Chip Ford is the leader of Parker Poe's Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group. He has over 28 years of experience representing clients in all aspects of financial restructuring and insolvency including bankruptcy, loan workouts, commercial foreclosures, receiverships, and complex financial litigation in federal and state courts. Chip also advises regional, national, and international clients from a wide spectrum of industries on all facets of the U.S. bankruptcy process, including Chapter 11 plan confirmation, the purchase and sale of assets under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, assumption and rejection of leases and executory contracts, and the defense of avoidance actions. Chip’s clients and peers consistently rank him among the leading lawyers in North Carolina in the areas of bankruptcy, restructuring, and complex financial litigation.Chip is also a mediator specializing in bankruptcy and complex financial disputes. He completed the American Bankruptcy Institute and St. John University School of Law bankruptcy mediation training program, an intensive 40-hour course conducted by recognized leaders in the fields of bankruptcy and alternative dispute resolution.