Thomas B Humphries

Practice Areas

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.

Professional Memberships

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

Publications

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