

Ciara L. Rogers | Partner
Business Bankruptcy, Mass Tort Bankruptcy, Mediation, and Municipal Law
Office: 3600 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 210, Raleigh, NC 27612
Phone: (984) 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.

Bar Admissions
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2022: United States District Court and Bankruptcy Court, Western District of North Carolina
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2019: Supreme Court of the United States; United States District and Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of North Carolina
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2018: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
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2011: North Carolina, all state courts; and, the United States District and Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
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2010: United States District and Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia
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2009: Virginia, all state courts

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, Treasurer
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International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (“IWIRC”), Carolinas Chapter, Treasurer
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National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Subchapter V Section, Member
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American Bankruptcy Institute, Member

Selected Publications and Presentations
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“Subchapter V Judges Panel,” Moderator, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees' Annual Meeting, Washington DC, August, 18, 2023
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“Fraud, Deceit and Misrepresentation Are Not Excused as Zealous Representation (Canon 7) – Fraudulent Bankruptcy Examples, Public Perceptions of Litigation, the Bar & Bankruptcy Updates,” Plaintiffs Asbestos Litigation Seminar (PALS), Las Vegas, NV, May 10, 2023
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“Subchapter V Nuts & Bolts,” National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys’ (NACBA) 31st Annual Convention, Washington D.C., April 29, 2023
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“Bankruptcy Basics for Governmental Lawyers,” North Carolina Bar Association, Government and Public Sector Section’s Spring Meeting, NCBA Bar Center in Cary, NC, April 20, 2023
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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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2024: Best Lawyers in America®
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2022: North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization, Business Bankruptcy
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2021, 2022, 2023: Super Lawyers®, Rising Star
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2021, 2022: Business North Carolina Magazine’s Legal Elite in Bankruptcy Law
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2019: Super Lawyers, Rising Star; National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Next Gen Program Selectee
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2017, 2019, 2020, and 2022: Supreme Court of North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society
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2017: Business North Carolina Magazine, Legal Elite in Bankruptcy Law
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2015: Pro-Bono Services Award, North Carolina Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section
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2014: National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Honorable Cornelius Blackshear Fellow
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2013: North Carolina Bar Association, Leadership Academy Graduate