About Richard Carmody

I work effectively and collaboratively with clients. I want them to feel they have a trusted adviser. That means that they know I bring integrity, an ability to analyze how businesses function and how best to structure complex and innovative financial solutions, and deep experience assembling and leading a team of lawyers to get the work done.

Primary Practice: Financial Services
Chambers LogoRichard Carmody is ranked Senior Statespeople in both Banking and Finance Law, and Bankruptcy/Restructuring Law in Alabama by Chambers USA.

Richard Carmody has practiced law for more than 45 years, has a nationwide reputation for solid counsel in the field of insolvency law (C&I) and secured lending, and has a network of referral sources that he has developed throughout his career. Richard is one of the firm’s principal bankruptcy attorneys, representing clients in difficult financial matters. He also provides counsel to lenders for complex commercial transactions and internal policies. In 1992, Richard became the first lawyer in Alabama to become certified as a specialist in Business Bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification.

On the state level, Richard helped establish and served as the first chair of the Alabama State Bar section on bankruptcy and commercial law, and he was a member of the Alabama Law Institute’s committees for revision of the UCC (Articles 3, 4, 4A, 5 and 9). Nationally, Richard is a founding member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, and he established and served as co-chair of the ethics committee of the ABI (1999-2005). In 2012, Richard was recognized as the ABI’s Outstanding Committee Member of the Year. Additionally, he served as vice-chair of the ABI’s 2013 Task Force for Ethical Standards.