Meet Cort Walker
Cort Walker
Attorney
To Cort Walker, the greatest professional satisfaction he can derive as a bankruptcy lawyer is when clients realize they have a fresh start in life.
“It’s a rewarding experience seeing people getting back on track in life, putting difficult financial problems in the past, and getting things back in order,” he says.
Cort handles all types of bankruptcy cases, with a good share of his work focusing on Chapter 13 bankruptcies, which help people reorganize their finances and develop a plan to move forward.
Cort joined Sasser Law Firm in 2010 after serving for two years as a judicial clerk for Justice Edward Thomas Brady of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Since then, he has developed a busy practice that has included many highlights, including three appearances at the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where he presented oral arguments.
Another highlight began in 2015 when he reviewed documents that WakeMed Health and Hospitals in Raleigh had filed against his clients to collect debts and noticed that the records included personally identifying information in violation of the federal bankruptcy code. Cort filed a civil suit, and in 2016 a federal bankruptcy court ordered WakeMed to notify patients of the breach, pay a fine, and offer the affected individuals one year of free credit monitoring.
Cort was born and raised near Yakima, Washington, and received a degree in Biblical Studies from Grace College in Indiana. He then attended Grace Theological Seminary and moved to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Katrina, where he served as a pastor for 4 years before deciding to become a lawyer.
He enrolled at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he served as managing editor of the Law Review and graduated magna cum laude. He then moved to North Carolina to clerk for Justice Brady and later met Travis Sasser and joined Sasser Law Firm.
Cort’s work has earned him a designation as a board-certified specialist in consumer bankruptcy law in North Carolina. In 2019, Cort was appointed as a member of the Local Rules Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He has presented several times at the Eastern Bankruptcy Institute (EBI).
He and his family live in the Raleigh area, and he is active in his church. He enjoys running and occasionally competing in a Spartan Race with his sons or friends.
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