Bradley R. Hightower
Partner
Phone: 205-250-6661
Fax: 205-328-7234
Email: brhightower@csattorneys.com
Staff: Caroline Ellis
Staff Phone: 205.795.6556
Staff Email: cfellis@csattorneys.com
- Alabama, 2002
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama
- Tennessee, 2014
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
- Auburn University, 1999, B.A. (Dean’s List; White House Intern)
- University of Alabama School of Law, 2002, J.D. (Moot Court Competition, White Plains, N.Y.; Environmental Law Moot Court Team, Semi-Finalist; Am Jur Award, International Business Transactions)
- Judicial Clerkship, Honorable Margaret A. Mahoney, Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Alabama 2002-2004
Brad Hightower has been practicing since 2002, and focuses his practice on commercial and bankruptcy litigation. He routinely handles complex issues that arise in business reorganization, restructuring and liquidations.
Prior to joining the firm, Brad interned with the Executive Office of the President in Washington, D.C. He was responsible for supplying science and technology articles to the White House website. Brad also completed a two-year clerkship with the Honorable Margaret A. Mahoney, the Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Brad and his wife have two children – a boy and a girl – and he enjoys spending time with his family and playing tennis.
- Turnaround Management Association (TMA): Director
- Birmingham Bar Association: Officer, Bankruptcy and Commercial Section
- American Bar Association (ABA): Member
- Alabama State Bar: Member
- American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)
- Alabama Bankers Association: Associate Member
- Learning Excellence Through Tennis (LETT) Program: Past Vice President, Board of Directors
- Ranked by Chambers USA – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
- Selected for inclusion by The Best Lawyers in America® for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation-Bankruptcy
- Selected for inclusion by Alabama Super Lawyers® in 2012-2015 as a Rising Star in the field of bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights; in Mid-South Region Super Lawyers in 2016-2018 as a Rising Star in the field of bankruptcy, business
- Author, Charge It Please: How To Use Charging Orders To Enforce Judgments in Alabama
- Author, More Domestic Bliss: How to Domesticate Foreign Country Judgments In Alabama
- Author, Small Business Bankruptcy: How to Determine Eligibility Under Subchapter V of Chapter 11
- Author, When Best Laid Floor Plans Go Awry: How to File Motor Vehicle Surety Bond Claims in Alabama
- Author, How to Get a Refund from StubHub – Because Getting a Future Credit For An Event That May Never Happen Just Sounds Sketchy
- Co-Author with Greer B. Mallette, Alabama Lien Law Primer: How to Protect Mechanics’ and Materialmans’ Liens in Alabama (February 2017)
- Author/Presenter, Domestic Bliss – How to Domesticate Foreign Judgments in Alabama, Birmingham Bar Association (July 2016)
- Author, How Much Must I Pay for My House in Redemption: Taking Poetic License with a Home’s Post-Foreclosure Redemption Price, Christian & Small Nonstop Insights Blog (March 2015)
- Author, Bankruptcy Court: When Your Proof of Claim is Filed After the Bar Date, Christian & Small Nonstop Insights Blog (September 2014)
- Author, Emerging Issues Under the BAPCPA, Birmingham Bar Association’s Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section Newsletter, 1 (Spring 2008).
- Co-Author with Hon. Margaret A. Mahoney and Jeffrey J. Hartley, What to Say When Your Proof of Claim is Filed After the Bar Date, Stream of Commerce (Winter 2003).
- Co-Author, The Intersection of Bankruptcy and Divorce: A Compendium, Mobile Bar Association’s Intersection of Bankruptcy and Family Law Seminar (August 15, 2003).
- Presenter, Commercial Aspects of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, Credit and Finance Development Division of the National Association of Credit Management (March 2006).
- Presenter, Practical Checklist for Preventing Preference Actions, Credit and Finance Development Division of the National Association of Credit Management (August 2006).
