J. Michael Fields

J. Michael Fields


Ward and Smith, P.A.

Recognized since 2018

Greenville, North Carolina

Practice Areas

Banking and Finance Law

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

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Michael leads the Health Care practice. He counsels physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers on regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters. He represents all types of closely-held businesses and their owners on such issues as the formation of business entities, financing transactions, and the merger, acquisition, and sale of businesses. Additionally, Michael advises banks, automobile and tractor finance companies, shopping center owners, homeowners' associations, and suppliers in the agricultural and construction industries on financing transactions, workouts, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and collections. His bankruptcy practice is focused on the representation of creditors in contested plan confirmation, relief from stay, cash collateral, lease assumption and assignment, fraudulent transfer, and preference litigation.

Michael also provides mediation services in bankruptcy cases. His mediation training includes the acclaimed 40-hour American Bankruptcy Institute/St. John’s University School of Law Bankruptcy Mediation Training Program held in New York.

He has been rated by his peers as "preeminent" in his respective fields of law.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 120 West Fire Tower Road
    P.O. Box 8088
    Greenville, NC 27835-8088
Education
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., with honors, graduated 1991
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S., graduated 1988
Bar Admissions
  • North Carolina, 1991
  • Georgia, 2015
Affiliations
  • American Bankruptcy Institute - Member
  • American Health Lawyers Association - Member
  • Arendell Parrot Academy - Board of Trustees 2005-2011
  • Community Associations Institute - Member
  • Eastern North Carolina Inn of Court - Member
  • Kiwanis Club of University City - President (2004-2005)
  • North Carolina Bar Association - Sections: Health Law; Business Law; Bankruptcy Law - Member
  • North Carolina Society of Health Care Attorneys - Member
Court Admissions
  • All state courts in North Carolina
  • All state courts in Georgia
  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina
  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Ward and Smith, P.A.
Headquarters: New Bern, North Carolina

54 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

13 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Special Focus:
  • COVID-19
Awards:
  • The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers®, 2018-2024
  • "Healthcare Power List," NC Lawyers Weekly, 2023
  • The Best Lawyers in America, 2018
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Health Care Law

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