Lawrence R. Ahern, III

Attorney

Current Position

Brown & Ahern
Nashville, TN 37205
USA

Class: VIII (1997)Circuit: Sixth

Education

Vanderbilt University, B.A. (1969)
Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D. (1972)

Professional Career

Burr & Forman LLP (2006-13)
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC (2002-06)
Gullett, Sanford, Robinson & Martin, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee (1998-02)
Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC, Nashville, Tennessee (1990-98)
Miller & Martin, Chattanooga, Tennessee (1972-89)
Adjunct Professor (Secured Transactions), Vanderbilt University School of Law (1998-)
Visiting Professor of Law (Banking; Secured Transactions), Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (Fall, 2002)
Tennessee General Assembly (Joint Committee on the Uniform Commercial Code in Tennessee, T.B.A. Representative), (1997)
Adjunct Professor (Secured Transactions), Belmont University College of Law (Fall, 2017)

Affiliations

American College of Mortgage Attorneys, Fellow (2011-)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Director (2001-07), Health Care, Construction, Business Reorganization Committees; Chair, Insurance Subcommittee
Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, Director (1983-93; 97-02); President (1986-87)
American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Task Force on Insurance Insolvency (1992)
Tennessee Bar Association, House of Delegates (1991-95), Section of Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law, Executive Committee (1991-00); Chair (1995-96); Chair, Joint House and Section Committee on Certification of Specialists (1991-94); Conclave on Legal Education in Tennessee (1996-)
Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education & Specialization (1995-00); Chair (1996-00)
American Board of Certification, Director (1998-10); Chairman (2008-10)
Turnaround Management Association, President, Tennessee Chapter (2000-02)
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, Director (2010-)
Nashville Bar Association, Bankruptcy Committee
Commercial Law League of America

Publications

"Workouts Under Revised Article 9: A Review of Changes and Proposal for Study," 9 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 115 2001 Author
"Anti-Trust Act or Full Employment Program? Fifteen Things Trustees Need to Know About Revised Article 9," 17 NABTalk 43 Fall 2001 No. 3 Author
"Secured Transactions," West's Legal Forms, 2009 Author West Group
"Secured Transactions Under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code," Ch. 7 Law of Debtors and Creditors, Thomson Reuters 2011 Author
"Mortgages and Other Secured Transactions in Real Estate," Ch. 8 Law of Debtors and Creditors, Thomson Reuters 2011 Author
2005 Bankruptcy Reform Legislation with Analysis Thomson West, Brown & Ahern 1st ed. 2005, 2d ed. 2006
Environmental Obligations in Bankruptcy Thomson Reuters, Ahern & Marsh 2011
Bankruptcy Procedure Manual Thomson Reuters, 2011 Ahern & MacLean
Bankruptcy Exemption Manual Thomson Reuters, 2011 Brown, Ahern & MacLean
Bankruptcy Jury Manual West Group, 2d ed., 2001 Brown, Ahern & MacLean
Bankruptcy Rules Manual West Publishing Co., 1997 Ahern & MacLean
West's Legal Forms Bankruptcy, West Group, Brown, Ahern & MacLean (2006 and subsequent pocket parts)
Tennessee Practice Debtor-Creditor Law & Practice, West Group, Brown, MacLean & Ahern (2006 and subsequent pocket parts)
West's Federal Forms Bankruptcy, West Group, 2006 and subsequent pocket parts Brown, Ahern & MacLean

Awards

Nashville Bar Foundation, Fellow
Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Business Reorganization, Creditors' Rights, Bankruptcy Litigation (1989-)
Certified, Business Bankruptcy, American Bankruptcy Board of Certification, (1993-); Tennessee Commission on CLE & Specialization (1994-)