Partner
Ciara Rogers
Specialities
Business Bankruptcy, Mass Tort Bankruptcy, Mediation, and Municipal Law
Bio
Ciara is a partner at Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey, PLLC. She focuses her practice on bankruptcy and business insolvency. She is certified as a Business Bankruptcy Law Specialist by the North Carolina State Bar and is licensed to practice in all Federal and State Courts in North Carolina and Virginia, as well as the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Before joining Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC, Ciara was an attorney with boutique chapter 11 debtor’s firm in Eastern North Carolina. 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. In 2018, Ciara was chosen to be the director of Campbell University School of Law’s Stubbs Bankruptcy Clinic where she supervises second- and third-year law students in providing pro bono bankruptcy representation to low wealth individuals in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Ciara received her Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and History from Averett University and her Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University School of Law.
- J.D. 2009, North Carolina Central University
- B.A. 2006, Averett University
- 2022: United States District Court and Bankruptcy Court, Western District of North Carolina
- 2019: Supreme Court of the United States; United States District and Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of North Carolina
- 2018: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
- 2011: North Carolina, all state courts; and, the United States District and Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
- 2010: United States District and Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- 2009: Virginia, all state courts
- North Carolina Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section Council
- International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (“IWIRC”), Carolinas Chapter, Treasurer
- National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Subchapter V Section, Member
- NABTalk, Editorial Board
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
- ABI Journal, Editorial Board Member
- Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Special Projects Leader
- Veterans and Service Members Committee
- “Mass Torts and the Texas Two-Step: Lessons from National Bankruptcies,” North Carolina Bar Association 48th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Greensboro, NC, November 22, 2025
- “Getting Down and Dirty: A Discussion of the Subchapter V Practice Beyond the Basics,” National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, September 18, 2025
- “The Fair-and-Equitable Standard in Subchapter V: Avoiding or Navigating a Contested Confirmation,” ABI Annual Spring Meeting, Park City, UT, April 25, 2025
- “Behind the Bench: Five Issues in Subchapter V for 2025,” National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, webinar, February 11, 2025
- “Subchapter-V Update” 45th Annual Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, Franklin, TN, December 5, 2024
- “What About the Taxes?” North Carolina Bar Association 47th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Wrightsville Beach, NC, November 16, 2024
- “Revamping Insurance Defense: Navigating Bad Faith Cases and Bankruptcy Interplay,” North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, Raleigh, NC, September 17, 2024
- “Sub V vs. Traditional 11? Confirmation and Other Key Plan Issues,” Co-presenter, American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) 2024 Annual Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, April 19, 2024
- “Subchapter-V Pre-Packaged and Ready to File,” National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, webinar, March 29, 2024
- “Eligibility, Debt Limits, and Voting, Oh My! The Annual Subchapter V Update” and “Litigation Skills,” 50th Annual Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, Atlanta, GA, March 14-16, 2024
- “Subchapter V Judges Panel,” Moderator, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees’ Annual Meeting, Washington DC, August 18, 2023
- “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
- “Subchapter V Nuts & Bolts,” National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys’ (NACBA) 31st Annual Convention, Washington D.C., April 29, 2023
- “Bankruptcy Basics for Governmental Lawyers,” North Carolina Bar Association, Government and Public Sector Section’s Spring Meeting, Cary, NC, April 20, 2023
- “The Emergence of Subchapter V,” 45th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Greensboro, NC, November 11, 2022
- “Discharges in Subchapter V, What Has Changed from Chapter 11, What Remains the Same,” National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT) 2022 Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, June 10, 2022
- Represents dozens of plaintiffs’ law firms in responding to subpoenas, discovery requests, and examinations arising in complex bankruptcy proceedings.
- Obtained what was, at the time, the largest sanctions award entered against a mortgage servicer
for violating a Chapter 13 confirmation order following a two-day evidentiary hearing. - Argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding the
interpretation and application of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Taggart v.
Lorenzen. - Successfully confirmed Chapter 11 plans of reorganization both consensually and over creditor
objections. - Has served as a Subchapter V Trustee in more than 30 Chapter 11 cases, assisting debtors and
parties-in-interest in negotiating plan treatment and achieving successful reorganizations.
Chambers USA (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Up and Coming), 2024-present
The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) “40 Under 40” Honoree, 2023
Best Lawyers in America®, 2024
Super Lawyers® – Business Bankruptcy, 2024
North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization, Business Bankruptcy, 2022
“Legal Elite” in Bankruptcy Law in North Carolina, Business North Carolina, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2024
Super Lawyers, Rising Star; National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Next Gen Program Selectee, 2019
Supreme Court of North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society, 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2022
Pro-Bono Services Award, North Carolina Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, 2015
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Honorable Cornelius Blackshear Fellow, 2014
North Carolina Bar Association, Leadership Academy Graduate, 2013
Awards & Recognition:
- Chambers USA (Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Up and Coming), 2024-present
- The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) “40 Under 40” Honoree, 2023
- Best Lawyers in America®, 2024
- Super Lawyers® – Business Bankruptcy, 2024
- North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization, Business Bankruptcy, 2022
- “Legal Elite” in Bankruptcy Law in North Carolina, Business North Carolina, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2024
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star; National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Next Gen Program Selectee, 2019
- Supreme Court of North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society, 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2022
- Pro-Bono Services Award, North Carolina Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, 2015
- National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Honorable Cornelius Blackshear Fellow, 2014
- North Carolina Bar Association, Leadership Academy Graduate, 2013
