George Mason Oliver - New Bern, NC

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1999
    J.D.
    Honors: with honors
    Law Review: University of North Carolina Law Review, Staff Member, 1997 - 1998

• Non Legal Education

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1996
    B.A.
    Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
    Major: Communications Studies

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• Elmore, Elmore and Williams, PA, Attorney, 1999 - 2001
• New Bern office of Stubbs & Perdue, P.A., 2001 - 2009
• Asheville firm of Elmore, Elmore & Williams, Associate, 1999 - 2001

Classes and Seminars

• “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”

Published Works

Articles

• North Carolina Bankruptcy Practice Manual, (Co-Editor), North Carolina Bar Association, 2007
  
• 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
  

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 1999
• U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1999
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 2001
• U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1999

Specialties and Certifications

• Business Bankruptcy Law Specialist, American Board of Certification, NC State Bar, 2007
• Board certified specialist in Business Bankruptcy Law, North Carolina State Bar and the American Board of Specialization

Other Affiliations

• North Carolina State Bar (Member)
• North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (NCATL), 1999 - Present (Member)
• American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), 2002 - Present (Member)
• Craven County Bar Association (Former President)
• Litigation Counsel of America, 2015
• NABT Liaison to NACBA, the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, 2012 - Present
• 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