Elizabeth Zwickert Timmermans

Elizabeth Zwickert Timmermans is a Raleigh commercial litigation lawyer who represents financial institutions and other businesses in complex disputes nationwide. She focuses on individual lawsuits, mass actions, class actions, internal investigations, and appellate matters. Her practice includes claims involving mortgage origination and servicing, data privacy, data breach, credit damage, fraud, foreclosure, title disputes, and breach of contract. Clients rely on her trial experience and practical judgment in high-stakes litigation.

Elizabeth earned her J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 2009, graduating magna cum laude and serving as executive issue editor of the Notre Dame Law Review. She also received her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 2004, graduating magna cum laude. Her education provided a strong foundation in legal writing, analysis, and advocacy, which supports her work in complex commercial litigation, investigations, and appeals.

Elizabeth has first-chaired trials in courts across the United States and has helped clients secure favorable verdicts in jury and bench trials. Her experience includes defending financial institutions in borrower disputes, loan agreement claims, forgery allegations, foreclosure-related litigation, and mortgage servicing matters. She has also argued appeals involving loan origination and loan servicing issues before state supreme courts and has handled matters in federal and state appellate courts.

Elizabeth Zwickert Timmermans is recognized for her work in business litigation and was named to North Carolina Rising Stars by Super Lawyers from 2015 through 2019. She also has experience with administrative law proceedings, multi-jurisdiction derivative litigation, land use disputes, zoning issues, and coastal setback matters. Her practice reflects careful preparation, courtroom skill, and a clear understanding of the business and regulatory issues clients face in complex disputes.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, McGuireWoods LLP
• Member, North Carolina Bar Association
• Member, South Carolina Bar
• Member, Hawaii State Bar Association

Licensed State

• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Hawaii

Education

• Notre Dame Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Notre Dame
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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