Joseph N. Callaway

Hon. Joseph N. Callaway is a Bankruptcy Judge for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in Greenville, appointed in January 2016. Previously, he practiced law at Battle Win-slow Scott and Wiley in Rocky Mount and Raleigh, N.C., where he remained for more than 32 years and was the head of the firm’s creditor rights and bankruptcy practice department for many years. While in private practice, he was licensed in and participated in cases before all levels of state and federal courts<br>in North Carolina, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition, he served as a chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee and was a certified specialist in business and consumer bankruptcy law for more than 20 years. Judge Callaway was regularly listed as an “Elite BusinessAttorney” and a North Carolina Super Lawyer in the area of bankruptcy law for numerous years. He also served as an officer and director of the Bankruptcy Section of the North Carolina Bar Association.Judge Callaway is a frequent speaker at bankruptcy and business law seminars on various bankruptcy and commercial litigation topics. He received his B.A. in political science from the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill in 1980 and his J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law in1983.