William P. Janvier

   Since graduating with Honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1992, Bill has focused his practice on representation before the Bankruptcy Court and on financial restructuring. Bill is a board certified specialist in both business and consumer bankruptcy. He represents businesses and individuals in financial distress, as well as lenders with problem loans. He has served on the Panel of Chapter 7 Trustees appointed by the Bankruptcy Court to administer Chapter 7 cases, currently serves as the vice chairman of the state bar association's bankruptcy section, has previously chaired both the continuing education committee and ethics committee of the bankruptcy section, and currently serves on the local rules committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of North Carolina.

   Both inside and outside of bankruptcy, Bill has participated in the reorganization or liquidation of businesses in a wide variety of industries, ranging from retail stores to manufacturing companies to restaurants to technology companies to contractors to residential and commercial developers to apartment complexes to office buildings to shopping centers to health care providers to farms.

Honors

Board Certified Specialist in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy since 1998
Member, Local Rules Committee, US Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of North Carolina 2005 to 2008, 2010 to 2014
Member, NC State Bar Association Bankruptcy Section Council 2000 to 2003
       Chairman, Ethics Committee 2003 to 2009
       Chairman, Continuing Education Committee 2010
       Vice Chairman, Bankruptcy Section 2011
Listed in "Super Lawyers" since 2006
Listed in "Legal Elite" since 2006
Listed in "Best Lawyers in America" since 2007
AV rated by Martindale Hubble since 1999

Education

Rice University, B.A., 1989
University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D. with Honors, 1992

Professional Affiliations

Wake County, North Carolina, Louisiana and American Bar Associations
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
American Bankruptcy Institute
Board Certified Specialist in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization
Certification in Business Bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys

Samantha Y. Moore

   Samantha Moore grew up in Ashtabula, Ohio. She attended the University of Toledo and graduated magna cum laude in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Samantha then moved to North Carolina and began working with the Guardian ad Litem Program as an AmeriCorps VISTA. A year later she was hired as the Program Supervisor for Columbus and Bladen Counties.

   In May of 2009, Samantha graduated cum laude from North Carolina Central University School of Law, where she received the Outstanding Law Student Award from the National Association of Women Lawyers and the North Carolina Bar Association certificate for superior commitment to public service. While at Central, Samantha was a staff member of the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Review and earned publication of her co-authored Comment entitled No More Than A "Shot" in the Dark: Civil Liability Under the Vaccine Act in 2009. In addition, Samantha participated in the Women's Law Caucus serving as a two-term President, the Elder Law Pro Bono Project, and the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program.

Education

The University of Toledo, B.S., magna cum laude, 2004
North Carolina Central University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2009

Professional Affiliations

Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations
North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys

Justine S. O'Connor-Petts

   Justine S. O'Connor-Petts grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar and graduated in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a second major in Music. Before attending law school, Justine lived in Washington, D.C. and Raleigh, where she worked in management and public policy consulting.

   In May of 2009, Justine obtained her Juris Doctor with High Honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law, where she was on the Deans List all semesters and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. At UNC Law, Justine was a recipient of the Gressman-Pollitt Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy and was a staff member of the North Carolina Law Review. Additionally, she served as a research assistant to Professor S. Elizabeth Gibson, assisting with research in the areas of Civil Procedure and Bankruptcy, as a Program Coordinator with the Community Legal Project, as President of the Immigration Law Association, and as a Tutor with the Writing and Learning Resources Center.

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S. (Mathematics), 2002
University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D. with High Honors, 2009

Professional Affiliations

Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations
North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys