With offices in Raleigh and New Bern, we represent clients throughout North Carolina.
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Attorney Profiles
 Laurie B. Biggs
Ms. Biggs attended the University of Michigan, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science in 2000. She received her J.D. cum laude, from the University of Kentucky in 2003. She was a member of the Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Law, and served as its Technical Editor from 2002-2003. She was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 2003.
Ms. Biggs is now recognized as a specialist in business bankruptcy law, by the North Carolina State Bar and the American Board of Certification. In 2007, Ms. Biggs was recognized in Business North Carolina Magazine’s “Legal Elite” as one of the best attorneys in the field of Bankruptcy Law, and as one of the “Top Lawyers Under 40” in North Carolina. Ms. Biggs also co-authored a chapter in the Bankruptcy Manual published by the North Carolina Bar Association.
Ms. Biggs is a member of the Order of the Coif, the Wake County Bar Association, the American Academy of Justice, the North Carolina Bar Association (Bankruptcy and Litigation Sections), the North Carolina Association of Trial Lawyers, and the American Bankruptcy Institute.
Areas of Practice:
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Bankruptcy Alternatives
Chapter 12 Bankruptcy and Bankruptcy Alternatives
Corporate Restructuring and Workouts
Business Law
Civil Litigation
Bar Admissions:
North Carolina, 2003
U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 2003
U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 2006
U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 2011
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2006
Education:
University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky, 2003
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Order of the Coif
Law Journal: Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Law, Technical Editor, 2002-2003
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2000
B.A.
Major: History
Political Science
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Confirmation Issues, Including 1111(b) and Single Asset Real Estate Cases - NC Bar Seminar, Wilmington 2010
Single Asset Real Estate and Other Confirmation Issues - EBI 2011
Confirmation - Liquidation Test, Guarantors and Other Current Chapter 11 Issues - EBI 2010
Current Issues in Chapter 11 Cases - EBI 2009
Practicing What you Plead: Pending Practicalities in the Post Twombly, Legal and Careamerica World - National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, New Orleans 2010
Published Works:
Distressed Borrowers Should be Aware of the Trends in Loan Modifications - Business North Carolina Law Journal 2011
The Use of Chapter 11 to Prevent Commercial Foreclosures - Business North Carolina Law Journal - 2010
Chapter 9 Municipalities (co-authored with Adam Gottsegin) - North Carolina Practice Manual of the Bankruptcy Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, Sixth Edition, 2007 - Seventh Edition, 2012
Honors/Professional Awards:
Legal Elite - Bankruptcy - 2007
Legal Elite - Top Lawyers Under 40 - 2007
Business North Carolina Young Guns - 2010
Super Lawyers - Young Guns - 2011
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Wake County Bar Association
North Carolina State Bar
American Bar Association
American Association of Justice
North Carolina Bar Association - Bankruptcy and Litigation Sections
American Bankruptcy Institute
10th Judicial District
Order of the Coif
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