Jerry Myers is Smith Debnam’s Managing Partner. He concentrates his practice in the area of creditors’ rights, with an emphasis on debt collection, judgment enforcement, and commercial litigation. Mr. Myers recently served as President of the Commercial Law League of America, the nation’s preeminent organization of creditors’ rights professionals.
Mr. Myers represents clients in the credit and collections industry in a variety of settings including litigation, regulatory compliance and licensing matters, and general business representation. He has practiced in the creditors’ rights field for
more than 20 years and has written and lectured extensively on debt collection and judgment enforcement. Mr. Myers frequently presents CLE programs sponsored by institutions including Wake Forest University School of Law, the North Carolina Bar Foundation, the Commercial Law League of America, and the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys.
Admissions
North Carolina State Bar
Certifications & Professional Recognition
Certified Creditors’ Rights Specialist by the American Board of Certification
Listed among North Carolina Super Lawyers 2005, 2006, 2007
Featured as an “Industry Giant” representing the Commercial Law League of America in
Collections & Credit Risk magazine, May 2006
Education
J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law, 1984
B.S., Wake Forest University, 1980
A.A., summa cum laude, Wingate University, 1978
Professional
Affiliations
Commercial Law League of America
President, 2005-2006
National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys
American Bar Association
North Carolina Bar Association
Wake County Bar Association
Past President, Young Lawyer’s Division
Publications
Author,
Collections and Enforcement of Judgments in North
Carolina, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1997 (The leading creditors’ rights treatise in North Carolina.)
Contributing author, Judgment Enforcement, Aspen Publishers (A national treatise that focuses on creditors’ remedies.)
Contributing author, Commercial Law and Practice Guide, Matthew-Bender (A general treatise on commercial law.)
Contributing author, Manual of Credit and Commercial
Laws, NACM, 2005, (A general treatise on commercial law.)
Author, An Overview of UCITA, Commercial Law Journal (Fall 2001)
Civic
Involvement
Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina
General Counsel (pro bono)
White Memorial Presbyterian Church, Member
Sunday School teacher
North Carolina Museum of History
Associate Member
North Carolina Museum of Art
Associate Member
