Background
Prochaska, Joseph R. was born on September 7, 1960 in Lansing, Michigan, United States.
Prochaska, Joseph R. was born on September 7, 1960 in Lansing, Michigan, United States.
Haverford College (Bachelor of Arts, 1982). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1987). Editor-in-Chief, Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law, 1986-1987.
Worked at Williams & Prochaska, Professional Corporation (Nashville, Tennessee) specializing in Consumer Finance, Commercial Finance, Creditors" Rights and Bankruptcy, Real Estate, Health Care Law, Corporate Law, Taxation, Civil and Criminal Litigation in all State and Federal Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1987, Tennessee. Editor-in-Chief, Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law, 1986-1987.
Author: "Lein Avoidance in Chapter 13," Application Binary Interface Journal, October, 1996.
" The Consequences of Automobile Lease Assumptions in Chapter 13," NACTT Quarterly, October, 1996. "Preferential Transfer and Avoidance Actions in Chapter 13," NACTT Quarterly, October, 1995.
"Interstate Compacts for the Disposal of Low Level Radioactive Wastes," Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law, Spring, 1986. Seminars: "Law Practice Management Computerized Communications," Nashville, Tennessee, 1995.
"Insurance and Adequate Protection," NACTT, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1994.
Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. American Bankruptcy Institute (Member: Consumer Bankruptcy Committee. Subcommittee on Small Business.
Finance and Banking Committee).
National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees (Member, Creditor Auxiliary Steering Committee, 1995). Formed in 1992, between Ernest B. Williams IV (formerly of Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry) and Joseph R. Prochaska (formerly with Farris, Warfield & Kanaday), the firm focuses on Commercial and Consumer Bankruptcy, Consumer Lending Programs, Commercial Lending and Litigation, Health Care, Real Estate and General Corporate Law.
With the election to the United States Senate of Senator Fred Doctorate. Thompson in 1994, Sabin R. Thompson, Senator Thompson"s sole partner, joined the firm. With the addition of the firm"s Memphis office in 1997, Ernest B. Williams III (formerly of Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell) and Andrew C. Branham (formerly of international Paper) have joined the firm in that office.
The firm has been involved in numerous cases of national note and is responsible for various cases of national note and is responsible for various significant reported decisions.
The firm strives to provide cost effective, responsive and efficient legal services to Financial Institutions, Health Care Providers, Corporations and Individuals in business.
Member: Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. American Bankruptcy Institute (Member: Consumer Bankruptcy Committee. Subcommittee on Small Business.
Finance and Banking Committee).
National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees (Member, Creditor Auxiliary Steering Committee, 1995).