Bert Spence has a broad background in commercial real estate, banking and financial services, product liability, personal injury defense, and general commercial litigation.  For more than three years, he served as the chief litigation counsel in the legal department of one of the top 10 banks in the United States.

Bert counsels corporate clients in a wide range of litigation matters throughout Alabama state and federal courts.  He represents clients in matters involving banking, including consumer finance and consumer protection; commercial lending, including foreclosure and receivership; class actions, insurance coverage and bad faith; insurance agency and procurement issues; workplace exposure, toxic tort, general tort issues; and product liability, including automobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, industrial equipment, tools, chemical products and pharmaceutical and medical devices.

Beyond litigation, Bert has represented numerous lenders and special servicers regarding problem loans, with a particular emphasis on remedial issues in Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securitized lending (“CMBS”) including foreclosures, deed-in-lieu transactions, receiverships, loan modifications, guaranty claims, general issues concerning realization on collateral, and leasing of lender-acquired properties.