Paul A Fanning
Recognized since 2011
Greenville, North Carolina
Banking and Finance Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy

- E-mail: paf@wardandsmith.com
- Direct Phone Number: 252-215-4027
- Lawyer Page: https://www.wardandsmith.com/attorneys/paul-fanning
- 120 West Fire Tower Road
P.O. Box 8088
Greenville, NC 27835-8088
- Wake Forest University, J.D., graduated 1998
- The University of North Carolina at Asheville, BA, graduated 1993
- North Carolina, 1998
- * Please see the following websites for an explanation of the membership standards for the following recognitions: - www.bestlawyers.com; businessnc.com/special-sections/legal-elite/; and www.superlawyers.com/north-carolina.
- American Board of Certification - Sections: Business Bankruptcy; Consumer Bankruptcy
- Boys & Girls Club of Pitt County - president 2008; board member 2005-2011
- Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation - Board of Trustees 2011-2012
- Community Associations Institute - Member
- Eastern North Carolina Inn of Court - Member
- Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce - board of directors 2007-2009
- Kiwanis Club of University City - vice president 2003-2004; board member 2001-2004
- North Carolina Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs - president 2014; secretary/treasurer 2011; board of directors 2007-present
- North Carolina Bar Association - Section: Bankruptcy (council member 2005-2007)
- North Carolina Creditors Bar Association - Member
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina
- Supreme Court
- All state courts in North Carolina
56 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
14 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards


- Litigation - Bankruptcy, Raleigh (2021)
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy and Workouts
- Collections
- COVID-19
- Financial Institutions
- "Lawyer of the Year," Best Lawyers in America
- NC Attorney Pro Bono Honor Society Inductee, NC Pro Bono Resource Center, 2021, 2020
- "Top 100 Super Lawyers," Creditor Debtor Rights, North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2022-2024
- "Super Lawyer," Creditor Debtor Rights, North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2009-2024
- Chambers USA, Bankruptcy/Restructuring – North Carolina, 2019-2023
"Legal Elite," Business North Carolina, Bankruptcy, 2006-2008, 2010-2020, 2022-2024
- Chambers USA 2019, Bankruptcy/Restructuring - North Carolina
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2011-2019
"Legal Elite," Business North Carolina, 2006-2008, 2010-2019
- "Super Lawyer," North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2009-2019
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