Atty. Paul A Fanning
Paul leads the Creditors' Rights Practice Group and is certified by the American Board of Certification and the North Carolina State Bar as a Board Certified Specialist in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law. His practice experience encompasses bankruptcy, collections, creditors' rights, and lender liability.
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Paul leads the Creditors' Rights Practice Group and is certified by the American Board of Certification and the North Carolina State Bar as a Board Certified Specialist in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law. His practice experience encompasses bankruptcy, collections, creditors' rights, and lender liability. He concentrates his practice in the representation of creditors in complex bankruptcy cases and state court collection litigation, including workouts, reorganizations, and contested matters. Paul has represented lenders, trade creditors, farm equipment manufacturers, community associations, contractors and telecommunications companies in various reorganization proceedings, including commercial real estate, manufacturing, and wholesale and retail transactions. He is experienced in state court foreclosures and receiverships and other aspects of creditor-debtor litigation, including appellate advocacy. He has been rated by his peers as being "preeminent" in his fields of law.
Practice Areas
Education
J.D.
Wake Forest University
- 1998
BA
The University of North Carolina at Asheville
- 1993
Awards
Best Lawyers in America — Banking and Finance Law
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Bankruptcy
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — Special Focus:
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — Bankruptcy and Workouts
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — Collections
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — COVID-19
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — Financial Institutions
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — Awards:
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — "Lawyer of the Year," Best Lawyers in America
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — NC Attorney Pro Bono Honor Society Inductee, NC Pro Bono Resource Center, 2021, 2020
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — "Top 100 Super Lawyers," Creditor Debtor Rights, North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2022-2024
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — "Super Lawyer," Creditor Debtor Rights, North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2009-2024
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — Chambers USA, Bankruptcy/Restructuring – North Carolina, 2019-2023
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — "Legal Elite,"
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — Business North Carolina
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — , Bankruptcy, 2006-2008, 2010-2020, 2022-2024
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — Chambers USA 2019,
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — Bankruptcy/Restructuring - North Carolina
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — The Best Lawyers in America, 2011-2019
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — "Legal Elite," Business North Carolina, 2006-2008, 2010-2019
- 2026
Best Lawyers in America — "Super Lawyer," North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2009-2019
- 2026
Lawyer of the Year — Litigation - Bankruptcy (Raleigh)
- 2021
Bar Admissions
North Carolina
Admitted: 1998
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