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Frank B. B. Knowlton

Frank B. B. Knowlton

Partner

Meridian
1320 Main Street
17th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
T 803.255.9588
F 803.256.7500
frank.knowlton@nelsonmullins.com
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Frank leads the banking, bankruptcy, and creditors rights team at Nelson Mullins. He and his team represent banks, lenders, businesses in need of reorganization or restructuring, bankruptcy trustees, receivers, and examiners, creditors' committees, and more. He focuses his practice on bankruptcy and commercial litigation, technology law and litigation, business litigation, and product liability. Frank is...

Frank leads the banking, bankruptcy, and creditors rights team at Nelson Mullins. He and his team represent banks, lenders, businesses in need of reorganization or restructuring, bankruptcy trustees, receivers, and examiners, creditors' committees, and more. He focuses his practice on bankruptcy and commercial litigation, technology law and litigation, business litigation, and product liability. Frank is also a certified Circuit Court Mediator.

Frank B. B. Knowlton

also a certified Circuit Court Mediator.

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The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.

  • AV Martindale Hubbell rating
  • South Carolina Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights and Business Litigation (2008–2022)
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2009–2025), Commercial Litigation (2021–2025), Litigation – Bankruptcy (2009–2025), Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law (2009–2025), Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2009–2025) 
    • Lawyer of the Year in Columbia, S.C. for Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law (2020)
  • Columbia Business Monthly "Legal Elite of the Midlands"
    • Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights (2011, 2013, 2020–2021, 2024)
    • Business Litigation (2022, 2024)
  • S.C. Supreme Court Pro Bono Honor Roll (2021)

Professional Activities

  • J. Bratton Davis Bankruptcy American Inn of Court (current)
  • South Carolina Bar
    • House of Delegates (current)
  • Certified Circuit Court Mediator (current)
  • American Bar Association
    • House of Delegates (2002–2004)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Richland County Bar Association
    • President (2006)
  • South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
  • South Carolina Bar Foundation
    • President (2008–2009)

Frank leads the banking, bankruptcy, and creditors rights team at Nelson Mullins. He and his team represent banks, lenders, businesses in need of reorganization or restructuring, bankruptcy trustees, receivers, and examiners, creditors' committees, and more. He focuses his practice on bankruptcy and commercial litigation, technology law and litigation, business litigation, and product liability. Frank is... also a certified Circuit Court Mediator.

Education

  • University of South Carolina School of Law, JD (1984)
  • Washington and Lee University, BA, History (1981)

Admissions

  • South Carolina
  • U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • Supreme Court of the United States

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The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.

  • AV Martindale Hubbell rating
  • South Carolina Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights and Business Litigation (2008–2022)
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2009–2025), Commercial Litigation (2021–2025), Litigation – Bankruptcy (2009–2025), Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law (2009–2025), Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2009–2025) 
    • Lawyer of the Year in Columbia, S.C. for Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law (2020)
  • Columbia Business Monthly "Legal Elite of the Midlands"
    • Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights (2011, 2013, 2020–2021, 2024)
    • Business Litigation (2022, 2024)
  • S.C. Supreme Court Pro Bono Honor Roll (2021)
  • J. Bratton Davis Bankruptcy American Inn of Court (current)
  • South Carolina Bar
    • House of Delegates (current)
  • Certified Circuit Court Mediator (current)
  • American Bar Association
    • House of Delegates (2002–2004)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Richland County Bar Association
    • President (2006)
  • South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
  • South Carolina Bar Foundation
    • President (2008–2009)