Brenton K. Morris

Brenton K. Morris is a partner at Benton, Centeno & Morris, LLP in Birmingham, Alabama. His practice includes business litigation, bankruptcy, debtor-creditor rights, and construction litigation. He represents clients in disputes involving commercial obligations, financial distress, contracts, and creditor claims. His work has included both state and federal court proceedings, including contested bankruptcy matters. He brings experience to cases in which businesses, financial institutions, individuals, and other parties must resolve significant legal and economic disputes.

Brenton earned a B.S., summa cum laude, from the University of Montevallo in 1994 and a J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1997. During law school, he participated in moot court and legal writing activities and received the Judge Walter P. Gewin Best Brief Award. He was admitted to the Alabama bar in 1997. His academic experience supports litigation work requiring analysis of contracts, financial records, bankruptcy rules, and competing legal positions.

Brenton has represented bankruptcy trustees, debtors, creditors, and businesses in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 proceedings and related adversary actions. His official profile lists work involving alleged fraudulent transfers, wrongful foreclosure disputes, and construction warranty claims. He also obtained a judgment exceeding $500,000 in a case involving HealthSouth Corporation. His representative cases span bankruptcy courts and Alabama civil courts and involve individuals, lending relationships, real estate, and companies facing commercial disputes.

Brenton K. Morris has served on Birmingham Bar Association committees and participated in professional sections involving bankruptcy and commercial law. His profile lists selections to Alabama Super Lawyers for several years and an AV peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell. His work combines business litigation and insolvency experience with involvement in the legal community. He helps clients respond to complex financial claims and resolve disputes where litigation and business consequences are closely connected.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Benton, Centeno & Morris, LLP
• Member, Alabama State Bar
• Chair, Birmingham Bar Association (2009)
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Construction Law Task Force, Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc.
• Member, National Association of Subrogation Professionals
• Member, Phi Kappa Phi
• Member, Omicron Delta Kappa
• Member, Phi Alpha Theta

Licensed State

• Alabama

Education

• University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Montevallo
  Bachelor of Science (BS) Summa Cum Laude

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