Practice Areas
Creditors’ Rights and Collections
Featuring one of the largest and most effective Creditors’ Rights practices in the Southeast, we represent everyone from national businesses and leading financial institutions to local firms and individuals. Our clients include:
- Banks
- Finance companies
- Equipment leasing companies
- Building supply companies
- Debt buyers
- Collection agencies
- Credit unions
- Insurance companies
- Mortgage companies
Our team includes certified specialists in creditors’ rights law, as well as active members of the major trade organizations including the Commercial Law League, National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys, ACA International, and the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association. Services are available on both an hourly and contingent fee basis. We are equally equipped to handle everything from routine commercial and consumer collections to representing creditors’ committees in complex Chapter 11 cases. Our in-house team provides statewide service for many of our clients. We have also developed an extensive network of attorneys nationwide to assist with cases across the country.
Services Offered:
- Collection Litigation
- Replevins/Claim and Delivery
- Foreclosure
- Bankruptcy Representation
- Lender Defense
Articles of Interest:
- An Initial Look at Bankruptcy Reform Legislation
- Bankruptcy Court’s Interpretation of Disposable Income Has Unanticipated Effect on Unsecured Creditors
- Creditors Be Aware: Accord and Satisfaction in North Carolina
- Don’t Proceed Against that Guarantor Just Yet
- First Lien Recorded May Not Always Win
- Making Nice: The benefits of positive peer review
- New Debtor-Protection Legislation puts the Big Chill on Debt Buyers
- North Carolina Identity Theft Protection Act – The Importance of keeping private information private
- North Carolina Restrictions on High Cost Home Loans
- Practical Advice During The Residential Real Estate Crisis
- Redemption Funding And The Credit Union*
- Statute of Limitations in North Carolina
- The Legal Brief: When A Mechanic’s Lien Becomes Extortion
- The Rapson Rule and The End of “Sweetheart Sales”