Neil Edward McCullagh, Attorney

Neil E. McCullagh is Counsel at Spotts Fain.  Prior to joining the firm he was with the Richmond firm of Cantor Arkema, P.C. for almost ten years, where he was an associate and then a director.  Before that he was an associate with the Richmond firm of Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins, P.C.

Neil's practice has always been focused in representing creditors.  He has successfully represented a variety of secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings - including banks, landlords, vendors, injured persons, and others - and he has served as local counsel to the official creditors committee in a substantial Chapter 11 case.  He also routinely represents creditors in matters outside of bankruptcy.  In addition to his practice representing creditors, Neil also has significant experience in representing corporations in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

In 2008, Neil earned his certification in the area of Creditors' Rights Law from the American Board of Certification, which is an affiliate of the American Bankruptcy Institute.*  He also was named to the 2008 and 2009 Virginia Rising Stars list of outstanding young lawyers in the area of Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights.

From 1995 to 1996 Neil served as law clerk to Chief Judge Ross W. Krumm in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia.  He earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1995, where he was an Articles Editor of the Journal of Law & Politics.  He earned his B.S. from Radford University in 1991.

* There is no procedure in the Commonwealth of Virginia for approving certifying organizations.