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A partner of Howick, Westfall, McBryan & Kaplan, LLP, Louis G. McBryan was named “Georgia Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend Magazine in the fields of bankruptcy and creditors' rights for 2007 and 2009. A frequent lecturer on legal topics, Lou focuses his practice in the areas of litigation and bankruptcy.

Areas of Practice:

• Litigation
• Bankruptcy

Bar Admissions:

• State Bar of Georgia 1990
• United States Supreme Court
• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas
• Georgia Supreme Court
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Superior and State Courts of Georgia
• Missouri Courts, all jurisdictions

Education:

• Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, Georgia (J.D. 1990)
• St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri (B.Sc. 1981)

Work Experience, Honors, and Awards:

• Named “Georgia Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend Magazine in the fields of Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights for 2007 and 2009
• Significant Representations:
  • Appointed Receiver by Superior Courts of Fulton and DeKalb Counties for apartment complex in the Atlanta and Macon areas
  • Debtor’s counsel for specialty steel manufacturer in Chapter 11 bankruptcy case
  • Represented creditors’ committee for small regional specialty retailer
  • Debtor’s counsel for public corporation with significant communication technology
  • Represented secured Lender(s) in Chapter 11 proceedings of regional homebuilders
• AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell, Inc.

Selected Professional Associations and Memberships:

• The State Bar of Georgia (Business, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights Sections)
• The Missouri Bar
• Atlanta Bar Association (Bankruptcy and Litigation Sections)
• Cobb County Bar Association (Business Law Section)
• American Bar Association (Business Law Section, Business Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 and Consumer Financial Services Committees)
• Lawyers Club of Atlanta, Inc. (2005-2008 Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee)

Selected Publications and Presentations:

• Presenter: Real Property Foreclosure Seminar, sponsored by ICLE, April 2003-2006; Foreclosure Law and Bankruptcy
• Presenter: Real Property Law Institute, Amelia Island, May 2004; Representing Real Property Receivers
• Lecturer on Bankruptcy, Community Bankers Association of Georgia, Consumer and Commercial Lender Schools, 2005-present
• Lecturer on Bankruptcy, Georgia Credit Union Affiliates: The New Bankruptcy Law and Its Effects on Consumer Creditors, August and September 2005