Mr. Edward C. Boltz

Edward C. Boltz is the managing partner of the Law Offices of John T. Orcutt, P.C. in Durham,N.C., where he represents clients in not only chapter 13 and 7 bankruptcies, but also in related consumer rights litigation, including fighting abusive mortgage practices and developing solutions for student loans. Mr. Boltz served as the president of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) from 2013-16 and remains on its board of directors, co-chairing its Legislative Committee. He served on ABI?s Consumer Bankruptcy Commission from 2017-19 and on theBankruptcy Council for the North Carolina Bar Association, for which he co-chaired the committee that created a mortgage-modification program for the North Carolina bankruptcy courts. Mr. Boltz is a frequent speaker on bankruptcy issues at both national and local seminars, including at NACBA conventions and workshops, past NCLC workshops and the North Carolina Bankruptcy Institute.In June 2019, he testified on behalf of NACBA in Congress regarding the need for changes to theBankruptcy Code to make student loans dischargeable and to the means test for disabled veterans.In 2008, he testified before Congress to similarly protect those in the National Guard and reservists, which was enacted as the National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act. For the spring 2020 semester, Mr. Boltz served as an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law, assisting clients in the Consumer Financial Transactions clinic with student loans. He is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, which certified him as a specialist in consumer bankruptcy law, and he is admitted to practice before the districts courts in both the Eastern and Middle Districts ofNorth Carolina. Mr. Boltz received his B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1993 and his J.D. from George Washington University in 1996.