Thomas B Humphries

Thomas is a partner in the firm’s Birmingham office and is a member of the Bankruptcy & Restructuring and Business Services & Commercial Litigation practice groups. Thomas represents creditors, debtors, bankruptcy trustees, and other commercial litigants in state and federal courts in Alabama and neighboring states. Thomas brings extensive experience to the firm’s bankruptcy practice covering most issues that regularly arise in Chapter 7, Chapter 11, and Chapter 13 cases. In addition to his bankruptcy work, Thomas represents lenders, mortgage servicers, and commercial and residential landlords.

Alabama State Bar: Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section; American Bankruptcy Institute; Birmingham Bar Association: Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, Executive Committee; Mid-South Commercial Law Institute: Director and Board Member

Speaker, “Discharge and Dischargeability Issues in Consumer Cases,” CLE Alabama, 42nd Annual Bankruptcy Law Update, Nov. 17, 2023

Author, “Eleventh Circuit: § 547(c)(4) New Value Should Not Be Reduced by Post-Petition § 502(b)(9)) Claims,” American Bankruptcy Institute, ABI Commercial Fraud Committee Newsletter, October 2022

Speaker, “Section 547(c)(4) New Value in the 11th Circuit,” Annual CLE, Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section of the Birmingham Bar Association, Aug. 26, 2022

Author, “Unredeemed Pawned Property and Chapter 13 Plan Confirmation: Must a Pawnbroker Object,” NACTT Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 3, April/May/June 2020

Co-author, “Allowance of Post-Petition Fees Under Rule 3002.1 – An Alabama Controversy,” NACTT Quarterly, Vol. 31, No 3, April/May/June 2019

Author, “Revisiting Till v. SCS Credit Corp. – An Argument Against Rigid Application of Till,” NACTT Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 3, April/May/June 2018

Author, “The Evolution of Sanctions Under Rule 3002.1(i)”, NACTT Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 3, May 23, 2017

Co-author, “Hidden Dangers For Mortgage Lenders Lurk In 11 U.S.C. § 1322(b))(9),” NACTT Quarterly, (Vol. 27, No. 3), May 2015

Chapter 7 Trustee Representation: Acted as a counsel to Chapter 7 Trustee in a converted case involving a large coal company.

Section 363 Sale Purchaser Representation: Assisted client in purchasing the assets of a bankrupt IT services business.

Fraudulent Transfer Defense: Represented numerous adversary proceeding defendants in lawsuits filed by the Chapter 7 Trustee alleging fraudulent transfers in a large healthcare-related bankruptcy case.

Preference Defense: Opposed preference allegations by the Chapter 7 Trustee on behalf of scrap plastic supplier and successfully negotiated on agreed resolution that relied upon the new value defense.

Nondischargeability: Obtained Summary Judgment declaring debts owed to client nondischargeable in a Chapter 7 case.

Automatic Stay Litigation/Class Action: Represented unsecured lender in defense of class action lawsuit filed in bankruptcy court. Significant experience defending clients accused of violating the Automatic Stay and Discharge Injunction.

Mortgage Lender Litigation: Obtained Summary Judgment in contested redemption matter and successfully defended the judgment on appeal.

Contested Redemption of Real Property: Obtained Summary Judgment in contested redemption matter and successfully defended the judgment on appeal.

Secured Lender Representation: Successfully protected the client's interest in a 150-foot yacht in a Chapter 11 case and negotiated a favorable payoff.

The University of Georgia

B.S.

2004

The University of Alabama School of Law

J.D.

2010

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Commercial Litigation

The Best Lawyers in America®

Rising Star in Law

The Birmingham Business Journal

2019