Adams and Reese Adds Bankruptcy Attorneys to Firm’s Columbia Office

The law firm of Adams and Reese is pleased to announce the addition of four bankruptcy lateral attorneys to the firm’s Columbia, South Carolina, office - Partners – Tara E. Nauful and Lindsey C. Livingston; and Special Counsel – William “Bill” H. Short, Jr.

“We are very excited to add Bill, Tara and Lindsey to our Columbia office,” said Robert P. Bethea, Jr., Adams and Reese Columbia office Partner in Charge. “All bring tremendous experience and depth to our firm’s bankruptcy practice and have connections in the banking and business communities that will benefit the firm and its clients.  The breadth of their bankruptcy and banking practices, extending regionally, nationally, and even internationally, is a valuable asset to our clients.”

Short added: “We are very excited by the opportunity to join Adams and Reese, giving us the chance and exposure to serve more clients from the firm’s Southeastern regional platform and expansive footprint,” said Short, who has had a longstanding bankruptcy practice of more than 30 years in the South Carolina legal community.

Below are short bios on the attorneys joining Adams and Reese:

Bill Short has been practicing law since 1983, and has more than 30 years of experience with corporate turnarounds and restructurings in corporate bankruptcy law, appearing on behalf of lenders in state, federal and bankruptcy courts in South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, New York and Delaware. Short is a certified specialist by the South Carolina Bar in Bankruptcy/Debtor-Creditor Law. He is ranked among The Best Lawyers in America® (by BL Rankings, LLC) for Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Litigation – Bankruptcy. He is also recognized by South Carolina Super Lawyers® (by Thomson Reuters) in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights. Short is the past-president and serves on the board of the Carolina Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, and he is a former president of the predecessor to the South Carolina Law Bankruptcy Association

Tara Nauful has maintained a statewide transactions practice for more than 20 years, in addition to a national practice in bankruptcy law, and is a certified specialist in Bankruptcy–Debtor/Creditor Law by the South Carolina Supreme Court. Her clients include many state, national and International lenders. In 2012 and 2013, Nauful was named the “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® (by BL Rankings, LLC) in Charleston, SC, for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law. The publication also recognized her for Litigation-Bankruptcy; and Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law. She is also listed in South Carolina Super Lawyers® (by Thomson Reuters) for Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights. In 2010, she was named to “Legal Elite of the Midlands” by the Greater Columbia Business Monthly. Nauful is the past president of the South Carolina Bankruptcy Law Association and is a Past Chair of the Carolinas Chapter of the International Women’s Restructuring and Insolvency Confederation.

Lindsey Livingston has practiced in multiple areas of bankruptcy law since 2004 in federal, state and bankruptcy courts, and is a certified specialist in Bankruptcy–Debtor/Creditor Law by the South Carolina Supreme Court. Livingston was selected among “The Rising Stars” for Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights in Columbia by South Carolina Super Lawyers® (by Thomson Reuters). She serves as the Chair of the Carolinas Chapter of International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation. She teaches Banking Law at The South Carolina Bankers School.

Adams and Reese is a multidisciplinary law firm with more than 340 attorneys and advisors strategically located in 16 offices in 15 markets throughout the southern United States and Washington, D.C. American Lawyer includes Adams and Reese on its distinguished list of the nation's top law firms - "The Am Law 200". The National Law Journal also includes the firm on the "NLJ 250" list of the nation's largest law firms.