NACBA Board of Directors: 2018 Election Results
(Washington, D.C.) The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) is announcing the latest
election results for the Board of Directors. Carol A. Colliersmith, Esq., from Marietta, GA, and Edward C. Boltz, Esq., from
Durham, NC were re-elected to the Board of Directors. NACBA congratulates Jenny L. Doling, Esq. on being elected to
the Board of Directors for 2018.
Edward C. Boltz, Esq,
Board Member
Durham, North Carolina Carol A. Colliersmith, Esq,
Board Member
Marietta, Georgia Jenny L. Doling, Esq,
Board Member
Palm Desert, California
Mr. Boltz received his B.A. from
Washington University in St. Louis
in 1993 and his J.D. from George
Washington University in 1996. He is
a member of the North Carolina State
Bar, where he has been certified as
a specialist in consumer bankruptcy
law. He is admitted to practice before
the Districts Courts in both the Eastern
and Middle Districts of North Carolina.
Edward C. Boltz is a member of the
Law Offices of John T. Orcutt, P.C.,
where he has managed the firm’s office
in Durham, North Carolina since 1998,
representing clients in not only Chapter
13 and Chapter 7 bankruptcies, but also
in related consumer rights litigation,
including fighting abusive mortgage
practices. Ms. Colliersmith received her law
degree from the Fredric G. Levin College
of Law at the University of Florida and
has practiced exclusively consumer
and small business bankruptcy law
since 2001. She has been an active
member of the National Association of
Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys for
many years. She is the past president
of the Metro Atlanta Consumer
Bankruptcy Attorneys Group and former
NACBA State Co-Chair for Georgia.
She is a member of the Bankruptcy
Section of the Georgia Bar and is or
has been a member of the Atlanta Bar
Association, the Cobb Bar Association
and the American Bankruptcy Institute.
She is a recipient of both the K.
Colleen Nunnelly Award and Hammes-
Shulman Legislative Advocate Award.
In years 2014 and 2015, she testified
before the State House Judiciary
Committee on Consumer Protection
and Debt Settlement issues. She is a
mentor attorney with the Bankruptcy
Assistance Practice Program, (Law
Clinic) at Georgia State University
College of Law. Ms. Doling was honored with the
National Distinguished Service Award
in 2013 by the National Association
of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.
In addition, she was honored with
the Hammes-Shulman Legislative
Advocate Award in 2016 for her
tireless efforts in working to increase
the California laws. Ms. Doling is a
founding Partner of DOLING SHAW &
HANOVER, APC, a highly respected
firm serving Southern California. She
is the Professor of Bankruptcy Law at
the California Desert Trial Academy.
In addition, she is a frequent speaker
nationwide on the topic of Bankruptcy.
In addition to serving on the Board
of Directors for NACBA, where he is
jointly responsible for directing the
State Chair program, Mr. Boltz serves
on the Bankruptcy Council for the
North Carolina Bar Association and
previously served as the Bankruptcy
Chair for the North Carolina Association
of Trial Lawyers. In April 2008, Mr.
Boltz testified on behalf of NACBA
in Congress regarding the need for
changes to the bankruptcy code to
protect National Guard and Reservists
returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
from the harsh results of the Means
Test, which was enacted as the National
Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act.
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Election of Officers
The NACBA Board of Directors
unanimously elected the following
to the Executive Committee:
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Spring 2018
John C. Colwell, President
Edward C. Boltz, Vice President
Eugene Melchionne, Secretary
James Ike Shulman, Treasurer
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys