Overview

Evan Parrott is a Shareholder and member of Maynard Nexsen’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice Group, working in the Firm’s Mobile office. He focuses his practice on the representation of debtors, creditors, and other interested parties in all matters involving financial distress, bankruptcy, commercial lending, commercial leasing, reorganization proceedings, and debt restructuring. Evan has represented clients throughout the United States in loan workouts, commercial foreclosures, fraudulent transfer and preference actions, adversary proceedings, contested bankruptcy matters, Section 363 sales, receiverships, and the exercise of Article 9 remedies. Evan also represents clients in business disputes and commercial litigation in federal and state courts.

Evan serves clients with invaluable first-hand experience, having clerked two years for U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Neil P. Olack, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, and one year for U.S. Magistrate Judge William E. Cassady, Southern District of Alabama. Evan holds leadership positions in several local, state, and national bar organizations. He has taught multiple courses as an Adjunct Professor in the Political Science and Law Department at Spring Hill College and has coordinated the school’s moot court program. Evan serves on the Firm’s Recruiting Committee and chairs the Mobile Office’s recruiting program.

Community & Professional

  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Alabama Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section (Vice Chairman)
  • Mississippi Bar Association
  • Mobile Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section (Former Chair)
  • Mobile Bar Association Federal Civil Practice Section (Member)
  • Paul W. Brock American Inn of Court (Vice President)
  • Senior Bowl Committee
  • Spring Hill College, Adjunct Professor in Political Science and Law Department
  • Spring Hill College, Coordinator of Moot Court Program
  • Youth Soccer Coach, Christ United Methodist Church

Recognitions

Recognition

  • Listed in Best Lawyers, "Ones to Watch" for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy; Litigation: Intellectual Property (2021-present)
  • Mid-South Super Lawyers “Rising Star” for Bankruptcy: Business (2020-present)
  • Mobile Bay Magazine “40 Under 40” Class of 2024
  • National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ) Next Generation Program Class of 2022
  • Leadership Mobile Class of 2022
  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society Leadership Class of 2018

News/Insights

Speaking Engagements

  • July 2021: Alabama State Bar Annual Meeting, “Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA)”
  • December 2019: The Mobile and Baldwin County Bar Associations Annual Bench and Bar Conference, Moderator of Panel on “Jurisdiction and Venue Strategy”
  • December 2018: The Mobile and Baldwin County Bar Associations Annual Bench and Bar Conference, Moderator of Judges’ Panel on “State and Federal Court Motion Practice”

Admissions

  • State Bar: Alabama, Mississippi
  • U.S. District Court: Alabama (Northern, Middle, Southern), Mississippi (Northern, Southern)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals: Fifth Circuit

Clerkships

  • U.S. Magistrate Judge William E. Cassady
    Southern District of Alabama, August 2015-2016
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Neil P. Olack
    Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, August 2013 - July 2015
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