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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP

Kay K. Bains

Retired Partner

Expertise

Banking and Financial Services
Real Estate
Natural Resources Litigation

WSG Practice Industries

Activity

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP
Alabama, U.S.A.

Kay Bains is a retired partner who represented banks for 30 years, specializing in three areas of critical importance: documenting and negotiating commercial real estate loans, selling distressed assets (both notes and OREO properties), and buying, selling, leasing and developing bank branches, headquarters and operations centers throughout a bank's footprint.

Kay has a thorough understanding of operational and financial aspects of the banking business. She was involved in hundreds of transactions, including:

- over 500 acquisitions of real estate sites for bank use
- over 350 dispositions of bank branches and other bank-owned real estate
- Sale of hundreds of millions of dollars of distressed loans

Bar Admissions

Alabama, 1980

Education

Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, J.D., 1980, summa cum laude; Law Review, Articles Editor
Auburn University, B.A., 1969, magna cum laude; Phi Kappa Phi

Areas of Practice

Banking and Financial Services | Natural Resources Litigation | Real Estate

Professional Career

Articles

Blogs

BuildSmart
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP

Significant issues can arise during the three phases of the design and construction process. Effective planning, performance and completion are critical to the success of any construction project. So is informed counsel that addresses a variety of business issues, including mergers and...

Declassified
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP

The Declassified blog offers commentary and insights on the latest class action suits, significant class action opinions, relevant changes to laws and rules, and important class action trends. Declassified covers topics ranging from significant Supreme Court and appellate court decisions regarding...

Tennessee Appellate Review
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP

A successful appeal depends on counsel’s substantive understanding of appellate rules, procedures, and strategies. The Tennessee Appellate Review blog is a resource for commentary and insights on the latest state and federal appellate news. Join the conversation as we analyze decisions from the...

The Law of Order
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP

Bradley’s The Law of Order blog serves as a general parliamentary procedure resource, providing information about creation and revision of governing documents (constitutions, bylaws, or rules), application of Robert’s Rules of Order and other procedural authorities in a variety of contexts (such as...