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William D. Matthews

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Direct Phone: 404-584-1238
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Paralegal: Beth Miller
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Bill graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. He subsequently attended Duke University School of Law and graduated with honors in the top third of his class.

Bill has over thirty years of experience, including a clerkship with Atlanta bankruptcy judge W.H. Drake, Jr. His prior employment also includes two premier, small bankruptcy firms, where he represented debtors, trustees, creditors, committees, and entities purchasing assets of bankrupt enterprises. For over five years, he was employed by a large Atlanta-based firm, where he gained experience in serving as counsel for persons on the panel of Chapter 7 trustees. He has also practiced in diverse areas of commercial litigation, insurance coverage disputes, and appellate work in both state and federal appeals courts. His bankruptcy-related litigation experience includes litigation in connection with a Chapter 11 case filed by a publicly traded company with multiple subsidiaries.
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Bill has prepared briefs and handled oral arguments before state and federal appellate courts, and has obtained favorable decisions for his clients in several appeals, including: Club Associates v. First Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments, 951 F.2d 1223 (11th Cir. 1992); EPL, Inc. v. USA Federal Credit Union, 173 F.3d 1356 (11th Cir. 1999); Coen v. CDC Liquidation Trust, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 9718 (11th Cir. 2015); Watson v. Vaz (In re CDC Corp.), 2015 Bankr. LEXIS 588 (11th Cir. 2015); Watson v. Vaz (In re CDC Corp.), 2015 Bankr. LEXIS 1745 (11th Cir. 2014); S. Gregory Hays, Trustee v. TSG Ventures, Inc., et al., Case No. 05-CV1209 (N.D. Ga. 2005); S. Gregory Hays, Trustee v. TSG Ventures, Inc., et al., Case No. 0517247 (11th Cir. 2007); Atlanta Postal Credit Union v. International Indemnity Co., 228 Ga. App. 887 (1997), cert. denied, 1998 Ga. LEXIS 239 (Ga. 1998); Swyters v. Motorola Employees Credit Union, 244 Ga. App. 356 (2000).

Bill is also an AV Preeminent Peer Rated attorney with Martindale-Hubbell.
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  • Duke University School of Law, J.D.
  • University of South Carolina, B.S.
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