B. Summer Chandler
FAX: 404.527.4198
Experience
Summer Chandler focuses her practice on bankruptcy and creditor’s rights litigation. She has experience representing creditors, debtors, and trustees in Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings and Chapter 7 liquidation proceedings. Ms. Chandler also has experience prosecuting and defending bankruptcy litigation matters, including avoidance actions and injunctive relief. In addition, Ms. Chandler has experience representing debtors and creditors in debtor/creditor litigation outside of bankruptcy.
Ms. Chandler is actively involved in pro bono efforts. She participates in the Reaffirmation Project, an initiative developed by the Bankruptcy Section of the Atlanta Bar Association in collaboration with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society and financially supported by a grant from the American College of Bankruptcy. The project provides free legal counsel to unrepresented debtors seeking to enter into reaffirmation agreements. She has also participated in the Just Georgia Project, an effort aimed at rewriting the Georgia Juvenile Code, and in the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation’s Saturday Lawyers Program, a program aimed at pairing clients in need of legal assistance with volunteer attorneys.
Ms. Chandler is a member of the Program Committee for the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (“IWIRC”). Ms. Chandler also serves as the Chair of the Public Relations Committee of the IWIRC Georgia Network. She is also a volunteer with the Promise Place Council on Domestic Violence and is an active member of the Bankruptcy Section of the Atlanta Bar Association.
While in law school, Ms. Chandler served as the executive editor of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform. Also during law school, she served as a project coordinator for the Family Law Project, a joint effort between Legal Services of South Central Michigan and the University of Michigan Law School. As a project coordinator, Ms. Chandler provided training to student volunteers and supervised and contributed to the work in ongoing cases.
Education
- J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 2001
- B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville, 1998
Admitted
- Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Publications:
- "The Pros and Cons of Being a Stalking Horse Bidder for Assets in Bankruptcy," Distressed Real Estate Strategies, co-authored with Gary W. Marsh (February 2010)
- "Your Tenant Files For Bankruptcy -- Now What?," Buying Trouble Advisory (March 2009).
- "Preserving the 'Subjective Prong' of Your 'Ordinary Course' Defense," Business Credit Magazine (October 2008).
- "Keeping Payments Ordinary," Trigild News Etips (June 2008).
- "Keeping Payments "Ordinary" to Avoid Preference Exposure," Buying Trouble Advisory (April 2008).
Professional Activities:
- International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Georgia Network
- Atlanta Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section