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Attorney NameWilliam H. Leech
Shareholder
601-856-7200
bleech@cctb.com
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Practice Areas
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1076 Highland Colony Parkway
Concourse 600, Suite 100
Ridgeland, MS 39157 |
Bio
Bill Leech is a Member of Copeland, Cook, Taylor and Bush, P.A., and is a Senior Litigator in the Creditor`s Rights and Bankruptcy section with over 28 years of practice experience. His practice focuses primarily on the representation of financial institutions and other creditors in loan workout, creditor bankruptcy, foreclosure, commercial litigation, lender liability matters, consumer credit, class action litigation, and alternative dispute resolution. Bill was selected for inclusion in Woodward White`s Best Lawyers in America, in the Corporate Counsel Edition of Super Lawyers, in Mid-South Super Lawyers, in Corporate Counsel Magazine`s listing of Top Lawyers, and is AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell.
Bill has acted as both lead defense trial counsel and co-counsel in several bankruptcy class actions against major national banks and mortgage lenders, and has served as lead counsel defending lenders in mass actions filed in state and federal courts throughout Mississippi. He has also represented creditors in bankruptcy cases throughout the United States.
Bill has significant experience in many types of lender liability, consumer credit, bankruptcy, creditors` rights and commercial litigation matters, including business torts, class actions, Truth-in-Lending Act and RESPA claims, credit bureau reporting disputes, satellite dish litigation, fraudulent transfer and preference claims, stay litigation, lease and installment contract litigation, plan and disclosure statement litigation, jurisdictional litigation, and independent disputes arising from bankruptcy and collection matters. He also has substantial experience as both an arbitrator and as a mediator, having been selected for inclusion in the Mississippi Bar Association Directory of Mediators.
Bill has served as a faculty member for numerous bankruptcy, creditors` rights and class action-related commercial litigation seminars, and has authored or co-authored many published articles on bankruptcy law and procedure, personal property foreclosure, creditors` rights, class actions, and related commercial litigation. He also holds an academic appointment as an Adjunct Professor of Secured Transactions and Creditors` Rights at the Mississippi College School of Law, as well as an Adjunct Professor of Business Law and Business Ethics in both the M.B.A. and undergraduate programs at Belhaven College. Bill has served since 1997 as Coach of the Mississippi College School of Law competition teams to the Chief Judge Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Memorial Moot Court Competition, and was inducted in 2008 as a non-student member of the Order of Barristers.
Education:
B.A. Millsaps College
(summa cum laude)
J.D. Vanderbilt School of Law
Courts/Bar Admissions:
Choctaw Tribal Court
Mississippi State Courts
U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern District of Mississippi
U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Professional Memberships:
American Arbitration Association Mississippi Advisory Council - Qualified Neutral for the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
American Bankruptcy Institute
Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
Barrister Member, Charles Clark Inns of Court
Business Law, Litigation, Tort and Insurance Practice, and Dispute Resolution Sections of the American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Hinds County Republican Executive Committee - (1997-2002)
Mississippi Bar Association - Business Law, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections - Judicial Evaluation
Committee (1992-1993); Bar Elections Committee (1998-1999)
Mississippi Bar Foundation Fellow
National Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association - Selected for the Mississippi Bar Association`s Directory of Mediators; Panelist: "14th Annual Mid-South Conference on Bankruptch Law" (Tunica, MS 2008)
Member, Order of Barristers.
Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation
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