Professionals
Kiah T. Ford IV
Partner
“Clients appreciate that I tackle legal issues with an eye toward their business objectives.”
Profile
Chip Ford heads the Firm’s Creditors’ Rights & Financial Restructuring practice group. He concentrates his practice in bankruptcy, reorganization and creditors' rights issues, with a particular emphasis in the financial services, manufacturing and retail industries.
Experience Highlights
Mr. Ford has substantial experience representing lenders, manufacturers, retailers and other credit providers in:
- Federal bankruptcy proceedings
- Loan restructuring and workouts
- Foreclosures
- Litigation to enforce creditors' rights
Honors
- Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America in Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights Law, 2012
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers in Bankruptcy/Restructuring, 2008-2011
- Business North Carolina magazine’s “Legal Elite” in Bankruptcy, 2010
- North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Star in Bankruptcy & Creditor/ Debtor Rights, 2009
News
- 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 - Chambers USA 2010 Ranks Parker Poe as Leading Law Firm
June 11, 2010 - Twelve Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2010
January 4, 2010 - Chambers USA 2009 Recognizes Parker Poe As Leading Law Firm
June 12, 2009 - Ordinary Course Of Business, Extraordinary Times
Law 360
February 26, 2009 - Forty-Six Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
January 26, 2009 - More than 50 Parker Poe Attorneys among Business Leader's Top Lawyers
September 24, 2008 - Bankruptcy Filings Surge in Downturn
Charlotte Observer
August 13, 2008 - Chambers USA 2008 Recognizes Parker Poe Among America's Leading Lawyers
June 16, 2008 - 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
Events & Speaking Engagements
Memberships
- Mecklenburg County Bar Leadership Institute
Class of 2004 - American Bankruptcy Institute
Member
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Charlotte
Three Wells Fargo Center
401 South Tryon Street
Suite 3000
Charlotte, NC 28202t 704.335.9840
f 704.335.9720
chipford@parkerpoe.com
Practices & Industries
- Bankruptcy, Reorganization & Creditors' Rights
- Foreclosure & Loan Servicing
- Financial Restructuring
- Litigation
Education
- Washington and Lee University
JD, cum laude, 1994 - University of Virginia
BA, 1991
Admissions
- North Carolina, 1994





