Profile

Brian Darer focuses his practice in the areas of bankruptcy, reorganization, creditors' rights issues and construction law. He has experience in federal and state courts, including trial and motions practice, appellate advocacy and bankruptcy court practice. He also has experience with arbitration, mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.

While at the University of Virginia, Mr. Darer was a member of the Virginia Law Review.

Experience Highlights

• Regularly appears in bankruptcy court on behalf of lenders, finance companies and lessors
• Routinely works on bankruptcy issues such as relief from stay, use of cash collateral, DIP financing, plan confirmation and all varieties of adversary proceedings
• Represents architectural and engineering firms, public utilities, contractors, real estate development corporations, equipment suppliers, pharmaceutical companies, telecommunications companies, insurance companies, banks and international corporations
• Represents and counsels clients on various issues, including Chapter 11 reorganization and Chapter 7 liquidation, loan workouts, enforcement of Article 9 security interests, state and federal court litigation to enforce creditors' rights, claims avoidance and litigation involving construction projects, and lien law

News

• Forty-Two Parker Poe Attorneys Named as 2012 NC Super Lawyers
  January 20, 2012
• Chambers USA 2011 Ranks Parker Poe as Leading Law Firm
  June 10, 2011
• Thirty-Seven Parker Poe Attorneys Named NC Super Lawyers for 2011
  January 25, 2011
• Business North Carolina Names 13 Attorneys to 2011 Legal Elite
  Firm Partner Catharine Biggs Arrowood “Top Vote-Getter” for Antitrust
  January 21, 2011
• Chambers USA 2010 Ranks Parker Poe as Leading Law Firm
  June 11, 2010
• Law & Politics Names 36 Parker Poe Attorneys as Super Lawyers
  January 28, 2010
• Twelve Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2010
  January 4, 2010
• Forty-Six Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
  January 26, 2009
• Darer Honored as "Citizen Lawyer" by NC Bar Association
  June 25, 2007
• Parker Poe Names New Partners
  January 20, 2006
• Federal Tax Liens / Tenancy by the Entireties
  Bankruptcy Alert
  July 3, 2002
• Understanding “Preferences” - Can Your Bankrupt Customer Recover Payments Made to You?
  February 18, 2002

Publications

Co-Author, Chapter XVIII of the North Carolina Bankruptcy Manual, Sixth Ed. (2007) – Chapter 11 Reorganization

“Construction management comes to public work,” Triangle Business Journal, March 15, 2002

“Ruling helps clarify Web jurisdiction,” Triangle Business Journal, September 21, 2001

“Telemedicine: A State-Based Answer To Health Care In America,” Virginia Journal of Law and Technology, Spring 1998