Chad J. Hammons

About Chad

Chad Hammons is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. He focuses on creditors’ rights and bankruptcy law, shopping center litigation, agribusiness litigation, and general commercial litigation. Board certified in creditors’ rights law, Chad regularly represents lenders, landlords, and suppliers in state and federal courts in Mississippi in litigation arising out of the debtor/creditor relationship, including commercial and consumer collections, possessory actions, commercial evictions, judicial and non-judicial foreclosures, receiverships, bankruptcy litigation, and related defense litigation. He has extensive experience representing agricultural lenders and suppliers in state court litigation, and as creditors in disputes arising under Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. Chad also routinely represents lenders in bankruptcy court in contested matters and adversary proceedings in commercial and consumer cases. Chad also has a wide range of experience in other state and federal court litigation, including consumer finance litigation, construction disputes, civil forfeitures, and entertainment litigation. Before entering law school, Chad served on the faculty in the Department of Sociology at Ole Miss.

Practice Areas

Education

• University of Mississippi, J.D., graduated 1996
• University of Mississippi, M.A., graduated 1991
• University of Mississippi, B.A., graduated 1988

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi, 1996

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