He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Communications in 1996. He received his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999. He served on the University of North Carolina Law Review as a Staff Member from 1997 to 1998. He was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1999.

Mr. Oliver is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the North Carolina Academy of...

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About George Mason Oliver

Practice Areas

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Workouts, Alternatives to Bankruptcy
State Court Receiverships
Litigation

Litigation

100%

Current Employment Position(s)

Attorney

Qualifications

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

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

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”

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2019 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
2017 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
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2015 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
2014 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
2013 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
2012 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
2011 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
2010 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
2009 North Carolina Super Lawyers list

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Honors

Council Member, NC Bankruptcy Section Council, 2004 - 2007
The National Advocates Top 100 Lawyers, 2015
Elected to the Board of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT), 2012 - 2013
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 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), 2009-2015
Recognized in Business North Carolina magazine’s “Legal Elite” (Bankruptcy), 2009-2015
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

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405 Middle StreetP.O. Box 1548New Bern, NC 28563

Phone

252-631-6484

Fax

252-633-1950

Email

Websites

http://olivercheek.com/

Publication

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

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