Michael L. Martinez

Direct Dial: (704) 332-0209
E-mail: mmartinez@grierlaw.com
Born in Belleville, NJ, June 25, 1984; admitted to bar, 2009, North Carolina and U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina (2009).
Education
Areas of Practice
Corporate & Business Law
Certifications
Board Certified Specialist in Business Bankruptcy Law (NC State Bar)
Memberships
Mecklenburg County Bar Association
North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Law Section)
North Carolina State Bar
American Bankruptcy Institute
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
Reported Cases
Publications and Presentations
“Subchapter V Trustee Duties and Pre-Plan Considerations,” 2020 NABT Subchapter V Bootcamp
Co-Managing Editor, North Carolina Bankruptcy Practice Manual, Eighth Edition (2017)
“The Ebb of Rising-Tide Distributions in Ponzi Scheme Bankruptcies,” XXXV ABI Journal 6, 16, 69-70, June 2016
“What’s New in Chapter 11 Practice?,” 2014 Western North Carolina Bankruptcy Seminar
Community Involvement
NCBA Bankruptcy Section Council, Member (2017-2021); Mecklenburg Bar Foundation, Incoming President (2020-2021), Secretary (2019-2020); Board of Directors (2018-2019); MBF Development Committee, Vice-Chair (2018-2019), Member (2018-2021); NCBA Annual Bankruptcy Institute Planning Committee, Chair (2020-2021), Member (2019-2021); 2020 Western District of North Carolina Bankruptcy Local Rules Committee; MCB / MBF Bar Leadership Institute Committee, Chair (2018-2019), Vice-Chair (2017-2018), Member (2015-2019); MCB Continuing Legal Education Committee, Member (2016-2019); MCB Communications Committee, Chair (2014-2015), Vice-Chair (2013-2014), Member (2012-2015); NCBA / Legal Aid of North Carolina Lawyer on the Line Program Volunteer (2012-Present); NCBA YLD Pro Bono and Poverty Issues Committee, Member (2015-2017); NCBA YLD Project Grace Committee, Member (2015-2017); Western North Carolina Bankruptcy Seminar Planning Committee, Chair (2014-2015), Vice-Chair (2013-2014), Member (2012-2015); MCB Linking Lawyers Mentorship Program Volunteer (2015); MCB Lunch with a Lawyer Mentorship Program Volunteer (2010-2011); NCBA YLD Wills for Heroes Program Volunteer (2010-2011).
Recognition
American Bankruptcy Institute 40 Under 40, Class of 2020
2018 NCBA Bankruptcy Section Outstanding Achievement in Pro Bono Award
Supreme Court of North Carolina Pro Bono Society (2016)
2015 Next Generation Program, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges
MCB / MBF Bar Leadership Institute, Graduate Class of 2014
2013 Legal Services of Southern Piedmont Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award
Super Lawyers (A registered trademark of Thomson Reuters) (Bankruptcy) (since 2018)