- The Tennessee Bar
- The Florida Bar
- The New York Bar
- The Texas Bar
- The Georgia Bar
- The Federal District Courts of Tennessee
- The Federal District Courts of Florida
- The Federal District Courts of Georgia
- The Western District Court of Texas
- The Bankruptcy Court of the Western District of Texas
Overview
Curtis L. Campbell focuses his practice on complex commercial disputes, creditors’ rights, and distressed-business matters in which financial instability, insolvency, or breakdowns in ownership and control threaten enterprise value. He represents businesses, financial institutions, private lenders, investors, fiduciaries, judgment creditors, contractors, and other stakeholders in high-stakes litigation involving commercial loan enforcement, bankruptcy, Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors, receiverships, post-judgment collection, fraudulent transfers, and related asset-recovery issues.
Curtis is frequently engaged when early intervention and strategic litigation are necessary to preserve assets, protect collateral, stabilize business operations, or create leverage toward a negotiated resolution, restructuring, or orderly wind-down. His work includes pursuing and defending emergency injunctive relief, enforcing judgments and security interests, conducting proceedings supplementary, litigating contested bankruptcy matters, and advising creditors on how to protect their rights before and after a borrower or counterparty becomes insolvent.
In addition to his distressed-business and creditor-enforcement practice, Curtis has significant experience litigating complex commercial matters in state and federal courts and in arbitration. His matters involve contract disputes, business torts, construction claims, franchise relationships, restrictive covenants, shareholder and ownership disputes, insurance coverage, and disputes arising from acquisitions and other commercial transactions. Curtis approaches each matter with an emphasis on identifying the client’s practical business objective, developing leverage early, and pursuing a strategy that accounts for both the legal issues and the economics of the dispute.
Curtis’s prior insurance coverage experience includes representing businesses seeking coverage for COVID-19–related losses and participating in the landmark multidistrict litigation, In re: Society Insurance Company COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Coverage Litigation, MDL No. 2964. That experience continues to inform his work evaluating insurance policies and other potential sources of recovery in distressed, insolvency, and post-bankruptcy matters.
Curtis also has experience handling transactional and advisory matters supporting business operations, acquisitions, and investments. His work has included drafting corporate governance documents, letters of intent, memoranda of understanding, settlement agreements, and real estate contracts, as well as conducting legal and regulatory due diligence. He has assisted with transactions involving multistate assets, including the acquisition of a multi-use property in New York and the acquisition of a Florida-based company by a publicly traded corporation.
Within the firm, Curtis serves in a leadership role overseeing and mentoring attorneys and legal professionals handling commercial litigation, creditors’ rights, and insolvency-related matters. He is admitted to practice in Florida, Georgia, New York, Tennessee, and Texas and represents clients in state and federal proceedings across multiple jurisdictions.
Curtis also serves as the moot court coach at Jacksonville University College of Law. During law school, he earned Top Brief honors at the Emory National Civil Rights and Liberties Moot Court Competition in consecutive years and served as President of the Legal Aid Society.
Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, Curtis earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics from Middle Tennessee State University, where he served as vice president of the mock trial team and competed at the national level. Outside of his practice, Curtis enjoys golf, hiking with his family, reading, and working on writing projects.
