William H. Leech

William H. Leech
  • William H. Leech
  • Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush A Professional Association
  • 600 Concourse, Suite 100, 1076 Highland Colony Parkway,
  • Ridgeland, MS 39157

Area Practice

  • Arbitration
  • Bankruptcy
  • Class Actions
  • Collections
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights
  • Financial Services Litigation
  • Foreclosures and Repossessions
  • Lender Liability Defense
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Secured Transactions

Education

Law School Attended:

Vanderbilt School of Law
Class of 1981
J.D.
Patrick Wilson Scholar, Member, Vanderbilt Law Review

University Attended:

Millsaps College
Class of 1978
B.A.
summa cum laude, Founder's Medal

Membership

Professional Organizations and Affiliations•Listed in Best Lawyers in America in practice areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy, and Litigation - Real Estate •Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers in the practice area of Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights •Listed in the Corporate Counsel Edition of Super Lawyers in the practice area of Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights •Listed in Corporate Counsel Magazine's listing of Top Lawyers in the practices area of Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights •Listed in Best Attorneys in Mississippi, as published in Best Lawyers •Included in Memphis Magazine's listing of Top Attorneys in Mississippi •Included in Martindale-Hubbell's listing of Top Rated Lawyers in Appellate Law •AV Preeminent Peer Review rated by Martindale Hubbell •Adjunct Professor of Consumer Bankruptcy and Arbitration Practice and Procedure at the Mississippi College School of Law •Order of Barristers (non-student member) •American Arbitration Association, Mississippi Advisory Council •American Bankruptcy Institute •Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit •Former Barrister Member, and current Bencher Member, Charles Clark Inns of Court •Business Law, Litigation, Tort and Insurance Practice, and Dispute Resolution Sections of the American Bar Association •Hinds County Republican Executive Committee - (1997-2002) •Mississippi Bar Association - Business Law, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections

Judicial Evaluation Committee (1992-1993)

Bar Elections Committee (1998-1999) •Mississippi Bar Foundation fellow •National Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association •Selected for the Mississippi Bar Association's Directory of Mediators •Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators, National Arbitration Forum •Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Inc. (Board of Directors (1987-1993), President (1989-1990), Vice-President (1988-1989), Secretary - Treasurer (1987-1988), Chairman, Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee (1999, 2000), Chairman, Ad Hoc Bankruptcy Law Forum Committee (1991), Chairman, Nomination Committee (1991), Chairman, Rules Advisory Committee to the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi (1987), Chairman, Education Committee (1986) •1990 Delegate to the Judicial Conference of the Fifth Circuit •Mississippi Secretary of State's Uniform Commercial Code Task Force

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