Background
Leech, William H. was born in 1956 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States.
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William H. Leech
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Millsaps College (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1978). Vanderbilt University (Juris Doctor, 1981).
Career
Wood v. Wood, 825 F. 2d 90 (5th Circuit 1987); In re: Wood, 113 B.R. 253 (South Dakot Mississippi 1990); Wood v. Wood, 84 B.R. 432 (South Dakot Mississippi 1988); Charles North. White Construction Company v. MRA, Limited., et. al., 176 B.R. 427 (Bankr. South Dakot Mississippi 1995); Helena Chemical Company v. Manley, 47 B.R. 72 (Bankr. North Dakota Mississippi 1985).Worked at Ott & Purdy, A Professional Association (Jackson, Mississippi) specializing in Bankruptcy Law, Creditors" Rights Law, Commercial Litigation, Lender Liability, Mediation, Arbitration. Admitted to the bar, 1981, Mississippi, United States. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Omicron Delta Kappa. Patrick Wilson Scholar in Law. Recipient, Millsaps College Founder"s Meda
Member, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1979-1981. Author: "United States Trustee Program Goes Into Effect in Bankruptcy Courts in Mississippi," The Mississippi Lawyer, January-February 1989.
Company-Author: "Bankruptcy: lieutenant"s Tempting But Not the Way to Go," Mississippi Business Journal, July 1989.
Adjunct Professor, Business Law and Business Ethics, Belhaven College, 1996, 1995. Chairman: "Ninth Annual Bankruptcy Law Seminar," Mississippi College School of Law, 1995. Chairman, Lecturer and Company-Author: "Fourth Annual Bankruptcy Law Seminar," Mississippi College School of Law, 1990.
Lecturer and Company-Author: "Annual Seminar," Memphis Bar Association Bankruptcy Section, 1995.
"How to Protect Secured Interests in Bankruptcy in Mississippi," National Business Institute, Incorporated., 1995. "Eighth Annual Bankruptcy Law Seminar," Mississippi College School of Law, 1994.
"Mississippi Foreclosure and Repossession," National Business Institute, Incorporated., 1994. "Selected Bankruptcy Issues and Practices," Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Incorporated., 1994, 1993, 1991, 1988.
"The Insurance and Outs of Bankruptcy Practice for Non-Bankruptcy Practitioners," Lorman Education Services, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991.
"Foreclosure and Repossession in Mississippi, How to Do lieutenant Right," National Business Institute, Incorporated., 1993, 1992, 1990. "Recent Developments in Bankruptcy in Mississippi," National Business Institute, Incorporated., 1989. "Bankruptcy Law," Mississippi College School of Law, 1989.
Delegate to the Judicial Conference of the Fifth Circuit, 1990.
Member, National Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: The Mississippi Bar (Member, Business Law Section and Litigation Section.
Member, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1992-1993). Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Incorporated.
(President, 1989-1990.
Vice President, 1988-1989. Secretary-Treasurer, 1987-1988. Chairman: Rules Advisory Committee, United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, 1987).
American Bankruptcy Institute.
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Membership
Member, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1979-1981.
