Christian & Small LLP

27 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Litigation - Bankruptcy Banking and Finance Law Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation Litigation - Banking and Finance Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law Securitization and Structured Finance Law
*Named the "Lawyer of the Year" in this practice area in the 2026 edition in Birmingham.

Biography

Dan Sparks is head of Christian & Small’s Creditor & Lender Rights Practice Group. He focuses his practice in the areas of bankruptcy and business litigation involving creditors’ rights, consumer finance, lender liability and injunctive relief. Dan represents commercial lenders, debt buyers, corporations, Trustees, individuals and other secured and unsecured creditors in all aspects of commercial litigation, loan workouts, loan restructuring, asset recovery, foreclosure and adversary proceedings in bankruptcy.

He spends a significant amount of his time representing creditors in all bankruptcy courts in Alabama and the Southeast. Among his extensive list of clients are several financial institutions, including Federal Express Credit Association, Synovus Bank, Aliant Bank, First Commercial Bank, Bank of Tuscaloosa, Commercial Bank and Trust, Coastal Bank, Regions Bank, Oakworth Capital Bank, Alamerica Bank and First Partners Bank.

Christian & Small LLP

27 Best Lawyers awards

Christian & Small LLP logo

Overview

  • English

  • Samford University, J.D., graduated 1985
  • Samford University, graduated 1985
  • University of Georgia, graduated 1981

  • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia
  • Alabama, Alabama State Bar Association

  • American Bankruptcy Institute - Member
  • English
  • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia
  • Alabama, Alabama State Bar Association
  • American Bankruptcy Institute - Member
  • Samford University, J.D., graduated 1985
  • Samford University, graduated 1985
  • University of Georgia, graduated 1981

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2026 - Litigation - Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2018 - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy, Birmingham (2026)
  • Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Birmingham (2025)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Birmingham (2024)
  • Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Birmingham (2022)
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Birmingham (2018)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
  • Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Special Focus:
  • Banking
  • Bankruptcy
  • Bankruptcy and Creditors'-Debtors' Rights
  • Breach of Contract
  • Business Disputes
  • Civil Litigation
  • Commercial
  • Commercial Disputes
  • Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
  • Creditors' Rights
  • Foreclosures
  • Lender Liability
  • Litigation
  • Out-of-Court Workouts
  • Trustee Representation
  • Workouts and Restructurings
Awards:
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights; insolvency and reorganization law; commercial litigation; bankruptcy litigation; and banking and finance litigation
  • Recognized in Chambers USA for Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Alabama
  • AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
  • Selected for inclusion in Alabama Super Lawyers® Top 50 Attorneys in Alabama
  • Selected for inclusion in Alabama Super Lawyers® in the field of bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights
  • Listed as one of the Birmingham Business Journal’s “Best of the Birmingham Bar”
  • Listed as “Top Attorney” in fields of banking and bankruptcy for Birmingham Magazine

Additional Information

  • Awards & Recognition
  • AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
  • Recognized in Chambers USA for Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Alabama
  • Selected for inclusion in Alabama Super Lawyers® in the field of bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights
  • Selected for inclusion in Alabama Super Lawyers® Top 50 Attorneys in Alabama
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights; insolvency and reorganization law; commercial litigation; bankruptcy litigation; and banking and finance litigation
  • Listed as “Top Attorney” in fields of banking and bankruptcy forBirmingham Magazine
  • Listed as one of the Birmingham Business Journal’s “Best of the Birmingham Bar”
    • Professional & Community Involvement
    • Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute: Director, 2016
    • American Bankruptcy Institute: Member
    • American Bar Association: Member
    • American Bar Foundation: Fellow
    • Alabama State Bar: Member
    • State Bar of Georgia: Member
    • Birmingham Bar Association: Member
    • International Referral Group, exclusive Alabama member for the Insolvency Group
    • St. Luke's Episcopal Church
      • Publications & Presentations

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