Bradford W. Botes, Sr.

Bradford W. Botes is a principal of consumer bankruptcy firm Bond & Botes, P.C. in Birmingham, Ala., with offices also in Mississippi and Tennessee. Prior to commencing legal practice, he served         one-year clerkships each with the U.S. Trustee for the Northern District of Alabama, Billy J. Rivers, and the U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, Hon. E.B. Haltom, Jr. Mr. Botes is licensed to practice law in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Illinois. He is also admitted to practice before various U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Botes has been a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys since its inception, and has served as a member of its board of directors and as its first full-time executive director. He is a frequent lecturer on various bankruptcy topics to lo- cal and national gatherings of bankruptcy attorneys, trustees and judges. Mr. Botes received his B.S. in political science and business management from the University of North Alabama and his J.D. from Stamford University Cumberland School of Law.