George W. Kuney
Lindsay Young Distinguished Professor of Law and
Director of the Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law
M.B.A., University of San Diego
Phone: (865) 974-2500
Courses Taught
- Contracts I
- Contracts II
- Contract Drafting
- Commercial Law
- Commercial Leasing
- Debtor-Creditor
- Property
- Remedies
- Representing Enterprises
- Secured Transactions
- Workouts & Reorganizations
About
Professor Kuney's administrative assistant is Sophia Brown and she can be reached at srbrown@utk.edu. He does not schedule regular office hours; he is generally available in his office during business hours when not teaching or participating in a meeting. To guarantee a meeting with him, please schedule an appointment through Ms. Brown; drop-ins are also more than welcome on a first-come-first-served basis.
Prior to joining the faculty in 2000, Professor Kuney was a partner in the San Diego office of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP where he concentrated his practice on insolvency and reorganization matters nationwide. Before that he received his legal training with the Howard, Rice and Morrison & Foerster firms in his hometown of San Francisco, California. He holds an AV Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell's highest peer rating for ethical standards and legal ability and is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of California and Tennessee and the federal courts of Arizona.
Kuney's expertise and scholarly interests relate to business transactions and litigation with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, and reorganizations. He is a Research Fellow of the Center for Corporate Governance, a multi-disciplinary research center of the University of Tennessee. He is also the faculty editor/advisor to Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law and the Sports and Entertainment Society. He consults with law firms and clients nationwide in his areas of expertise in a limited number of matters annually, generally related to business law, bankruptcy, contracts, legal drafting and writing, commercial law, chapter 11, and insolvency. He conducts transactional training seminars and clinics for law students, lawyers, and law firms across the country.
Kuney lives near the College of Law in the Ft. Sanders neighborhood of Knoxville and in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, with his wife, Donna C. Looper, also an attorney and an Adjunct Professor at the College of Law, with whom he has co-authored several books and articles. His other interests include architecture, entrepreneurship, history, land use, real estate development, carpentry, design, and Lady Vols basketball.