Neil C. Gordon 404.873.8596 [direct] 404.873.8597 [fax] neil.gordon@agg.com Area of Practice Bankruptcy, Creditor's Rights and Workout

Professional Activities and Accomplishments

• Former Chairman, Atlanta Bar Association's Bankruptcy Law Section
  
• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
  
  • Board of Directors
    
  • Co-Chair, NABT Amicus Committee
    
  • Drafted the language adopted by the NABT amending its "Code of Ethics and Standards of Personal Conduct" as well as proposed changes to the Chapter 7 Trustee Handbook on conflicts of interest (pending)
    
  • Helped initiate the NABT coordinated nationwide effort assisting trustees with litigation against the IRS
    
• Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee, advising 11th Circuit Chief Judge on selection of two of the last four bankruptcy judges for the N.D. of Georgia
  
• Filed first trustee tax return claiming the §121 exclusion (in re St. Francis, 232 B.R. 518 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 1999)) from sale of a residence
  
• Invitee, bi-annual 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, May 1999.
  
• Member, successful national team in Supreme Court Case, Citizens Bank of Maryland vs. Strumpf, 516 U.S. 16 (1995) ("Bankers Dilemma" case)
  
• Chapter 11 Trustee, Plaza Mortgage and Finance Co. (large Ponzi scheme case) resulting in criminal fraud convictions and landmark pro-trustee decisions, including on deepening insolvency (see e.g. 187 B.R. 37 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 1995)
• Trustee, M2Direct, Inc., et al., large multi-million dollar estate of five related companies, resulting in landmark pro-trustee decisions on insider preferences (see e.g. 282 B.R. 60 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2002)
  
• Member, The American Bankruptcy Institute
  
• Member, The US Panel of Trustees
  
• Member, The Lawyers Club of Atlanta
  
• Member, The Commercial Law League of America
  
• Law Clerk, Hon. Robert L. Vining, Jr. U.S. District Court Judge, N.D. of Ga., 1979-1981
  
  Publications
  
• Co-Editor, "Recent Cases," NABTalk, Quarterly Publication of National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT).
  
• Author, "New Tax Laws Affecting Home Sales Give Chapter 7 Trustees Long-overdue Relief," Bankruptcy Court Decisions, Vol. 32, No. 20 (July 28, 1998)
  
• Author, "Maximizing Returns for Estate Creditors by Minimizing Taxes," NABTalk, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Fall 2000).
  
  Seminars and Presentations
  
• "Establishing Corporate Insider Liability: From Deepening Insolvency to Avoidance Issues," NABT Spring Seminar, Coral Gables, Florida, March 29, 2003.
• Co-Chair, NABT Spring Seminar, Coral Gables, Florida, March 2003.
  
• Training Seminar for New Trustees, Office of the United States Trustee, September 12, 2002
  
• "Case Law Update," Region 21 United States Trustees (Florida and Georgia Trustees), May 3, 2002.
  
• "Bankruptcy and Foreclosures," GA ICLE, April 17, 2002.
  
• "How to Protect the Interests of Secured Creditors in Georgia," National Business Institute (NBI).
  
• "How New Bankruptcy Legislation Will Impact Your Practice," Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Assoc.
  
• "Advanced Real Estate Seminar: Bankruptcy Issues," NBI.
  
• "Ethics in Bankruptcy," State Bar of Georgia, Bankruptcy Law Section.
  
• "Chapter 11 Single Asset Real Estate Cases," Atlanta Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section.
  
• Chair, "Bankruptcy: The Year in Review," Atlanta Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section.
  
• "Bankruptcy: An Overview," Georgia Department of Banking and Finance.
  
• "Bankruptcy: An Overview," Mortgage Bankers Association of Georgia.
  
• "Liens and Credit Issues in Bankruptcy," NBI.
  
  
Featured/Quoted

• "Crisis slows bankruptcy tide," The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, October 11, 2001.
  
• "Bankruptcy Lawyers Face Tough Tasks If Bill OK'd," Fulton County Daily Report, July 30, 2001 (cover story).
  
• "IRS Reverses Itself: No Capital Gains Taxes," Lawyers Weekly USA, August 23, 1999 (cover story).
  
• "Bankruptcy trustee running Decatur's Holiday Inn Select," Atlanta Business Chronicle, April 30, 1999.
  
• "Trustees vs. IRS," Lawyers Weekly USA, March 22, 1999 (cover story).
  
• "Capital Gains Taxes on Sale of Home in Bankruptcy," Lawyers Weekly USA, April 20, 1998 (cover story).
  
• "In Rare Twist, Ponzi Investors Get Some Money Back," Fulton County Daily Report, October 3, 1997 (cover story).
  
• "No Refunds in 'Bleed-out' Case," Fulton County Daily Report, May 6, 1997 (cover story).
  
• "Anti-Fraud Relies on Few Cases, Much Fanfare," Fulton County Daily Report, March 8, 1996 (cover story).
  
• "First-Time Attempt at Mediation by Judge Pays Off," Fulton County Daily Report, February 9, 1996 (cover story).
  
• "How Hayes Hearing Became a Saga," Fulton County Daily Report, February 5, 1996 (cover story).
• "How Hayes' White Knight Carried the Day," Fulton County Daily Report, July 13, 1995 (cover story).
  
• "Vacation Promoter Shut Down," Fulton County Daily Report, November 15, 1994.
  
• "The Boom in Bankruptcy," Fulton County Daily Report, February 17, 1992 (special section).
  
  Education
  B.S.B.A., University of Florida, 1976
  J.D., University of Georgia, 1979

Admitted to Practice
State of Georgia, 1979
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia
United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia