O. Max Gardner III is AV Rated
with Martindale Hubbell.
O. Max Gardner III has been a
featured speaker on Consumer Bankruptcy Law at numerous National and Local
Bankruptcy Seminars and Conferences.
For example, he has served as
a Moderator and Lecturer on Consumer Bankruptcy Law at Continuing Legal
Education programs sponsored by:
National Association of Consumer
Advocates
National Association of Consumer
Bankruptcy Attorneys
North Carolina Bar Foundation
South Carolina Bar Association
(Bankruptcy Section)
Mecklenburg County Bar Association
United States Bankruptcy Court
for the Western District of North Carolina
Consistently rated as one of the
very best Lecturers by seminar participants
Lecturer and Speaker at the 2004
Annual Meeting of NACBA in Boston
Featured Speaker at the 2004 Annual
Meeting of the American Bankers Association of the Carolinas in Charlotte
Lecturer and Speaker for the 2004
Bankruptcy Seminar for the US Bankruptcy Court for the WDNC
In addition to notes and articles
that have been published in the North Carolina Law Review and written
materials prepared and published by various legal organizations and associations
for seminars and other legal courses of study, regular articles have also
been written for and published by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly,
The
Journal of the North Carolina Bar Association, The North Carolina State
Bar, and The Mecklenburg County Bar. Such recent articles include
but are not limited to the following: When I Die I Want To Go
To Heaven, But I Hear They Don't Let Lawyers In!; The Joke's
On All Of Us; Lawyer Lies; A New Federal Marshal in Town;
The
Election of Judges; and Card Sharks.
O. Max Gardner III's writing includes
articles for The Shelby Star, The Charlotte Observer, and The
Raleigh News & Observer.
O. Max Gardner has also been recently
quoted in The New York Times.
Bankruptcy Law
North Carolina, 1974
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
U.S. District Court Western District
of North Carolina, 1974
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit,
1974
U.S. Supreme Court, 2002
U.S. District Court Middle District
of North Carolina, 1974
U.S. District Court Eastern District
of North Carolina, 1974
University of North Carolina School
of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1974
J.D.
Honors: Graduated with
Honors
Honors: Named to Order
of Coif
Honors: Class Rank 8/245
Honors: Chief Justice
Walter Clark Award
Honors: Pi Delta Phi -
Outstanding Law Graduate of 1974
Honors: President, UNC
Student Bar Foundation
Honors: Member, Morehead
Law Fellowship Selection Committee
Law Review: North Carolina Law
Review
University of North Carolina -
Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
A.B.
Honors: Dean's List; 3.25
Average
Major: Political Science
North Carolina Bar Association
North Carolina Academy of Trial
Lawyers
American Bar Association
American Trial Lawyers Association
National Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers
Southern Trial Lawyers Association
National Association of Consumer
Bankruptcy Attorneys
Civil Justice Foundation
National Consumer Law Center
Cleveland County Bar Association
Mecklenburg County Bar Association
27-B Judicial District Bar Association
AIDS Task Force (NCBA)
Committee for Continuing Legal
Education (NCBA)
Practical Training Committee (NCBA)
Committee on Lawyer Referral Services
(NCBA)
County and State Conventions
Precinct Officer and Delegate
Committee on Legal Economics (NCBA)
Committee on Consumer Bankruptcies,
National Consumer Law Center (NCLS)
Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute
(SBLI)
Fourth Circuit Committee on Banking
and Bankruptcy (ABA)
Committee on Claimant's Rights
in Social Security Matters
National Organization of Social
Security Claims Representatives (NOSSCR)
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (WDNC)
Local Rules Committee
NC Academy of Trial Lawyers
Chairperson, Bankruptcy Section
O. Max Gardner Foundation
Vice President and Director
Educational Foundation of The
University of North Carolina
Member, Chapel Hill, N.C.
University of North Carolina,
Law Alumni Association
Director, Chapel Hill, N.C.
General Alumni Association
Life Member, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Gardner-Webb University, General
Alumni Association
Member, Boiling Springs, N.C.
Gardner-Webb University, Bulldog
Club
Member, Boiling Springs, N.C.
Gardner-Webb University, Fund
Raising Drive for $3.5 million Convocation & Special Events Center,
Boiling Springs, N.C.,
National Chairman
Gardner-Webb University
Board Of Trustees, Boiling Springs,
N.C.
Shelby Downtown Improvement Corporation
Board of Directors
Shelby Merchants Association
Board of Directors
Shelby Economic Development Commission
Chairman
Greater Shelby Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Shelby Merchants Association
Chairman, Christmas Parade Committee
Rotary Club of Shelby, North Carolina
Cleveland County Chapter, Amerian
Cancer Society
Chairman, Annual Fund Raising
Drive
Cleveland County Chapter, American
Cancer Society
Board of Directors
National Multiple Sclerosis Society,
Greater Carolinas Chapter, Charlotte Division
Board of Directors
McNeill Smith for the United States
Senate Campaign
Campaign Treasurer
Democratic
Party of North Carolina
General Counsel
Democratic Party of Cleveland
County
Parliamentarian
North Carolina State Bar
American Bankruptcy Institute
(Consumer Rights Section)
Bankruptcy Section (NCBA)
Litigation Section (NCBA)
Family Law Section (NCBA)
Criminal Justice Section (NCBA)
Law Office Management Section
(NCBA)
General Practice Section (NCBA)
Section of Solo Practitioners
and Small Firms (ABA)
Chief Justice William Bobbitt,
Supreme Court of North Carolina,
Research Assistant
August 1, 1974 - January 1, 1975
Associate Justice William Copeland,
Supreme Court of North Carolina,
Research Assistant
January 1, 1975 - July 31, 1975
Smith Moore Smith Schell &
Hunter, Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
August 1, 1975 - August 1, 1977
Sims, Walker & Steinfeld,
P.C., Of Counsel,
January 1, 1989 - April 1, 1992
The Democratic Party of North
Carolina, General Counsel,
October 1, 1989 - January 1,
1993
Law Offices of O. Max Gardner
III, Professional Corporation,
August 7, 1977 - Present
October 6, 1945, Shelby, North
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