Gary W. Lee's Profile
Gary W. Lee focuses his practice in the areas of business mergers & acquisitions, business reorganizations, creditors’ rights, and transactional law, wherein he represents business entities through all phases of acquisitions, divestitures, and other commercial transactions. He has substantial experience representing debtors, debtors-in-possession and creditors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, adversary proceedings and other commercial litigation. In addition to his law practice, he serves as an Adjunct Law Professor at Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, teaching Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, and Advanced Business Drafting.
Prior to law school, Gary received a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology from the University of Florida. While pursuing his joint J.D./ M.B.A. at Samford University, Gary was an Associate Editor of the Cumberland Law Review. He came to Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt after spending seven years with Spain & Gillon, LLC, as a Partner, and prior to that, an Associate. Gary’s other prior experience includes serving as judicial law clerk to the Honorable James S. Sledge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Gary is a member of: the Alabama State Bar, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section; the American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Committee on Business Bankruptcy; the American Bankruptcy Institute, Business Reorganization Committee; and the Birmingham Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section.
Gary’s recent community involvement includes service on the Leadership Council of Junior Achievement of Greater Birmingham, volunteering as a Junior Achievement Classroom Volunteer in the Birmingham City School System, serving as a Project Coordinator with Hands on Birmingham, and serving on the Public Service Committee of the Birmingham Bar Association. He lives in Hoover with his wife and four children. He is a parishioner at Prince of Peace Catholic Church and he serves as President of the Parent Teacher Organization of Prince of Peace Catholic School.
Education
- Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, Birmingham, AL, J.D., 2002
- Samford University, M.B.A., 2002
- University of Florida,, B.S, Microbiology, 1995
Bar Admissions
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama, 2002
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 2002
- Alabama, 2002
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