Prior Legal Experience

• Before starting his firm, George was an associate with the New Bern office of Stubbs & Perdue, P.A., where he worked from 2001 to 2009.

• From 1999 to 2001, he was an associate with the Asheville firm of Elmore, Elmore & Williams.
   

Areas of Experience

• Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Chapter 12 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

• Workouts, Alternatives to Bankruptcy

• State Court Receiverships

• Litigation

• Mediation–certified mediator
   

Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, JD, 1999, with honors

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA Communications Studies, 1996
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Professional / Community Activities

• President of New Bern Civic Theatre (2020-2025), Board Member (2018 – present)

• Board Member, Downtown Business Council, 2024-present

• Co-Founder of Angel Band of New Bern

• Craven County Arts Council, Board Member 2018-2020

• Historic Downtown Residents Association, Board Member 2018-2019, Vice-President 2018

• Epiphany School of Global Studies, Board Member 2018-2021

• Carolina Coastal Classrooms, Board Member 2014-2018

• Open Door Scholarship, Board Member/Organizer of Downtown Dare, 2014-2018

• Co-Founder, The Bonafides Band

• Co-Founder, Strung Together Band

• 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, 2012-2013

• 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

Speaking Engagements

• “Chapter 11 Bankruptcies: What Local Tax Collectors Need to Know,” at the UNC School of Government, 2022

• “Individual Case Administration From Start To Finish,” at the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Annual Convention, 2013

• “Practical Skills – Preparing for Contested Confirmation Battles, Other Contested Matters and Trial” at the annual Middle District Bankruptcy Seminar in Southern Pines, 2013

• Presented recent developments in dirt-for-debt Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases at the NC Bar Association Annual Bankruptcy Institute in Greensboro, 2012

• Presented recent developments in Chapter 11 business bankruptcy cases in the Eastern District of NC at the Eastern Bankruptcy Institute in Myrtle Beach, SC, 2012

• Spoke about security issues regarding Chapter 7 Trustee cases at the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Spring Seminar, 2012

• Spoke about document retention and investigation at the 2012 Annual NABT Convention

• Spoke about current Chapter 11 bankruptcy issues at the 2012 Eastern District Bankruptcy Seminar

• Eastern Bankruptcy Institute, Chapter 11 Update, 2002-2008, 2011

• Eastern District of North Carolina Chapter 7 Trustee Panel Workshop, 2011

• North Carolina 33rd Annual Bankruptcy Institute, 2010, “Perfection and Avoidance Issues”

• North Carolina Bar Association, “The Hard Road Ahead,” Real Property Section Annual Meeting, 2011, “Bankruptcy and Real Estate—Does Perfection Have to be Perfect?”

• North Carolina 32nd Annual Bankruptcy Institute, 2009, “Bankruptcy Light? Less Fulfilling or Tastes Great? Receiverships and Other State Law Alternatives to Bankruptcy”

• 30th Annual Middle District Bankruptcy Seminar, 2009, “Homebuilder/Construction Bankruptcies and Lien Issues”

• “Being Secured in an Unsecured World—Bankruptcy for Paralegals”, 2009, “A View from the Trenches—the Ups and Downs of Chapter 11 Practice”

Notable Accomplishments

• Citizen of the Year, New Bern Women’s Club, 2019

• Rip Taggart Community Arts Award, New Bern Civic Theatre, 2019

• 52 Faces of Community Award, New Bern Sun Journal, 2018

• Designated Lead Counsel Rated Attorney

• Received an AV Preeminent (4.7/5.0) rating from Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating

• 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, 2006-present

• Chapter 7 Panel Trustee, Eastern District of North Carolina, 2009-2018

• Co-Managing Editor of North Carolina Bankruptcy Practice Manual, 2006

• Ranked among Super Lawyers magazine’s North Carolina “Super Lawyers” (Bankruptcy), 2009-present

• Recognized in Business North Carolina magazine’s “Legal Elite” (Bankruptcy), 2009-present

• 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