Professionals

Jade E. Sipes

Of Counsel

Birmingham
T: 205.244.3821
F: 205.488.3821

Jade Sipes is of counsel in the Birmingham office.

Featured Videos

How to Lose Collateral (Without Even Trying) November 9, 2021

Ethics During the Time of Pandemic December 8, 2020

Featured Experience

Represented LLC member in a dispute over the LLC ownership in Delaware and obtained judgment for our client and an award of attorneys' fees.

Obtained summary judgment on a multi-count complaint against a loan servicer and an award of money damages in favor of the foreclosing entity based on the continued occupancy of the property after foreclosure.

Professional Biography

Ms. Sipes helps defend banks and other lenders, servicers and title insurers against charges of liability and fraud, wrongful foreclosure claims and other matters.

She regularly helps defends clients against charges of wrongdoing related to TILA, RESPA, TCPA, FDCPA and FACTA. Before joining Baker Donelson, Ms. Sipes clerked with the Honorable Emmett Ripley Cox, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Represented LLC member in a dispute over the LLC ownership in Delaware and obtained judgment for our client and an award of attorneys' fees.
Obtained summary judgment on a multi-count complaint against a loan servicer and an award of money damages in favor of the foreclosing entity based on the continued occupancy of the property after foreclosure.

Named a Best Lawyers in America^® "Ones to Watch" in Banking and Finance Law and Banking and Finance Litigation (2021 – 2022)
Named a Mid-South Rising Star by Mid-South Super Lawyers in Banking (2016 – 2021)
Member – Birmingham, Alabama and American Bar Associations

"Directors and Officers: Key Considerations for Continued Response to COVID-19" (July 14, 2020)
"When Does a Principal Business Purpose Amount to Debt Collection Under the FDCPA?," republished in SubPrime Auto Finance News (November 2018)

How to Lose Collateral (Without Even Trying) (November 2021)
Ethics During the Time of Pandemic (December 2020)

61 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2021 Mid-South Super Lawyers; 34 Named to Mid-South Rising Stars (November 30, 2021)
69 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers; 38 Named to Mid-South Rising Stars (November 30, 2020)
Baker Donelson Top-Listed in the Nation in Six Practice Areas in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2021 Listing (August 20, 2020)
Baker Donelson Represents the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Three Statewide Organizations in Filing Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Seeking Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (June 29, 2020)
Baker Donelson Names Pro Bono Committee Office Leaders (December 11, 2019)
77 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers; 45 Named to Mid-South Rising Stars (November 6, 2019)
86 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers; 43 Named to Mid-South Rising Stars (November 8, 2018)
94 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers; 53 Named to Mid-South Rising Stars (November 7, 2017)

Katherine Funk Quoted in Reuters on Amicus Brief Filed by Baker Donelson Team Led by Jade Sipes in Support of Ratification of Equal Rights Amendment (January 26, 2022)

How to Lose Collateral (Without Even Trying) (November 9, 2021)
Ethics During the Time of Pandemic (December 8, 2020)

Practices

Industries

Education

University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 2012, summa cum laude
- Order of the Coif
- Hugo Black Scholar
- Alabama Law Review Senior Editor (2011 – 2012)
University of Memphis, B.A. in Philosophy, 2009, summa cum laude

Admissions

Alabama, 2012
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama