George Oliver | New Bern Bankruptcy Lawyer

Mr. Oliver received his undergraduate and law degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a board certified specialist in Business Bankruptcy Law, certified by the North Carolina State Bar and the American Board of Specialization. Mr. Oliver has received numerous awards including: AV Preeminent Lawyer from Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating, 2013 Legal Elite’s “Young Guns Award in North Carolina”, 2009-2017 North Carolina “Super Lawyer” and 2009-2017 Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite.” He was the Co-Managing Editor of the North Carolina Bankruptcy Practice Manual in 2006 and has served as a Chapter 7 Panel Trustee for the Bankruptcy Court since 2009. In 2012-2013, he was elected to the Board of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT) and served as Co-Editor of NABTalk. He is a frequent speaker at legal conferences on bankruptcy issues across the country and has authored several articles on bankruptcy issues for national publications.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	The Law Offices of Oliver & Cheek PLLC		Present
Associate Attorney	Stubbs & Perdue, P.A.	New Bern	2001-2009

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of North Carolina School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1999
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	B.A.	Communications Studies	1996

State / Court	Date
North Carolina	1999

• Litigation Counsel of America, 2015
  The National Advocates Top 100 Lawyers, 2015
  Elected to the Board of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT), 2012-2013
  NABT Liaison to NACBA, the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, 2012-present
  Co-Editor of NABTalk (Journal of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees), 2012-2013
  Co-Authored a NABTalk article on the avoidance of faulty deeds of trust in bankruptcy cases, June 2012
  North Carolina Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, Section Council Member, 2004-2007
  National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, NewTAC Board Member, 2010-2012
  Co-Coordinator, North Carolina Bar Association Bankruptcy Section Financial Health Clinic, 2011
  National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, member
  Eastern NC Inn of Court, member
  American Bankruptcy Institute, member

• Designated Lead Counsel Rated Attorney
  Winner of Legal Elite’s “Young Guns Award (best under 40) in North Carolina”, 2013 (top vote-getter among attorneys in North Carolina under 40 years old)
  Specialist in Business Bankruptcy law, certified by North Carolina State Bar and American Board of Certification, 2006-present
  Chapter 7 Panel Trustee, Eastern District of North Carolina, 2009-present
  Co-Managing Editor of North Carolina Bankruptcy Practice Manual, 2006
  Ranked among Super Lawyers magazine’s North Carolina “Super Lawyers” (Bankruptcy), 2009-2017
  Recognized in Business North Carolina magazine’s “Legal Elite” (Bankruptcy), 2009-2017
  Law School Attorney General, University of North Carolina School of Law, 1998-1999
  Undergraduate Attorney General, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995-1996
  Order of the Golden Fleece, 1995

• NABTalk article on recognizing defects in deeds of trust
  ABI Journal on interplay between Fifth Amendment and bankruptcy law

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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
(1999) Licensed as Attorney in North Carolina. Verified with North Carolina State Bar.	June 26, 2017

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