Jamey Lowdermilk
- Greensboro
- t: 336.271.3167
- f: 336.232.9167
- jlowdermilk@brookspierce.com
Overview
Jamey Lowdermilk is an energetic advocate for small businesses and landowners navigating financial challenges, complex litigation, and strategic resiliency. She represents entities and individuals in tough commercial disputes in state and federal courts, and is proud of multiple state bench trial wins. She also advises clients, including nonprofits and social entrepreneurs, on 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 her legal career, 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.
My Practices
Jamey represents businesses of all sizes in various bankruptcy and financial restructuring matters, including debtors, trustees, and creditors. With her economics background and as a former law clerk in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, she thrives on maximizing value for clients inside and outside the courtroom.
Jamey is an adept litigator for commercial ventures and nonprofit organizations facing difficult financial disputes. Appearances in state and federal courthouses are routine for her, and she’s proud of several bench trial wins. She also has experience in caveat proceedings and is particularly interested in assisting clients engaged in heirs’ property litigation and land retention planning.
Early in her career, Jamey served as an Americorps*VISTA after Hurricane Katrina in Alabama and fought wildfires in Montana for the U.S. Forest Service. She also brings over two decades of nonprofit experience serving as a board member for organizations dedicated to experiential education, sustainable agriculture, and affordable housing. In her legal practice, she advises on disaster response and climate resiliency, including prescribed fire, and counsels social enterprises on formation, fundraising, and succession.
Credentials
Clerkships
Law Clerk to Benjamin A. Kahn, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Honors & Recognitions
Recognized by her peers for inclusion in Business North Carolina’s "Legal Elite" in Bankruptcy Law (2025-2026)
Member, North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society (2020-2023)
Education
University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., 2017, with honors; Articles Editor, North Carolina Law Review, 2016-17
Clemson University, M.S., 2010, Applied Economics & Statistics; Certificate in Public Administration
University of the South, B.A., 2004, Economics & Spanish; Environmental Studies
Admissions
North Carolina
Newsroom
News
Speaking Engagements
Publications
Professional & Civic
Professional & Civic Activities
Member, Board of Directors, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA) (present)
Co-chair, Pro Bono Committee, Bankruptcy Section, North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) (2021 – present)
Trustee, Eagle's Nest Foundation (2012-present)
Coordinator, UNC School of Law Pro Bono Cancer Clinic (2015-2016)
Mentor, UNC School of Law Dean's Fellows (2015-2017)
Tutor, Rocky Mountain Youth Homes (2011-2014)
Americorps*VISTA, Alabama Governor's Office (2006-2007)
About Me
My parents introduced me to canoeing at a young age, mostly on the Nantahala River in western North Carolina. Later, in the summers during college, I taught young adults to whitewater canoe, tandem style. We hauled boats all over the Southeast, learning how to read the water, maneuver through currents, and work together as teammates. These happy memories involve the same skills that inspire my practice—strategy, skill, and collaboration. Though not (always) as fun as paddling, processing challenges with my clients is a great joy. (And river metaphors are welcome!)