Ciara L. Rogers

Ciara L. Rogers

recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024
Awarded Practice Areas
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law Litigation - Bankruptcy
Awarded Practice Areas
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law Litigation - Bankruptcy
Works at
Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC

13 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Ciara L. Rogers is a partner at Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey, PLLC. She focuses her practice on bankruptcy and business insolvency. She is certified as a Business Bankruptcy Law Specialist by the North Carolina State Bar and is licensed to practice in all Federal and State Courts in North Carolina and Virginia, as well as the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Before joining Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC, Ciara was an attorney with Oliver & Cheek. Prior to that, she was a law clerk to the Honorable J. Rich Leonard and the Honorable Randy D. Doub of the Eastern District of North Carolina Bankruptcy Court. In 2018, Ciara became the director of Campbell University School of Law’s Stubbs Bankruptcy Clinic where she supervises second- and third-year law students in providing pro bono bankruptcy representation to low wealth individuals in the Eastern District of North Carolina.

Ciara received her Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and History from Averett University and her Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University School of Law. She is a member of the North Carolina and Virginia Bar Associations.

Works at
Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC

13 Best Lawyers awards

Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC logo

Locations

Education

  • North Carolina Central University, J.D., graduated 2009
  • North Carolina Central University, J.D., 2009

Bar Admissions

  • North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association, 2011

Court Admissions

  • 2022: United States District Court and Bankruptcy Court, Western District of North Carolina
  • 2019: Supreme Court of the United States; United States District and Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of North Carolina
  • 2018: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • 2011: North Carolina, all state courts; and, the United States District and Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
  • 2010: United States District and Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia
  • 2009: Virginia, all state courts

Affiliations

  • Stubbs Bankruptcy Clinic at Campbell University School of Law - Director
  • American Bankruptcy Institute - Member
  • National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Subchapter V Section - Member
  • North Carolina Bar Association - Bankruptcy Section Council, Treasurer
  • International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (“IWIRC”), Carolinas Chapter - Treasurer

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Mediation
  • Municipal Law
Awards:
  • 2022: North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization, Business Bankruptcy

  • 2021, 2022, 2024: Business North Carolina Magazine’s Legal Elite in Bankruptcy Law

  • 2021, 2022, 2023: Super Lawyers, Rising Star

  • 2019: Super Lawyers, Rising Star; National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Next Gen Program Selectee

  • 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2022: Supreme Court of North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society

  • 2017: Business North Carolina Magazine, Legal Elite in Bankruptcy Law

  • 2015: Pro-Bono Services Award, North Carolina Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section

  • 2014: National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Honorable Cornelius Blackshear Fellow

  • 2013: North Carolina Bar Association, Leadership Academy Graduate

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