Ms. Walters offers clients more than 15 years of versatile experience in representing and counseling clients in corporate insolvency, distressed lending, restructuring and bankruptcy, and complex Chapter 11 cases. Her clients include secured and unsecured creditors and creditors’ committees in reorganizations and liquidations nationwide, as well as purchasers and sellers of debt and assets in foreclosure sales, Article 9 sales, and Chapter 11 363 sales. She has extensive experience in bankruptcy litigation centered on the defense of preference and fraudulent transfer actions, as well as dischargeability contests, including significant student loan litigation activity. Her practice spans multiple sectors, including health care, banking and finance, real estate, agriculture, education, transportation, hospitality, retail, construction, and manufacturing.
She has represented national and regional bank lenders, specialty ag lenders, and farm credit lenders on distressed ag loans with a mix of collateral types, including overall farm production, real estate, equipment, crops, and live animals. Her primary focus has been working with clients in Chapters 11 and 12 bankruptcy issues, and litigation for perfection and marshaling issues. Additionally, her work focuses on transactions, including forbearances and workouts, and preparing loan modifications and renewals post-default and post-bankruptcy.
Ms. Walters holds leadership positions in the International Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, National Democratic Institute, and North Carolina Bar Association. She is also active in the Raleigh community, serving on the board of directors of Note in the Pocket and volunteering for Legal Aid of North Carolina and Haven House Services.