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Jeffrey Barber

Jeffrey Barber

USA 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Jeff Barber focuses his practice on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. He regularly represents clients in bankruptcy proceedings, state court receivership proceedings, and assists them in restructurings.

Career

Jeff has served as an adjunct professor of Debtor-Creditor Law at the Mississippi College School of Law and has completed the American Bankruptcy Institute and St. John’s University School of Law Bankruptcy Mediation Training. He also lectures frequently on bankruptcy and creditors' rights matters and is the author of several published works, including the chapter on Debtor-Creditors Rights in the Encyclopedia of Mississippi Law (West) and the Mississippi Chapter of the Trigild Guide to Receivership and Foreclosure.

Professional Memberships

Alabama State Bar;

American Bankruptcy Institute;

Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Ad Hoc Law Forum Committee (1993-1994); Chairman, Education Committee (1992, 1995-1996); Bar Convention Committee (1989);

Mississippi Home Educators Association, Director;

The Mississippi Bar

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Bankruptcy/Restructuring - Mississippi

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Individual Editorial
Jeffrey Barber is a go-to attorney for creditors' rights issues, which form part of his broader bankruptcy practice. His experience includes Chapter 11 filings and out-of-court restructurings.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Jeffrey Barber is very intelligent and has a good feel for reading people and issues. He knows the law backwards and forwards, so he can handle complex bankruptcies.

    Bankruptcy/RestructuringChambers Guide to the USA
  • Jeffrey is a real pleasure. He is very smart and experienced.

    Bankruptcy/RestructuringChambers Guide to the USA
  • He is very high-touch and pleasant to work with.

    Bankruptcy/RestructuringChambers Guide to the USA

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