| Affiliation: | Assistant Professor of Business Law, Mississippi State University, J.D. (Howard University), M.A. (Antioch University), B.A. (District of Columbia Teachers College). The authors gratefully acknowledge the J.W. Criss Fund administered by Mississippi State University for the funding of this project with the support of the College of Business and Industry of Mississippi State University. The authors further acknowledge the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Clerks of the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts and their staffs (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana and Tennessee) without whose generous and kind assistance this study could not have been conducted. Additionally the authors thank Dr. Alireza Tahai for providing the statistical model for random selection of cases and our graduate assistant, Linnea Hall, whose hard work helped to bring this project together.;Assistant Professor of Business Law, Mississippi State University, J.D. (Howard University), B.S. (Central State University).;Visiting Assistant Professor, Murray State University, Ph.D. (Mississippi State University - Finance), M.S.B.A. (Mississippi State University - Finance), M.B.A. (Murray State University - Finance), B.S. (University of Tennessee, Martin - Economics). |
