Jim F. Spencer, Jr.

Jim F. Spencer, Jr. was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1987. His practice is focused on bankruptcy and creditors' rights, commercial litigation, and construction law. Jim is a member of the Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference and the American Bankruptcy Institute and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

• AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Chambers USA-America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Mid-South Super Lawyers (2012-16, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights)
• The Best Lawyers in America (2009-25, Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Transactions / UCC Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law)
• The Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year (2025, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law; 2022, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law; 2021, Commercial Transaction / UCC Law; 2020, Banking and Finance Law; 2016, Litigation - Bankruptcy)

• Mississippi Bar
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference (2018, President)
• Chairman; Committee on Professional Responsibility, Miss. Bar, 2014
• Committee on Local Rules for the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi (2011-12, Chairman)
• Christ United Methodist Church (2007–08, Finance Committee, Chairman; 1995-96, Board of Trustees, Chairman)