Jay R. Bender

Jay R. Bender is a partner in Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Distressed Investing Practice Group in Birmingham, Ala., which he chaired from 2008-17. He represents debtors, banks, secured creditors, indenture trustees, and purchasers of distressed assets in complex chapter 11 and chapter 9 bankruptcy cases, in state and federal court receivership proceedings, and in out-of-court workouts, reorganizations, restructurings and liquidations. Mr. Bender is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy, is recognized in Chambers USA and The Best Lawyers in America for his bankruptcy and restructuring practice, and is an adjunct professor at the Cumberland School of Law. He is licensed to practice in both Alabama and Texas. Mr. Bender received his B.A. magna cum laude in public policy studies in 1986 from Duke University and his J.D. in 1993 with honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law.