Areas of practice:
Practice limited to consumer and business debtor bankruptcy law since 1997. General practice involving real estate, worker's compensation, wills & estates, personal injury and bankruptcy law, 1976 to 1997.
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Education:
1972 University of Rochester, Bachelor of Science degree in Physics
1975 Union University, Albany Law School Juris Doctor degree
Bar admissions:
1976, New York State
1982, North Carolina
1985, Federal District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina
1993, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Bio:
I was originally born in Poughkeepsie New York in 1950 to Harold and Elizabeth Orcutt and was the third oldest of 5 children. Upon graduating high-school and undergrad I attended law school at Albany Law School in 1975. I worked in New York doing wills and contract law until I moved to North Carolina in 1987 and began practicing consumer bankruptcy law. That same year I opened my first law office on Six Forks Rd in Georgetown office condominiums in Raleigh. At one point I practiced both personal injury and bankruptcy until I realized that making law on behalf of North Carolina consumer bankruptcy clients was more gratifying. During the 1990's I began to expand my practice to Durham, to Fayetteville, to Wilson, to Garner and now Greensboro.
Lectures Prepared and Presented:
"Plan calculation and other issues post-Pliler", Eastern Bankruptcy Institute, 2014.
"How to improve efficiency and profitability in your law practice", Eastern Bankruptcy Institute, 2016.
Attorney Professional Association or Honor:
Named Champion of the Order of Protectors of Consumer Debtors by the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA); 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA).