Profile

Bill Porter concentrates his practice in insolvency law. With more than 25 years of experience, he regularly represents banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions, including special servicers of CMBS securitized pools in workout and reorganization matters. He also represents official unsecured creditors' committees, property and equipment lessors and entities acquiring assets and operating companies in Chapter 11 proceedings.

In addition to his active lender representation practice, Mr. Porter lectures frequently on insolvency topics in continuing legal education programs.

While at the University of North Carolina, Mr. Porter was a member of the North Carolina Law Review.

Experience Highlights

Mr. Porter advises clients with bankruptcy, reorganization and creditors’ rights issues. This work includes:

• Negotiating and documenting loan restructurings
• Representing lenders in bankruptcy proceedings
• Conducting litigation in state and federal courts

News

• Forty-Two Parker Poe Attorneys Named as 2012 NC Super Lawyers
  January 20, 2012
• Business North Carolina Names 16 Attorneys to 2012 Legal Elite
  January 9, 2012
• 69 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2012
  September 6, 2011
• 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
• 61 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2011
  August 18, 2010
• 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
• 55 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers®
  July 30, 2009
• Chambers USA 2009 Recognizes Parker Poe As Leading Law Firm
  June 12, 2009
• Forty-Six Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
  January 26, 2009
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2009
  January 1, 2009
• Parker Poe Increases Number of Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America
  October 1, 2008
• More than 50 Parker Poe Attorneys among Business Leader's Top Lawyers
  September 24, 2008
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
  January 28, 2008
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2008
  January 14, 2008
• 40 Parker Poe Attorneys Named Among 2008 Best Lawyers in America
  September 14, 2007
• Nineteen Parker Poe Attorneys Named North Carolina Super Lawyers 2007
  January 26, 2007
• Fifteen Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite"
  January 8, 2007
• Parker Poe Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America
  September 12, 2006
• Seventeen Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite"
  January 20, 2006
• Parker Poe Attorneys Among The Best Lawyers in America
  September 13, 2005
• Parker Poe Attorneys Honored as The Best Lawyers in America and the "Legal Elite" in North Carolina
  February 28, 2005
• 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

Memberships

• Duke Divinity School
  Board of Visitors, 2002-present
• Brevard College
  Board of Visitors, 2000-2004
• North Carolina Bar Association
  Chairman, Bankruptcy Section, 1993-1994