NCBA Bankruptcy Section Receives NCBA’s "Filling the Justice Gap" Award for Pro Bono Network Organized by Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair and Brooks Pierce Partner Jamey Lowdermilk

Brooks Pierce partner Jamey Lowdermilk serves as co-chair with Diana Santos Johnson of the Pro Bono Committee for the Bankruptcy Section of the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA). The Section has been selected by the NCBA’s Pro Bono Committee to receive the 2026 NCBA “Filling the Justice Gap” Pro Bono Service Award for the Section’s Bankruptcy Pro Bono Network, organized by Jamey and Diana in collaboration with Allison Constance, Director of Pro Bono Programs for Legal Aid North Carolina. The Bankruptcy Pro Bono Network facilitates a referral system for individuals who qualify for free civil legal services that need bankruptcy counsel to connect with pro bono or “low bono” private practice attorneys for representation.

This annual award is presented to an attorney, law firm, or organization making innovative strides in providing legal services that help close the justice gap in North Carolina. This gap exists when individuals of limited means do not qualify for free civil legal services in matters affecting their basic needs and cannot afford to retain private counsel. Honorees are recognized for demonstrating how their innovative approaches have expanded access to legal services for these underserved clients.

All recipients will be recognized during the awards and recognitions program at the 2026 NCBA Annual Meeting on June 26 in Charlotte, NC.

The NCBA serves both the public and the legal profession by promoting the administration of justice and encouraging the highest standards of integrity, competence, civility, and well-being among its members.

In her broader legal practice, Jamey provides dynamic and passionate counsel on complex business and family litigation, including heirs’ property, bankruptcy and insolvency challenges, and nonprofit matters. She represents businesses and individuals in complex commercial matters in state and federal courts, and has tried multiple state district court bench cases. She also advises clients establishing new entities and reorganizing existing endeavors. Jamey is a former law clerk for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Before law school, she served as a Presidential Management Fellow with the U.S. Forest Service, where she facilitated internal land management projects and achieved certification in incident qualifications for wildland fire.