Alabama residents facing bankruptcy issues have access to attorneys who specialize in Chapter 7 liquidation, Chapter 13 reorganization, means testing, exemptions, and automatic stay protections. The legal framework in Alabama differs from other states in important ways, and the attorneys listed here have experience navigating Circuit Court proceedings and the specific regulations that govern bankruptcy cases in this jurisdiction.

Bankruptcy cases in Alabama are filed in federal court, but the state's exemption laws determine what assets you keep. Whether you're considering Chapter 7 liquidation or Chapter 13 reorganization, Alabama's specific exemptions can significantly affect the outcome. Filing triggers an automatic stay that immediately stops creditor actions, and an experienced bankruptcy attorney knows how to maximize the protections available under Alabama law.

Choosing the right bankruptcy attorney in Alabama means evaluating more than just qualifications — it means finding someone who understands the local legal system and has handled similar cases. Use the profiles on this page to compare attorney experience, read client reviews, check office locations, and identify lawyers who offer free initial consultations. Taking the time to compare options can significantly affect your outcome.

For a detailed overview of how bankruptcy law works in Alabama — including key statutes, deadlines, and what to expect from the legal process — Read our complete guide to bankruptcy law in Alabama. If you're ready to take the next step, browse the attorney profiles below and reach out for a free consultation.

Jared Dale Vaughn - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Jared Vaughn, Lawyer at Law
 612 S 4th St Gadsden AL 35901
(256) 547-4444
Birmingham School of Law (2006)
English
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Agricultural Law Animal & Dog Law Antitrust Law
Anne Wilson Guthrie - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 1308 Greensboro Ave Tuscaloosa AL 35401
(205) 349-2330
University of Alabama School of Law (1997)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Divorce Probate
Jonathan A. Blackwell - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Crumbley-Blackwell & Associates, P.C.
 2304 Memorial Pkwy SW Huntsville AL 35801
(256) 539-4464
University of Alabama School of Law (1997)
English
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
Mallory K. Harper - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Mallory Harper Law
 2214 Gateway Drive Suite G Opelika AL 36801
(334) 332-1190
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University (2013)
English
Georgia Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Bankruptcy Business Law
Judson Eric Crump - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Judson E. Crump, P.C.
 250 Congress St Mobile AL 36603
(251) 272-9148
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa (2006)
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Arbitration & Mediation Bankruptcy Collections
Christopher Kern - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 P.O. Box 48 Mobile AL 36601
(251) 438-4357
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (1981)
US District Court Northern District Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Business Law Family Law
James R Howison - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Stanton Law Office LLC
 807-C Shoney Drive Huntsville AL 35801
(256) 882-5673
Samford University (1999)
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Collections Foreclosure Defense
Jason A. Katz - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Bush Law Office, LLC
 3198 Parliament Circle, Suite 302 Montgomery AL 36116
(334) 263-7733
Birmingham School of Law (2020)
English
United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Business Law DUI & DWI
Marshall Angelo Entelisano - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Marshall Law
 701 22nd Avenue, Suite 2 Tuscaloosa AL 35401
(205) 752-1202
University of Alabama School of Law (1995)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Business Law Collections
Susan Michele Schaefer - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cardea Law Group, LLC
 P.O. Box 681586 Prattville AL 36068
(334) 440-6261
Valparaiso University School of Law (1985)
English
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Accredited Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Estate Planning Probate
Gary Wyatt Stout - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Brock & Stout Lawyers at Law
 807 E Lee St Enterprise AL 36330
(334) 671-5555
University of Tulsa College of Law (1987)
English
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Asbestos & Mesothelioma Bankruptcy Maritime Law
Terrie A. Sadberry - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC
 7124 Stone Drive Suite B Daphne AL 36526
(251) 517-8201
Birmingham School of Law (2008)
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Business Law DUI & DWI
S. Mitchell Howie - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Office of S. Mitch Howie
 100 SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET Huntsville AL 35801
(256) 533-2400
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa (1975)
English
Texas Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Business Law Divorce
Ronald Chester Sykstus - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bond, Botes, Sykstus, Tanner and McNutt, P.C.
 605 Bank Street Decatur AL 35601
Northern Illinois University (1984)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Social Security Disability
James Edward Loris Jr - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Loris Bankruptcy Law Office
 23315 Pet Drive Robertsdale AL 36567
(251) 432-3100
University of Southern Mississippi
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Collections Foreclosure Defense
Andrew D Cooper - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cooper and Cooper Lawyer at Law, LLC
 650 North College Street Suite 1 Auburn AL 36830
(334) 502-0022
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University (2002)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Family Law
Bradley Allen Hawley - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hawley and Associates, LLC
 925 South Memorial Drive Prattville AL 36067-____
(334) 361-7750
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University (2008)
United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
David R. Clark - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 830 Peachtree Street Prattville AL 36066
(334) 361-7750
University of Alabama School of Law
Spanish
Middle District of Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Family Law
Kevin M Ryan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Ryan Legal Services, Inc.
 9 Dauphin Street Ste. 201 Mobile AL 36602
(251) 431-6012
Cleveland State University (1994)
English
11th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Collections Foreclosure Defense
Jarret Allen Layson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Ingrum & Layson LLC
 830 Ave. A Suite B Opelika AL 36801
(334) 745-3333
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa (2007)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Personal Injury Social Security Disability
Larry G Cooper - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cooper and Cooper Lawyers at law, LLC
 650 North College Street Auburn AL 36830
(334) 502-0022
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Family Law
James Vercell Seal - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Seal Hanson LLC
 620 Quintard Avenue Anniston AL 36201
(205) 776-2755
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa (1995)
Bar #5376E60S
Alabama Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Consumer Law DUI & DWI
Eric M. Wilson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 1902 8th Street Tuscaloosa AL 35401
(205) 349-1280
University of Alabama School of Law (1993)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Collections Consumer Law
S. Scott Allums - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Allums Welsch, PC
 506 18th St. N Bessemer AL 35020
(205) 426-7080
Birmingham School of Law (1998)
English, English
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Consumer Law Foreclosure Defense
Sara J. Doty - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Sara Doty Lawyer at Law, LLC
 4725 Whitesburg Drive South Suite 202 Huntsville AL 35802
(256) 519-9970
Birmingham School of Law (2004)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Elder Law Estate Planning
Justina Doss - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 2021 Tyson Drive Birmingham AL 35216
(205) 202-5190
University of Alabama School of Law (2005)
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Family Law Immigration Law
Ken Guin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 229 19th Street West Jasper AL 35501
(205) 512-0304
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (1984)
English
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
Christopher Weaver - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Christopher Weaver Law
 214 16th Street North Bessemer AL 35020
(205) 670-1102
Samford University (2010)
English, English
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Consumer Law Criminal Law
Charles E. Grainger - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Grainger Legal Services
 921 E Main St Prattville AL 36066
(334) 260-0500
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (1986)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Business Law Foreclosure Defense
Leonard Norman Math - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 5720 Carmichael Road Montgomery AL 36123
(334) 272-2230
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale (1982)
Illinois Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Collections Real Estate Law
Tiffany G. Means - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Means Firm
 1601 5th Avenue North Suite 280 Birmingham AL 35203
(205) 586-7023
Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Estate Planning Personal Injury
Kathryn Kyatt King - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Kathryn Kyatt King, Lawyer at Law
 3590 Pelham Pkwy, #254 Pelham AL 35124
(205) 218-9337
Birmingham School of Law
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Criminal Law DUI & DWI
J. Mitch McGuire - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
McGuire & Associates LLC Lawyers at Law
 31 Clayton St Montgomery AL 36104
(334) 517-1000
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University
English
United States District Court – Middle District of Alabama Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Business Law Criminal Law
Bill D. Bensinger - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
 1400 Wells Fargo Tower 420 20th Street North Birmingham AL 35203
(205) 250-8359
St. John s University School of Law
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Business Law
C. Brandon Sellers III - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Sellers Law Office
 PO Box 432 Greenville AL 36037
(334) 382-6907
University of Alabama School of Law
English
11th Circuit Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
Russell Wilson Crumbley - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Crumbley-Blackwell & Associates, P.C.
 2304 Memorial Parkway SW Huntsville AL 35801
(256) 539-4464
University of Alabama - Huntsville
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
Rafael Gil III - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Gil Law Office
 111 Adris Place Dothan AL 36303
(334) 673-0100
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University (1997)
Spanish
11th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Foreclosure Defense Personal Injury
Michael Derek Brock - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Brock & Stout Lawyers at Law
 807 East Lee St Enterprise AL 36330
(334) 671-5555
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville (1989)
English
Alabama Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Personal Injury Social Security Disability
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