Tyler P. Brown of Hunton & Williams LLP Named a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy

New York — March 26, 2009 — Hunton & Williams LLP is pleased to announce that Tyler P. Brown, co-chair of the firm’s bankruptcy, restructuring & creditors' rights practice, has been named a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He will be inducted on March 27 in a ceremony to be held in the Great Hall of the United States Supreme Court.

Brown is one of 33 nominees from the United States and abroad being inducted in the 20th Class of College Fellows for 2009. All are being honored and recognized for their professional excellence and exceptional contributions to the fields of bankruptcy and insolvency.

The American College of Bankruptcy is an honorary professional and educational association of bankruptcy and insolvency professionals. Fellows in the College include commercial and consumer bankruptcy attorneys, insolvency accountants, turnaround and workout professionals, law professors, judges, government officials and others involved in the bankruptcy and insolvency community. The College now has 712 Fellows, each selected by a Board of Regents from among recommendations of the Circuit Admissions Council in each federal judicial circuit and specially appointed Committees for Judicial and Foreign Fellows. Criteria for selection include: the highest standard of professionalism, ethics, character, integrity, professional experience and leadership contributing to the enhancement of bankruptcy and insolvency law and practice; sustained evidence of scholarship, teaching, lecturing or writing on bankruptcy or insolvency; and a commitment to elevate knowledge and understanding of the profession and public respect for the practice.

Brown’s practice focuses on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, loan workouts, lender liability, contract disputes, landlord-tenant disputes and other commercial litigation at the trial and appellate levels. He also advises commercial, consumer and mortgage lenders. Brown holds a J.D. (magna cum laude) from Washington and Lee University, and a B.A. from Syracuse University. He is based in the firm’s Richmond, VA office.