Joe A. Joseph

Joe A. Joseph is a partner in the Birmingham, Ala., office of Burr & Forman, LLP, where he is a member of the firm’s Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy Group. His practice is concentrated on the representation of creditors in complex commercial matters in bankruptcy courts, as well as state and federal trialand appellate courts. Mr. Joseph has experience in chapter 11 reorganizations and commercial loan restructurings. His primary clients include commercial lenders (bank and nonbank), retail shopping center owners, equipment lessors, health care companies, insurance companies, general contractors and manufacturers. Mr. Joseph has represented lenders in distressed hotel loans in chapter 11 cases, as well as federal and state court receivership actions. Additionally, he has represented shopping center land-lords in many of the large retail cases that have been filed in recent years. Mr. Joseph is a member ofABI and serves on the advisory board of the Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop, and he is a director of theSoutheastern Bankruptcy Law Institute. He also is a past director for Alabama Appleseed, Inc., a non-profit organization that seeks to ensure equal access to justice. Mr. Joseph has lectured on such topics as distressed condominiums, selected topics in bankruptcy law, commercial loan workouts, the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights categories, and since 2011, he has been named as “Leader in their Field” in Bankruptcy & Restructuring by Chambers USA. Mr. Joseph is admitted to practice in all federal and state courts in Alabama, as well as the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He has also been admitted to practice pro hac vice in bankruptcy courts in California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Mr. Joseph received hisB.S. in finance in 1980 from the University of Alabama and his J.D. in 1987 from Samford UniversityCumberland School of Law.