Professionals

Kiah T. Ford IV
Kiah T. Ford IV

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

Memberships

  • Mecklenburg County Bar Leadership Institute
    Class of 2004
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
    Member
  • Charlotte

    Charlotte

    Three Wells Fargo Center
    401 South Tryon Street
    Suite 3000
    Charlotte, NC 28202

    t 704.335.9840

    f 704.335.9720

    chipford@parkerpoe.com

Practices & Industries

Education

  • Washington and Lee University
    JD, cum laude, 1994
  • University of Virginia
    BA, 1991

Admissions

  • North Carolina, 1994