MEMBERS OF FIRM
Morris W. Macey (Member) born Camilla, Georgia, 1922; admitted to bar, 1943, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., 1946; J.D., 1943); Harvard University (LL.M., 1947). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: David W. Pollard Achievement Award, Bankruptcy Section, Atlanta Bar Association; The Morris W. Macey Lifetime Achievement Award, Creditor's Rights Section, State Bar of Georgia; Phoenix Award by the City of Atlanta for 40 years of community service with the Consumer Credit Counseling Service. Listed in, Best Lawyers in America. Co-Author: "Partnership Bankruptcy and Reorganization: Proposals for Reform," The Business Lawyer, Vol. 50, No. 3, May 1995; "Reconciling Sections 365 (c)(1) and (f)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code: Should Anti-Assignment Laws Prohibit Assumption of Contracts by a Debtor in Possession?" Commercial Law Journal, Vol. 100, No. 2, Summer 1995. Author: "Professional Conduct in Bankruptcy Proceedings," Commercial Law Journal, Vol. 90, Number 5, 1985; page 213, May, 1985; "The Chapter XII Chrysalis," American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Spring, 1978. Adjunct Professor: Bankruptcy Law, Emory University School of Law, 1947-1962; Corporate Reorganization, University of Georgia School of Law, 1974. President, Commercial Law League of America, 1966-1967. Commissioner on Uniform State Laws, 1972. Chairman, Committee to Revise Fraudulent Transfer Act, 1982-1984; Member: Committees to Revise Limited Partnership Act; Revise Partnership Act; Committee on Article 2A; Chairman, 1974 and Director, 1975, Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute. Past President and Member, Advisory Board, Consumer Credit Counseling Service. Member, Board of Visitors, Georgia State University College of Law, 2002. Member, Advisory Board, St. John's University School of Law, LL.M. in Bankruptcy Program, 1999. Director, Past President, Associated Credit Union. Trustee, Fisk University, 1976-1979. Member: Atlanta, American (Member Council, Senior Lawyers Division), Federal, Inter-American and International Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; World Jurist Association; Insol; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; National Bankruptcy Conference; American Law Institute; American Bankruptcy Institute; American College of Bankruptcy. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: In re James Cable Partners, L.P. 27 F. 3d 534 (1994).Email: Morris W. Macey
Frank B. Wilensky (Member) born Columbus, Georgia, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Georgia. Education: Emory University (A.B., 1965; J.D., 1968). Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Creditors Rights Law.Email: Frank B. Wilensky
Richard P. Kessler, Jr. (Member) born Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Georgia. Education: Fairfield University (A.B., 1968); Emory University (J.D., 1971). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Public Law (now Emory Law Journal), 1970-1971. Law Clerk to Judge Charles A. Moye, Jr., U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1971-1973. Author: "What You Should Know About the New Bankruptcy Code," Prentice-Hall Inc., 1979; "Guide To The Bankruptcy Laws," Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1987. Contributing Author, "Banking and Lending Institution Forms," A.S. Pratt & Sons (formerly Warren Gorham Lamont), 1995. Advisory Board, Credit Union Law Service, Matthew Bender, 1991-1994. Participant: NCCUSL Drafting Committee on UCC Article 4A and Drafting Committee on UCC Revised Article 3 and Amendments to Article 4, 1985-1991. Member, East Lake Golf Club. Member: Atlanta and American (Chair, Committee on Credit Unions, Business Law Section, 1988-1992; Vice Chair, Electronic Transactions, 1999; Member, UCC Committee; Member, Consumer Financial Services Committee; Member, Cyberspace Law Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Chair, UCC Committee, Corporate and Banking Law Section, 1991-1994; Chair, Business Law Section, 1995-1996); Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Bankruptcy; Commercial Law; Consumer Law; Corporate Law; Creditors Rights; Debtor and Creditor; Consumer Credit Compliance.Email: Richard P. Kessler, Jr.
Todd E. Hennings (Member) born Akron, Ohio, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Georgia; 1996, Colorado and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1990); Emory University (J.D., 1993). Phi Alpha Delta. Moot Court. Moot Court Special Teams. Law Clerk to: Hon. Hugh Robinson, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1993; Hon. Margaret Murphy, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1993; Hon. James D. Walker, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia, 1994-1996. Co-Author: "Ethical Issues in Everyday Bankruptcy Practice," Coastal Bankruptcy Law Institute, 1994, reprinted in "Professionalism: A View from the Bench," ICLE, 1994; "Reaffirmation Agreements, Statement of Intent and the Automatic Stay Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention Act of 2005," Atlanta Bar Association, 2005. Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Section); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights Sections). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Law; Litigation; Creditors Rights; Insolvency; Workouts.Email: Todd E. Hennings
William A. Rountree (Member) born Milledgeville, Georgia, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 2001 U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1995); University of Florida (J.D., 1999). Phi Delta Phi. Author: "The Willful and Malicious Injury Exception to Discharge in Bankruptcy: Just How Narrow Should it Be?", The Florida Bar Journal, October 1999. Law Clerk to the Honorable Steven H. Friedman, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida, 1999-2000. Member, Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Section); State Bar of Georgia (Co-Chair, Creditors' Rights Section, Newsletter Committee, 2004-2007; Member, Bankruptcy Section). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation; Creditors Rights; Commercial Law; Asset Protection; Debtor and Creditor; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor Reorganization; Debtor and Creditor Workouts; Debtor and Creditor Rights; Debtors Rights; Secured Creditors Rights; Unsecured Creditors Rights.Email: William A. Rountree
Hal J. Leitman (Member) born Tampa, Florida, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1997); Nova Southeastern University (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Creditors Rights.Email: Hal J. Leitman
OF COUNSEL
Peter G. Stathopoulos (Managing Director, State & Local Taxes) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Georgia. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1990); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 1993). Author: The State and Local Tax Lawyer, American Bar Association; Georgetown University Law Center. Guest Professor: University of Georgia Terry School of Business; Georgia State University School of Law. Speaker, State and Local Tax Issues: Southeastern Association of Tax Administrators (SEATA); Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT); Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICLE); Atlanta Tax Club; Tax Executives Institute (TEI); Lorman Educational Services. Tax Policy Attorney, Georgia Department of Revenue, 1995. Former Liaison, Governor's Economic Development Council. Former Principal Consultant, Big Four Accounting. Co-Chair, Georgia Department of Revenue/State Bar of Georgia, 2002. Former Member, Executive Committee, Business Council of Alabama. Georgia Tax Correspondent, State Tax Today, Tax Analysts. Languages: Greek. Practice Areas: State Taxation; Local Taxation; Tax Controversies; Aviation Tax.