Tracy Allen Giles

Roanoke, Virginia
Partner, since 1992

Areas of Practice

• 100% Bankruptcy Law

Bar Admissions

• Virginia, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1992
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Virginia, 1993

Education

• Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia, May, 1992
  Juris Doctor
  
  
• University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, August, 1987
  Bachelor of Arts
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Seminar, Virginia CLE, 2003 - 2005
• Young Lawyers Conference, Professional Development Conference, Virginia State Bar
• VSB Admission and Orientation Ceremony, Virginia State Bar
• Virginia Bar Leadership Institute, Virginia State Bar
• ABA/Dept. of Justice, National Conference on Domestic Violence, American Bar Association/U.S. Department of Justice
• Participant, VSB Professionalism Video, Virginia State Bar
• Faculty, Virginia State Bar Professionalism Course, 2007 - 2009

Honors and Awards

• R. Edwin Burnette, Jr. Young Lawyer of the Year Award, Virginia State Bar, 1996
• National Public Service Award from Director of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 1996
• Platinum Key Award, American Bar Association, Law Student Division, 2000

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (ABA), 2005 - Present
  Virginia State Delegate
  
  
• ABA Steering Committee of the Nominating Committee, 2008 - Present
  
  
• ABA House of Delegates Nominating Committee, 2005 - Present
  
  
• ABA House of Delegates, 2005 - Present
  1997 - 2000
  
  
• Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
  Virginia State Co-chair
  
  
• ABA Segment Value Leadership Initiative, 2008 - Present
  Chair, Small Firm Committee
  
  
• ABA House of Delegates Committe on Credentials and Admissions, 2005 - 2008
  
  
• ABA Standing Committee on Meetings and Travel, 2004 - 2007
  
  
• ABA Working Group on Strategic Planning, 2004 - 2005
  
  
• ABA Standing Committee on Membership, 2001 - 2004
  
  
• ABA Appointments Committee for President-Elect Michael S. Greco, 2004 - 2005
  Vice-chair
  
  
• ABA Appointments Committee for President-Elect Robert J. Grey, Jr., 2003 - 2004
  Chair
  
  
• ABA Appointments Committee for President-Elect Dennis W. Archer, 2002 - 2003
  
  
• ABA Council for the Fund for Justice and Education, 2001 - 2003
  
  
• ABA President's Club for the Fund for Justice and Education
  
  
• ABA Ad Hoc Committee on Corporate Sponsorship, 2001 - 2002
  
  
• ABA Standing Committee on Solo and Small Firm Practice, 2000 - 2001
  
  
• ABA Board of Governors, 1997 - 2000
  
  
• ABA Board of Governors Finance Committee, 1997 - 2000
  
  
• ABA Board for the Fund for Justice and Education, 1997 - 2000
  
  
• ABA Commission on Domestic Violence, 1997 - 2000
  Liason
  
  
• ABA National Conference of Lawyers and the Media, 1998 - 1999
  Liason
  
  
• ABA Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee, 1996 - 2000
  
  
• ABA Young Lawyers Division Council, 1995 - 2000
  
  
• ABA Diaster Legal Service Committee, 1995 - 1996
  Nationwide Chair
  
  
• ABA Coordinating Committee on Legal Education, 1991 - 1992
  
  
• ABA Law Student Division, 1991 - 1992
  Chair
  
  
• Virginia State Bar (VSB) Council Representative for the 23rd Judicial Circuit
  beginning July 1, 2009
  
  
• VSB Board of Virginia Continuing Learning Education
  Executive Committee, 2009 - present, Member, 2007 - present
  
  
• VSB Eighth District Disciplinary Committee
  Chair, 2008 - present, Member, 2004 - present
  
  
• VSB Young Lawyers Conference, 2008 - Present
  Long Range Planning Committee
  
  
• VSB Executive Committee of the Conference of Local Bars, 2002 - 2008
  
  
• VSB Executive Director Search Committee, 2007 - 2008
  
  
• VSB Executive Committee, 2000 - 2001
  
  
• VSB Bar Council, 2000 - 2001
  
  
• VSB Young Lawyers Conference
  President, 2000 - 2001, Secretary 1998 - 1999
  
  
• VSB Board of Governors for Young Lawyers Conference, 1996 - 2002
  
  
• VSB Emergency Legal Services, 1994 - 1996
  
  
• VSB Young Lawyers Professional Development Conference
  Co-founder
  
  
• Roanoke Bar Association (RBA)
  Member, Board of Directors
  
  
• RBA Service Committee
  Co-chair
  
  
• RBA Law Day Committee
  Co-chair
  
  

Pro Bono Activities

• Board Member, Legal Aid Society of the Roanoke Valley
• Board Member, Apple Ridge Farms

Birth Information

• January 18, 1963

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