E. Franklin Childress, Jr.

Attorney

Current Position

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz,
PC
165 Madison Avenue
Suite 2000
Memphis, TN 38103-2755
USA

Tel: 901-577-2147
Fax: 901-577-0845
Email: fchildress@bakerdonelson.com

Education

University of Tennessee at Martin, B.S., cum laude (1977)
Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, J.D., cum laude (1980)

Professional Career

Shareholder; Department Head for Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC (2003-)
Attorney, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs (1994-03)
Attorney, McDonnell Dyer (1994-03)
United States Trustee, Federal Judicial Districts of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island (1991-94)
United States Trustee, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana and the Central and Southern Districts of Illinois (1988-94)
United States Trustee, Federal Judicial Districts of Kentucky and Tennessee (1988-94)
Assistant United States Attorney (bankruptcy and criminal work and general litigation), Middle District of Tennessee (1983-88)
Attorney (bankruptcy work and commercial litigation), Small Business Administration (Nashville, TN) (1982-83)
Hopper & Plunk, P.C. (Savannah, Tennessee) (1980-82)

Affiliations

Tennessee Bar Foundation, Fellow (2010-)
American Bankruptcy Institute (1988-)
Attorney General's Advisory Committee of the United States Trustees, Chairman (1990-94)
Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, Board of Directors (1983-95); Past President (2004-09)
Porter Leath, Chair (2010-11); Board of Directors (2006-)
Mid-South Fair, Board of Directors (2006-)
Tennessee Bar Association, Chairman; Commercial, Bankruptcy & Banking Section (2000-01)
Memphis Bar Association, Member (1988-); Chair, Bankruptcy Section (1997-98); Director, Bankruptcy Section (1994-98)
Memphis Bar Foundation, Fellow (2007-)
Commercial Law League (1994-)
Shelby County Sports Authority, Board of Directors (2011-)

Awards

Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers, listed in Bankruptcy Litigation (2010-)
The Best Lawyers in America, Listed in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bankruptcy Litigation; Banking & Finance Litigation (2001-)
The Best Lawyers in America, Names 2013 Lawyer of the Year in Memphis for Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2013)
Mid-South SuperLawyer, (2007-)
Business Tennessee:, 150 Best Lawyers (2009-10)
United States Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service (1992)