About George
George Oliver is a bankruptcy attorney based in New Bern, North Carolina — He has been working as an attorney within the state since 1999. His company, The Law Offices of George Oliver, PLLC, is located at 405 Middle Street, New Bern, NC 28560. The firm takes on cases in insolvency, corporate law, and appeals. Mr. Oliver earned his law degree with honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1999. He additionally holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, obtained in 1996.
During law school, he served as a staff member of the University of North Carolina Law Review from 1997 to 1998. He is a board-licensed specialist in Business Bankruptcy Law, licensed by the North Carolina State Bar and the American Board of Certification. Mr. Oliver has received numerous awards, which includes the AV Preeminent Lawyer rating from Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating, the 2013 Legal Elite’s “Young Guns Award in North Carolina,” and recognition as a North Carolina “Super Lawyer” from 2009 to 2025. He used to be also named to Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” during the identical duration. He served as the Co-Managing Editor of the North Carolina Bankruptcy Practice Manual in 2006 and has been a Chapter 7 Panel Trustee for the Bankruptcy Court since 2009.
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 problems across the nation and has authored several articles on bankruptcy problems for countrywide publications. Before founding his company, Mr. Oliver was an affiliate with the New Bern workplace of Stubbs & Perdue, P.A., from 2001 to 2009. From 1999 to 2001, he used to be an associate with the Asheville company of Elmore, Elmore & Williams. His practice areas include Chapter eleven Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Chapter 12 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, exercises, options to insolvency, state court receiverships, legal proceedings, and facilitated negotiation.
He is a licensed mediator. Mr. Oliver is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Eastern N.C. Inn of Court, and the Craven County Bar Association. He has been recognized in Business North Carolina magazine’s “Legal Elite” and has been chosen by his peers for inclusion in North Carolina Super Lawyers. He is a frequent speaker on insolvency matters and has been acknowledged for his contributions to the field.
