George F. Sanderson, III

George Sanderson is the principal and founder of the Sanderson Law Firm, PLLC in Raleigh, N.C., and advises individuals and companies on a wide array of business bankruptcy and business-litigation matters. Before starting his own firm, he was a partner in one of the top boutique law firms in North Carolina and had been associated with two other nationally recognized law firms. Mr. Sanderson has appeared in courts and arbitration tribunals throughout the country. His bankruptcy experience includes representing debtors, creditors, officers, directors and trustees in numerous corporate chapter 11 and 7 bankruptcies.He has counseled clients on restructurings, loan workouts, asset purchases and sales, lease assumptions and rejections, preferences, fraudulent transfers, vendor claims, officer and director liability, and lender liability. Mr. Sanderson is currently the chair of the E-Discovery Subcommittee of the ABA BusinessLaw Section’s Committee on Bankruptcy Court Structure and Insolvency Process. He was named toBusiness North Carolina’s Legal Elite Hall of Fame for his bankruptcy work in 2020, and he has also served as the chair of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Antitrust and Complex Business DisputesSection. Mr. Sanderson received his B.A. magna cum laude from Georgetown University and his J.D.from New York University School of Law, after which he clerked for Hon. Stephen C. St. John of theU.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.