d/b/a Advantage Rent-a-Car, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Case No. 13-03332-ee. Part of a team that represented the Debtor, the fourth largest car rental company in the United States, in its Chapter 11 case. Certain assets of the Company were sold through a court-supervised 363 sales process. This was the first "large chapter 11 case" under the new United States Trustee guidelines that was filed outside of Delaware or the Southern District of New York. 

Distinctions

  • Best Lawyers in America®
    • Ones to Watch, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2021-2023

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2022
  • Mississippi, 2012
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Tennessee: Eastern, Middle
    • Mississippi: Northern, Southern
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 5th Circuit

Education

  • University of Mississippi, J.D., magna cum laude, 2012
    • Associate Cases Editor, Mississippi Law Journal
    • Am Jur Awards: Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 Reorganization & Securities Regulation
    • ABOTA Tom Mason Trial Advocacy Award
    • Phi Delta Phi
    • Carson M. Hughes Memorial Scholarship
  • Millsaps College, B.A., Political Science, 2009
    • Pi Sigma Alpha – Political Science Honorary

Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • Mississippi Bar Association
  • Nashville Bar Association
  • Tennessee Bar Association

Papers, Presentations & Publications

  • Speaker, “Principled Negotiation Tactics and Cognitive Biases in Positional Bargaining,” Munich RE 2024 PERS Off-Site Program, January 17, 2024.
  • Speaker, “The Future of AI in Civil Litigation and Defense of Insurance Claims,” Butler Snow and Munich RE CLE and CE Program, December 12, 2023.
  • Moderator, "The Coming Effect of Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Implications in the Legal Industry and In-House Departments," Butler Snow and ACC TN CLE Program, December 6, 2023.
  • Speaker, “Bankruptcy Basics, Trends and Topics,” Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants - Central Chapter Meeting, January 2016.
  • Co-Author, Mississippi Section, 50-State Compendium on State Consumer Protection Act Statutes, Defense Research Institute, 2014.