Paul Jennings is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., 1987) and the University of Tennessee (J.D., with high honors, 1990) where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and student materials editor of the Tennessee Law Review, 1988-1990. Mr. Jennings currently serves as chair of the Bankruptcy Practice Area and a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Jennings practices in the areas of commercial litigation and bankruptcy law. His practice focuses both in the representation of creditors in corporate bankruptcies and major corporate debtor clients. He has also represented official unsecured creditors committees. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Nashville Bar Association and the Tennessee Bar Association, where he was past president for the Section of Commercial, Bankruptcy and Banking Law. In 2005, Mr. Jennings was named to the National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals. Mr. Jennings is listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, has been named one of the best bankruptcy lawyers by Business Tennessee magazine since 2004 and one of Tennessee's leading bankruptcy and bankruptcy litigation lawyers by Chambers USA. For the past four years, Mr. Jennings has been listed in the Nashville Business Journal's Best of the Bar, a distinction earned exclusively by nominations from other attorneys. In 2006, Mr. Jennings was listed in the Lawdragon 500 New Stars, New Worlds .
His current and past representations include:
- Co-counsel for Capital One in bankruptcy class action litigation
- Co-counsel for Regal Cinemas, Inc. in its successful pre-packaged Chapter 11
- Co-counsel for Service Merchandise Company, Inc. in its Chapter 11 proceedings
- Local counsel for Bank group in Nu-Kote Holdings Chapter 11
- Co-counsel to James River Coal Company and its 21 subsidiaries in their successful Chapter 11 reorganization
- Co-counsel to Murray, Inc. in its Chapter 11 proceedings
- Several purchasers of hospital assets in new American Healthcare Chapter 11
- Counsel to Chapter 11 Trustee - Total Fitness Systems, LLC
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