Emily Taube

Emily C. Taube is a partner in the Nashville, Tenn., office of Burr & Forman LLP in its Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy and Commercial Litigation practice groups, where she specializes in representing businesses in complex commercial disputes. She focuses her practice on representing private-equity groups and other secured creditors, vendors, corporate debtors, sellers, purchasers, liquidators, receivers and consultants in all aspects of distressed and insolvency-related matters, including the negotiation, structuring and documentation of asset acquisitions and/or divestitures, commercial loans and related transactions, and out-of-court workouts and restructurings. In addition to corporate and transactional matters, Ms. Taube regularly handles complex litigation matters, including fraudulent-transfer actions, successor-liability actions, asset-sale disputes, receivership actions, and other commercial and corporate disputes. Part of her practice also focuses on regulatory compliance and representing clients in the beverage industry on such matters as ABC licenses and beer permits, and other issues related to Tennessee’s liquor laws. Ms. Taube is involved in several professional organizations and serves on the Board for Tennessee’s chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, as Tennessee’s NOW Chapter Liaison to TMA’s national chapter, and on ABI’s Ethics Committee. She is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee; the U.S. District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Arkansas; the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals; and the U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. Taube has been named a Super Lawyer in the area of Business Litigation and was named as a “Rising Star” in the areas of Business Litigation and Franchise/Dealership Law. in addition, the Memphis Business Journal named her to its “Top 40 Under 40” list and as a “Super Woman in Business.” Ms. Taube serves on ABI’s Southern Regional Development Committee and co-chaired the committee that drafted ABI’s Report on Standards of Professional Conduct and Courtesy. She received her B.A. cum laude in 1994 from the University of Tennessee and her J.D. in 1998 from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, where she was honored with the Dean’s Award for academic excellence and the CALI Award for academic excellence in copyright law.