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Tyronia M. Smith

Associate | Atlanta Office
tmsmith@phrd.com

T: (404) 880-4769
F: (678) 533-7788

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Practice Group

• Bankruptcy

Services

• Commercial and Contract Disputes
• Distressed M&A
• Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring
• DIP and Exit Financing

Education

• Wake Forest University School of Law - (J.D., 2004) Moot Court Board, National Team and Sports Law Team Member
• Wake Forest University - (B.S., 2001)

Admitted to Practice

• Georgia

About Ty

Professional and Civic Involvement

• American Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates, 2008 - ; Member, Tellers Committee, 2008 - ; Member, Business Law Section, 2008 - )
• American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (Member, YLD Executive Council, 2009 - ; District 12 Representative for Alabama and Georgia, 2009 - ; Member, Public Service Project Team, 2009-2010)
• State Bar of Georgia - Young Lawyers Division (Member, Board of Directors, 2008 - ; Northern District Representative, 2006-2007 and 2008 - ; Member at Large, 2007-2008; Member, Minorities in the Profession Committee; Member, Women in the Profession Committee; Member, Aspiring Youth Committee)
• Georgia Association for Black Women Attorneys
• Turnaround Management Association
• Volunteer Lawyer for the Truancy Intervention Project
• Wake Forest University School of Law (Young Alumni Forum, 2008)

Honors

• Elected to Order of the Barristers
• Recipient of the Wake Forest University School of Law Merit Scholarship
• 2003 Essay Scholarship Recipient, Black Law Students Association
• 2003 National Moot Court Southeast Regional Competition, Top Sixteen Finalist
• 2003 Tulane Invitational Moot Court Competition, Distinguished Brief Award
• Winner of the 2002 Wake Forest University Stanley Moot Court Competition
• Recipient of the Second Best Brief Award in the 2002 Wake Forest University Stanley Moot Court Competition
• CALI Excellence for the Future Award - Appellate Advocacy, 2003
• 2007 Award of Achievement for successful completion of State Bar of Georgia - Young Lawyers Division's Leadership Academy
• Award of Achievement for Outstanding Service to the Public from the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia

Representative Engagements

• Ongoing representation of national banking association in prosecution of claims arising from fraud perpetrated by one of its corporate borrowers
• Ongoing representation of debtor in Chapter 11 case of Florida Select Insurance Agency, Inc.
• Assisted in the representation of publicly traded debtor in the jointly-administered Chapter 11 case of Vesta Insurance Group, Inc., an insurance holding company, and its wholly owned management subsidiary, J. Gordon Gaines, Inc.
• Assisted in the representation of court-appointed examiner in the Chapter 11 case of NewPower Holdings, Inc.
• Represent creditors seeking relief from the automatic stay in bankruptcy cases
• Assist judgment creditors with domestication of foreign judgments and collection of judgments
• Represent landlords in state court dispossessory actions seeking writs of possession and recovery of rents

Publications and Presentations

• "Receivership as a Secured Creditor Remedy" - Presenter at the ICLE Real Property Foreclosure Seminar, April 2008