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Windy A. Hillman

Partner

whillman@wargofrench.com

404-853-1550

First Name:

Windy

Middle Name:

A.

Last Name:

Hillman

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Overview

Practice Areas:

Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy

Complex Commercial Litigation

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Office:

Education and Background:

University of Alabama School of Law
J.D., 1994

Auburn University
B.S., magna cum laude, 1991

Professional Activities:

Board of Directors, Co-Chair of the Programs Committee, International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation

Board Member, Georgia Bar Bankruptcy Section

Bar and Court Admissions:

Member of the State Bars of Alabama and Georgia

Admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Southern, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama and the Northern District of Georgia, and the Supreme Courts and Court of Appeals of Alabama and Georgia

Publications

Publications:

Author & Faculty, Complying with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, National Business Institute (December 1998)

Author & Faculty, Overview of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Birmingham Bar Association Continuing Legal Education (March 1999)

Author & Faculty, Successful Judgment Collections in Alabama, National Business Institute (October 1999)

Author & Faculty, Collections Law Seminar, Alabama Institute for Continuing Legal Education (October 2001)

Representative Matters

Representative Matters:

Represented international financial institutions in litigation and bankruptcy matters throughout the United States.
Represented national telecommunications company in bankruptcy matters throughout the United States.
Represented a worldwide office equipment corporation in bankruptcy matters throughout the United States.
Managed national arbitration program. Served as lead counsel in arbitration matters arising throughout the United States for worldwide office equipment corporation.
Represented official committee of unsecured creditors in a multimillion dollar bankruptcy proceeding for a chain of retail stores across the United States.
Represented trustee for a transportation company in a multimillion dollar bankruptcy proceeding pending in the Northern District of Georgia. Prosecuted litigation for collection of over $10 million of receivables owed to the bankruptcy estate.
Represented national bank in disputes under Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code relating to check fraud and presentment issues.
Represented large southeastern bank in breach of contract, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters in both federal and state courts in Georgia.
Represented international finance company in litigation matters throughout Alabama. Litigated over one hundred matters in federal and state courts and served as lead trial counsel on jury and non-jury matters.
Represented international finance company in bankruptcy matters throughout the State of Alabama.
Represented nationwide finance company in the manufactured home industry in breach of contract matters, customer disputes and all bankruptcy matters pending throughout the State of Alabama.
Represented several commercial landlords in bankruptcy proceedings pending throughout the United States. Pursued claims for administrative rent and compelled assumption or rejection of lease agreements.
Litigated class action cases involving the Truth-in-Lending Act, Regulation Z and various other consumer protection and fraud claims.

Published Decisions

Published Decisions:

In re HB Logistics, 460 B.R. 291 (Bkr. N.D. Al. 2011)
LeFont v. SunTrust Mtg., Inc., 2011 WL679426 (N.D. Ga.)
Brown v. Lanier Worldwide, Inc., 124 S.W.3d 883 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 2004)
Lanier Worldwide, Inc. v. Clouse, 875 So.2d 292 (Ala.2003)