HONORABLE W. NEAL MCBRAYER is a Judge for the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Appointed by Governor Bill Haslam, Judge McBrayer was sworn in on May 5, 2014. Prior to his appointment, Judge McBrayer practiced law for twenty-five years in Nashville, representing clients in commercial litigation, bankruptcy, and aviation matters. Judge McBrayer received his undergraduate degree from Maryville College and law degree from the College of William & Mary’s Marshall-Wythe School of Law. He is a fellow of the American, Tennessee, and Nashville Bar Foundations, and he serves on the boards of Maryville College, the Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society, and the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Foundation. He received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Maryville College in 2015.  He is also a member of the Federalist Society and the Harry Phillips American Inn of Court. Judge McBrayer co-authored Tennessee Secured Transactions Under Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: Form and Practice Manual, published by Data Trace Publishing.