Rebecca Finch Redwine focuses her practice on Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcies for both businesses and individuals. Additionally, she counsels clients experiencing insolvency, and assists them in workouts and settlements with various lenders. She is a board certified business bankruptcy specialist and a North Carolina certified Superior Court mediator.

She has also served as Unsecured Creditors Committee Counsel in Chapter 11 bankruptcies in North Carolina, as well as the role of an Examiner in Chapter 11s and as a state court receiver. She is admitted to practice in the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina in the United States District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Rebecca was appointed to the Local Rules Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in 2018 and as Chair of the Bankruptcy Law Specialty Committee for the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization in 2023. Rebecca holds various leadership roles with the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), the American Board of Certification and the North Carolina Bar Association. She is a frequent presenter at bankruptcy conferences and is a guest lecturer in bankruptcy classes at the University of North Carolina School of Law and Campbell University School of Law.

In October 2018, Rebecca was named as a 2018 “40 Under 40” honoree by the American Bankruptcy Institute, which received and considered more than 300 nominations nationwide.

Rebecca earned a Phi Beta Kappa key from North Carolina State University (B.A., 2004) and was an honor student at the University of North Carolina School of Law (2007).

Originally from Oxford, North Carolina, Rebecca resides in Raleigh, North Carolina with her family.

Education

  • University of North Carolina School of Law - J.D. - 2007
  • North Carolina State University - B.A. - 2004

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

  • North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization

    Bankruptcy Section Committee Chair, 2023 -2026 | Member, 2020 - 2024

  • American Bankruptcy Institute

    2018 40 Under 40 Award Recipient | Board Member of Advisory Committee for the Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop, 2019 - 2023 | Co-Chair for Emerging Industries & Technology Committee, 2023 -2024 | Education Director for Emerging Industries and Technology Committee, 2020 -2023

  • International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)

    Nominating Committee, 2024 | Chair of the Carolina Chapter, 2020 -2021 | Vice-Director of Spring Programs, 2021 | Chair Elect, 2018 - 2019 | Director, 2015 - 2018

  • American Board of Certification

    Board Member, 2022 -2024 | Marketing Committee, 2022 -2024

  • North Carolina Bar Association

    NCBF 4 ALL Statewide Service Day Committee, 2015 - 2023, Co-Chair, 2024 | Women in the Profession Committee, 2019 - 2023 | Bankruptcy Section Council, 2017 - 2022 | - Nomination Committee, 2019 -2021 | - Treasurer, Bankruptcy Council, 2020 | - Planning Committee Member, 40th NCBA Annual Bankruptcy Institute in Ashville, NC, 2017 | - Planning Committee Member, 35th NCBA Annual Bankruptcy Institute in Greensboro, NC, 2012 | - Pro-Bono Committee Co-Chair, Bankruptcy Section Council, 2015 - 2019 | - Lawyer on the Line with Legal Aid of North Carolina, Volunteer, 2013 - 2018 | - Young Lawyers Division Newsletter Committee and Contributor, 2008 - 2009

  • Wake County Bar Association

    Volunteer Attorney at the Healing Place (drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility), 2007 - 2008, 2011 | Committee Chair of "Silent Partners" Mentoring Program, Young Lawyers Division, 2010 - 2012

  • North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys

    Member, 2007 - 2023

Awards

  • Ranking in Chambers USA, 2021 - 2023
  • 2018 Class of American Bankruptcy Institute's 40 Under 40
  • Super Lawyers, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017 - 2023
  • Business North Carolina Legal Elite Hall of Fame for Bankruptcy Law, 2022
  • Business North Carolina Legal Elite for Bankruptcy, 2013 - 2015, 2017 - 2021
  • 24th to 30th Edition of the Best Lawyers in America in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights and Bankruptcy Litigation
  • Best Lawyers of America- Lawyer of the Year for Litigation- Bankruptcy, 2024
  • Best Lawyers of America- Lawyer of the Year for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights, 2021 & 2022
  • Best Lawyers of America- Lawyer of the Year for Litigation- Bankruptcy, 2018
  • Best Lawyers: Top Lawyers Chosen by Peers, Bankruptcy (featured in Our State Magazine), 2016 - 2018

Speaking Engagements

"Bridging the Gaps: Issues of First Impression in Subchapter V Cases, and How Courts and Practitioners Are Creatively Resolving Them", Panel Moderator, ABI Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop, 2023

"Subchapter V vs. Traditional Chapter 11", Eastern Bankruptcy Institute, 2023

"Subchapter V: Nuts and Bolts", NACBA 31st Annual Convention, 2023

"Plenary Session | Industry Spotlight and 2022 Economic Outlook: Will Your Next Case Be Feasible?", ABI Winter Leadership Conference, 2022

"Demystifying Rainmaking", IWIRC's 18th Annual Spring Conference, 2021

"Bankruptcy Primer for Business Lawyers, The Business Lawyer as First Responder", Business Law Section Meeting and CLE, 2021

"Technology: Effective Presentations Remotely", 43rd NC Annual Bankruptcy Institute, 2020

"Brilliant Strategy or Wasted Effort: Is An Entity's Rights to File Bankruptcy as Sacrosanct as Bankruptcy Attorney's Believe?", 42nd NC Annual Bankruptcy Institute, 2019

"North Carolina Layoff Aversion Program and WARN Act Issues", 41st NC Annual Bankruptcy Institute, 2018

"Current Chapter 11 Issues", Eastern Bankruptcy Institute, 2018

"Wage Claims in Bankruptcy," North Carolina Advocates for Justice Seminar, 2017

"Bankruptcy for the Non-Bankruptcy Attorney", North Carolina Bar Association, 2012

Publications

"Restrictions on the Transfer of LLC Membership Interests: Are They Enforceable in Bankruptcy?", March 2023 Issue of ABI Journal

North Carolina Bankruptcy Practice Manual, 9th Edition (2022), Co-authored with Brian Anderson and Ashley Edwards Section XX on Creditor Committees

"A Sampler Platter of Issues for Unsecured Creditors in Restaurant Bankruptcies", Business Credit Magazine by the National Association of Credit Management, 2019

Client Reviews

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Camp Davis

Mike Malone was a pleasure to work with on a case involving negligence of another attorney in a real estate transaction. Mike was very eager to help us recover money lost in our case. Highly recommended!

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