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George Mason Oliver
 

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. 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”, 2009-2025 North Carolina “Super Lawyer” and 2009-2025 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. He currently serves as a Subchapter  V Bankruptcy Trustee for Chapter 11 cases in the Eastern District of North Carolina. He also regularly serves as a State Court Receiver and as counsel for receivers throughout courts in North Carolina, including the North Carolina Business Court. 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.

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

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

George Oliver, Bankruptcy Attorney
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