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Michael P. Coury Memphis, Downtown Office
Mr. Coury's practice concentrates in the areas of bankruptcy, business reorganization, creditor's rights, business litigation and transportation law. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Rhodes College with Honors and his Juris Doctor degree from Vanderbilt University, where he was associate editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. Mr. Coury has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Business Bankruptcy since 1993. He was recently named a "Top 50 Memphis Area Super Lawyer" by Mid -South Super Lawyers, a publication of Law & Politics and Memphis Magazine. He is a past chairperson of the bankruptcy section of the Memphis Bar Association, and the Tennessee Bar Association Bankruptcy Section. Mr. Coury is also a past director of the Mid-South Commercial Law Institute and a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute.
- Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization and Creditors Rights
- Business and Commercial Transactions
- Litigation
- Transportation Law
- Certified Specialist, Business Bankruptcy Law, American Bankruptcy Board of Certification, 1994
- Certified Business Bankruptcy Law Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization, 1999
- Tennessee, 1980
- U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 1980
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee, 2004
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 1983
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1987
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1985
- Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee,
1980
J.D., Juris Doctor
Law Journal:
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Associate Editor, 1979 - 1980
- Rhodes College,
1977
B.A., Bachelor of Arts with Honors
- In re Hicks, 176 B.R. 466
(Bankr., W.D. Tenn. 1995)
- Seaboard System R.R. v. United States, 794 F.2d 635
(11th Cir. 1986)
- Matter of Braniff Airways, Inc., 783 F.2d 1283
(5th Cir. 1986)
- Orr v. I.C.C., 912 F.2d 119
(6th Cir. 1990)
- In re Tenn-Fla Partners, 226 F.3d 746
(6th Cir. 2000)
- In re Shelton Harrison Chevrolet, Inc., 202 F.3d 834
(6th Cir. 2000)
- In re 5877 Poplar, L.P., 268 BR 140
(Bankr. W.D. Tenn 2001)
- Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights,
1993
- Present
- Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights,
2006
- Present
- Memphis Bar Association,
1993
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1994
- Director
- Memphis Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section,
1992
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1993
- Chairman
- Tennessee Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section,
2002
- Chair
- American Bar Association
- Member
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Member
- Mid-South Commercial Law Institute,
2001
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2006
- Director
- Phi Alpha Delta
- November 2, 1955, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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One Commerce Square
Suite 2000
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
Phone: 901-259-7100
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