

Ciara L. Rogers | Partner
Business Bankruptcy, Mass Tort Bankruptcy, Mediation, and Municipal Law
Office: 3600 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 210, Raleigh, NC 27612
Phone: (919) 480-2005
Email: crogers@waldrepwall.com
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Ciara L. Rogers received dual B.S degrees in History and Political Science from Averett University and her J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law. She is a member of the North Carolina and Virginia State Bars and the North Carolina Bar Association. Ciara is also certified as a specialist in business bankruptcy by the North Carolina State Bar.
Ciara’s practice focuses on Debtors’ and Creditors’ Rights, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Representing Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees, serving as a Subchapter-V Trustee, General Litigation, and Employment Law.
Before joining Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey, PLLC, Ciara was an attorney with the Law Offices of Oliver & Cheek. Prior to that, she was a law clerk to the Honorable J. Rich Leonard and the Honorable Randy D. Doub of the Eastern District of North Carolina, Bankruptcy Court. During law school, Ciara interned with the Bankruptcy Administrator’s Office in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
In 2018, Ciara was selected as the director of the Stubbs Bankruptcy Clinic at Campbell University School of Law. In that capacity, Ciara supervises second– and third-year law students in providing pro bono bankruptcy representation to low wealth individuals in the Eastern District of North Carolina. She has also taught the foundations of bankruptcy law course at Campbell University School of Law and speaks at conferences on various bankruptcy related topics.

Education
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J.D. 2009, North Carolina Central University
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B.A. 2006, Averett University

Professional Memberships
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North Carolina Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section Council, Member
International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (“IWIRC”), Carolinas Chapter, Board Member -
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Subchapter V Section, Member

Selected Publications and Presentations
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“The Emergence of Subchapter V,” 45th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Grandover Resort, Greensboro, NC, November 11, 2022
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“Discharges in Subchapter V, What Has Changed from Chapter 11, What Remains the Same,” National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT) 2022 Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 10, 2022





Honors
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2015 Pro Bono Award for the Bankruptcy Section of the North Carolina Bar Association
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North Carolina Super Lawyers® Rising Star – Business Bankruptcy, 2019-2023
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“Legal Elite” in Bankruptcy Law in North Carolina, Business North Carolina, 2017-2023