Justin G. Williams

Alabama

Tanner & Guin, LLC
2711 University Blvd.
Suite 201
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

Tel: 205-633-0218

Email: justin@tannerguin.law
Web: www.tannerguin.law

Professional Biography

Justin Williams is a partner in the firm’s Corporate and Municipal Bankruptcy practice as well as the Civil and Commercial Litigation practice. Justin’s practice focuses on representing individuals and companies in all types of business disputes, including the representation of both creditors and debtors in complex bankruptcy proceedings, workouts, and restructurings. Justin was recently appointed to be a Chapter 11 Subchapter V Trustee for the United States Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Alabama.

Justin has extensive litigation experience in and out of the courtroom and has handled a multitude of legal issues for his clients over his more than two decades of practicing law. Justin routinely counsels, represents, and defends court-appointed receivers, banks, credit unions, and municipalities and has extensive experience in acquiring and selling businesses, including distressed assets, in a wide variety of industries.

Education

  • Juris Doctor, The University of Alabama, 2001, cum laude
    • Senior Associate Editor (1999-2001), The Journal of the Legal Profession
  • Bachelor of Science in Education, The University of Alabama, 1997, magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Alabama, 2001
  • Mississippi, 2013
  • Tennessee, 2018

Court Admissions

  • Alabama Supreme Court
  • United States District Court for the Northern, Southern, and Middle Districts of Alabama
  • Mississippi Supreme Court
  • Tennessee Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit
  • United States Tax Court

Affiliations and Honors

  • 2023 Super Lawyers (Business Bankruptcy and Business Litigation)
  • 2022 Super Lawyers (Business Litigation)
  • 2021 Super Lawyers (Business Litigation)
  • 2020 Super Lawyers (Business Bankruptcy and Business Litigation)
  • 2016 Super Lawyers Rising Star
  • 2015 Super Lawyers Rising Star
  • National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (Member)
  • Red Elephant Club – Tuscaloosa Charter Member
  • Tuscaloosa Tip-Off Club (Past President and Director)
  • Tuscaloosa Sports Foundation, Inc. (Founding Member and Secretary/Treasurer)
  • Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum, Class 9-2013
  • Leadership Tuscaloosa, Class of 2008
  • Member of the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution State Court Mediation Roster (2011)
  • American Bar Association Section Advisor, Uniform Commission Committee, Drafted Model Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act
  • Alabama State Bar (Member, Sections of Environmental, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, and Young Lawyers)
  • Tuscaloosa County Bar Association
  • Birmingham Bar Association (Bankruptcy Law Section)
  • Theatre Tuscaloosa (Past Member of Board of Directors)
  • West Alabama Environmental Roundtable (Past Member)
  • West Alabama Brownfields Task Force (Past Member)
  • Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama (Various Positions)
  • Formerly designated as a Certified Alabama Planning and Zoning Official through the Alabama Planning Institute, the University of North Alabama and the Alabama Chapter of the American Planning Association
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
  • Alabama Association of Municipal Attorneys
  • Turnaround Management Association
  • Alabama State Bar Volunteer Lawyer Program

The Corporate & Municipal Bankruptcy Practice

Tanner & Guin represents clients in commercial and consumer issues, including litigation, bankruptcy, workouts, collections, repossessions, foreclosures, lien disputes, and other matters affecting debtor/creditor relationships.

Our Corporate and Municipal Bankruptcy services include:

  • Business Workouts and Restructuring
  • Distresses Investments
  • Financial Workouts
  • Municipal and County Bankruptcy

We work closely with buyers and sellers in sales arising out of bankruptcy, insolvency, and liquidation proceedings. Our attorneys assist financial institutions in bankruptcy and creditors’ rights issues, Chapter 11 debtors, bankruptcy trustees and examiners, and pre-bankruptcy planning. Our attorneys have been involved in every Chapter 9 bankruptcy filed in the State of Alabama.

About Tanner & Guin

Since 1984, Tanner & Guin, LLC has operated as a business and commercial law firm. We have long represented clients in a wide array of industries with their various legal needs in managing and growing their businesses.

We serve clients who operate in the industries of construction, real estate development and property management, health care, retail, and manufacturing, among other areas of business. Our practice includes: business and corporate law, business financing (including bonds, tax-exempt financing, tax incentives, and securities), corporate acquisitions and mergers, federal and state taxation (for both companies and individuals), business litigation and civil litigation, commercial real estate, estate planning and probate, corporate and municipal bankruptcy (including creditor rights), and labor and employment.

Our clients range from emerging businesses to large publicly-held corporations operating on a regional, national, and international level. We take pride in our outstanding level of client service and legal representation. Located in downtown Tuscaloosa, across from the historic Capitol Park, our firm has enjoyed steady success with its small-town values and seasoned professionals.