Mr. Dobbs' practice for over 32 years has been concentrated in documenting and closing commercial loans for banks and other financial institutions, including asset-based lending arrangements; representing financial institutions in debt restructurings, workouts and forbearance arrangements; defending financial institutions in litigation involving alleged fraudulent conveyances, preferences and lender liability claims; representing financial institutions as secured and unsecured creditors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases; and representing unsecured creditors, creditors' committees and debtors in Chapter 11 reorganization cases. Mr. Dobbs has been involved in large Chapter 11 cases in bankruptcy courts throughout the southeast, as well as in Delaware, New York, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas. In addition, Mr. Dobbs is on the panel of neutrals maintained by the American Arbitration Association for complex commercial cases and frequently serves as a mediator in complex commercial disputes, including controversies arising out of or related to corporate bankruptcy cases.
Bar Admissions
Georgia, 1974
U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1974
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1974
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1980
United States Supreme Court, 2001
Education
Davidson College
(A.B., 1971)
Vanderbilt University School of Law
(J.D., 1974)
Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1973-1974 Published Works - "Taking Warrants in Loan Transactions: Legal Risks and Remedies," 3 Commercial Lending Review 67 (1988)
- "Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 -- An Overview," 15 Georgia State Bar Journal (April 1979)
- "Debt Subordinations," Asset Based Financing, Matthew Bender (1985)
- "Enforcement of Article 9 Security Interests-Why So Much Deference to the Junior Secured Party?" 28 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 131 (1994)
- "Negotiating and Documenting a 'Defensive' Debtor-in-Possession Financing," The Review of Banking & Financial Services (October 2003)
- "Negotiating Points in Second Lien Financing Transactions," 4 DePaul & Commercial Law Journal 189 (2006)
- Enforcement of Security Interests in Personal Property, Harrison Company, 1979
- Reorganization Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, Harrison Company, 1980
- Co-author: "Bankruptcy Law Changes Will Affect Business Cases Too: The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Act of 2005," 11 Georgia Bar Journal 32 (2005).
- Co-author: "Bankruptcy Preference Concerns in Industrial Development Bond Financing," 84 West Virginia Law Review 573 (1982)
- Co-author: "Bulk Transfers: Protecting the Banks' Security Interest," - Commercial Lending Review -(1997)
- Co-author: "Commitment Letters: Uses and Pitfalls," - Commercial Lending Review 10 (1993)
- Co-author: "Labor Act Jeopardizes Liens on Accounts Receivable of Service Companies," 6 Commercial Lending Review 40 (1991)
- Co-author: "New Requirements for Financing Statements and Continuation Statements Filed in Georgia," 22 Georgia Bar Journal (August 1985)
- Co-author: "Protecting Collateral Assignments of Partnership Interests," 9 Commercial Lending Review 31 (1994)
- Numerous presentations at seminars on lending and bankruptcy sponsored by bar and banking associations and other CLE providers, including the State Bar of Georgia, Texas Bar, Tennessee Bar, Oklahoma Bar, Florida Bar, West Virginia Bar, the Practicing Law Institute, the Commercial Finance Association and the Turnaround Management Association
Professional Associations and Memberships - Adjunct Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law, 1987-1992
- Alumni Council, Vanderbilt University School of Law (1997-1999)
- American Arbitration Association (Panel, Complex Commercial Cases)
- American Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Division; Chairman, 1981-1982; Member, House of Delegates, 1982-1984; Creditors' Rights Subcommittee, Chair, 1994-1995; Syndications and Participations Subcommittee, Chair, 1996-1997, Section of Business Law, 1992)
- American Judicature Society (Member, Board of Directors, 1981-1982)
- Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Board Member, Atlanta Chapter of Turnaround Management Association (2002-)
- Board of Advisors, Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, Callaghan & Co., 1980-1997
- Board of Directors, Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, Inc., 1979-2006 (President, 1991-1992, 2005-2006 and Chairman, 1992-1993, 2006-2007)
- Board of Directors, Trees Atlanta, Inc. (2003 - ), Vice President (2005-)
- Board of Trustees, Chairman, Georgia Financial Lawyers Conference
- Board of Trustees, Trinity School (1992-1996)
- Board of Visitors, Davidson College (2004 - )
- CFA Education Foundation, Inc.
- Faculty, Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals
- Parents Council, University of Virginia and University of Georgia
- State Bar of Georgia (Fellow, Georgia Bar Foundation, 1983-; Chairman, Section of Bankruptcy Law, 1978-1979; Member, Authors' Court, 1980-)
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