Frederick M. Garfield
Partner
Areas of Practice:
Litigation: Trial & Appellate Practice
Biography
Fred practices commercial and consumer bankruptcy law and also represents clients in the areas of commercial litigation and related areas of general civil practice.
Fred is a U.S. Army Veteran, having served 2 years on active duty. He was honorably discharged from the Army in 1974. He has been a speaker at numerous seminars on bankruptcy. He was also selected as one of Birmingham’s top bankruptcy lawyers by Birmingham magazine in 2009 and 2012. Fred is a former Law Clerk to Judges Stephen Coleman and Clifford Fulford, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He is a member of the Birmingham Bar Association (member, Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section) and the Alabama State Bar (member, Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section).
Admissions
- United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama
- United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama
- Alabama State Bar
Eduation
- J.D., Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, 1986
- B.A., King College, 1977