Bill Carn, Trustee

Born in Augusta, Georgia in 1953, Bill Carn grew up the son of military parents, and lived in various parts of the country before graduating from Oscoda Area High School in Oscoda, Michigan in 1971.After one year at the University of Georgia, Mr. Carn transferred to Auburn University and received his B.A. degree, Cum Laude, in 1975, majoring in history.

Mr. Cam attended the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University on a full academic scholarship, graduating in 1978. While at Cumberland, he served as Chief Justice of the Moot Court Board, and was a member of the moot court team that won the regional competition held in Houston, Texas and competed as finalists in Washington D. C. in 1977.

After completing law school in 1978, Mr. Carn joined the Dothan law firm of Lee & Mclnish as its first Cumberland graduate. He is the past president of the Houston County Bar Association, and a member of the Alabama State Bar, the American Bar Association, the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, the International Association of Defense Counsel and the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees. Mr. Carn is also certified by the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution as a Civil Mediator, Appellate Mediator and Arbitrator.

In 1999, Mr. Carn was also selected to serve as a bankruptcy trustee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama and continues to serve in that capacity. Since 2011, Mr. Carn has also served as a Staff Attorney for Middle District of Alabama Chapter 13 Trustee Curtis C. Reding, Jr. In 2011, Mr. Carn also ended his 33 year partnership with Lee & McInish in order to concentrate on his work as a Chapter 7 trustee and Chapter 13 staff attorney.

Committed to the goals of the Bankruptcy Code.

Education And Experience

• Education:

J.D., 1975-1978, Cumberland School of Law
B.A., 1971 – 1975, Auburn University

• Certifications:

Certified as Mediator and Arbitrator by Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution

• Bar Admissions:

Alabama 1978

US District Court, Middle District of Alabama 1978

11th Circuit Court of Appeals 1986