Associate
Hector Quesada
Specialities
Appellate, Business Bankruptcy, Litigation, Mass Tort Bankruptcies
Bio
Hector joined Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC in August 2025 as an Associate and is part of the firm’s business bankruptcy team. Prior to joining Waldrep Wall, Hector practiced as an Associate with The Law Offices of John Orcutt in Greensboro, NC, where he represented individuals in Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcy cases and adversary proceedings. Hector previously served as a judicial law clerk for The Honorable Lena M. James at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Hector attended Virginia Tech, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, cum laude, with a minor in Philosophy. Hector was a litigation paralegal at Bierer Law Group, P.A., in Baltimore, MD, until enrolling in law school. He received his Juris Doctor from Washington & Lee University School of Law, where he served as an editor for the Washington and Lee Law Review. While attending law school, he served as a judicial intern at both the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the Supreme Court of Virginia. Upon graduation, Hector’s academic achievement in bankruptcy law was recognized with the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Medal of Excellence, and he was the winner of the Virginia State Bar’s Bankruptcy Law Writing Competition in 2021.
- J.D. 2021 Washington & Lee University School of Law
- B.A. 2014 Virginia Tech
- New York, 2022
- North Carolina, 2023
- United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, 2023
- United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, 2024
- United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina, 2024
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2025
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Bankruptcy Section Council Member, 2024-2027
- NC Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section Council Member, 2024-2027
- New York State Bar Association
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Turnaround Management Association
- Hispanic National Bar Association
- “Eligibility for Bankruptcy Under Subchapter V: When Is a Small Business Debtor ‘Engaged in Commercial or Business Activities’?”, Bankruptcy Law News, Summer 2021
- “Competing Motivations for Originalism: Formalism vs. Rights,” Univ. of Chicago Undergraduate Law Review 176, 2014
- “Law Clerk Case Update,” 43rd Middle District Bankruptcy Seminar, Pinehurst, NC, April 2023
- Soon – working title “Jeopardy: AP and Contested Matter Procedures,” 46th Middle District Bankruptcy Seminar, Pinehurst, NC, April 2026
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges NextGen Program, Class of 2025
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys “Outstanding Young Consumer
Bankruptcy Attorney Award,” 2025
American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence, 2021
Winner of the Virginia State Bar’s Bankruptcy Law Writing Competition, 2021
Awards & Recognition:
- National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges NextGen Program, Class of 2025
- National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys “Outstanding Young Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney Award,” 2025
- American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence, 2021
- Winner of the Virginia State Bar’s Bankruptcy Law Writing Competition, 2021