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Judges' Roundtable Bios NCBJOctober 6-9 2021 INDIANAPOLIS BACK ON TRACK ETHICS ROUNDTABLES WITH JUDGES Friday, Oct 8, 2021 | White River A-D | 10:00 am HON. PAUL BONAPFEL PAUL W. BONAPFEL has been a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Georgia since 2002. Prior to his appointment, he practiced law in Atlanta, Georgia, with Lamberth, Bonapfel, Cifelli & Stokes, P.A., now known as Lamberth, Cifelli, Ellis & Nason, P.A. As an attorney, Judge Bonapfel represented all types of parties in bankruptcy cases, including consumer and business debtors in liquidation cases, business debtors in reorganization cases, chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy trustees, creditors’ committees, and creditors in both consumer and business cases. Judge Bonapfel is a co-author, with Judge W. Homer Drake, Jr., and Adam M. Goodman, of Chapter 13 Practice and Procedure (Thomson Reuters). A fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, he has served as chairperson of the Bankruptcy Sections of the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta Bar Association and was a director and president of the Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, which presents an annual seminar on bankruptcy law and procedure. He teaches a course at Mercer Law School in Macon, Georgia, on consumer bankruptcy practice. Judge Bonapfel received his B.A. cum laude from Florida State University in 1972 and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1975, where he was Notes Editor of the Georgia Law Review. He was a judicial law clerk for United States District Judge Wilbur D. Owens, Jr., in Macon, Georgia Accelerating the Insolvency Conversation | Speaker Bios | Page 1 NCBJOctober 6-9 2021 INDIANAPOLIS BACK ON TRACK ETHICS ROUNDTABLES WITH JUDGES Friday, Oct 8, 2021 | White River A-D | 10:00 am HON. JAMES BOYD JAMES W. BOYD was appointed as a United States Bankruptcy Judge, Western District of Michigan, in May 2014. He current presides over bankruptcy matters in Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Traverse City. Prior to his judicial service, he was a partner with the Traverse City law firm of Kuhn, Darling, Boyd and Quandt, PLC. From 1988-2014, he served as a Ch. 7 panel trustee and also served as a Ch. 11 operating and liquidation trustee in many cases. While a trustee, he served on the board of directors of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees from 1999-2013, and was the president of that organization in 2010. Judge Boyd is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, and the Federal Bar Association. Accelerating the Insolvency Conversation | Speaker Bios | Page 2 NCBJOctober 6-9 2021 INDIANAPOLIS BACK ON TRACK JUDGES ROUNDTABLES TURBO CHARGING BANKRUPTCY CASES — COVID RESPONSIVE LEGISLATION Friday, Oct 8, 2021 | White River A-D | 12:15 pm HON. COLLEEN BROWN HON. COLLEEN A. BROWN was appointed to serve as the Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Vermont on April 10, 2000, and was reappointed to a second 14-year term on October 6, 2014. Judge Brown received a B.A., cum laude, with honors in philosophy, from Colgate University in 1979, and a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Buffalo Law School in 1983. Since being appointed to the bench, Judge Brown has served as a member of the Vermont Bar Association’s Professionalism Roundtable, Chair of the Federal-State Council for the District of Vermont, Chair of Vermont’s first Rule of Law Conference, Chair of the Federal Judges’ Committee of the National Association of Women Judges. Judge Brown has been very active in the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges since her appointment to the bench, including as the Second Circuit representative to the Board of Governors, a member of two NCBJ Education Committees, Chair of the NCBJ’s U.S. Trustee Liaison Committee, Chair of the NCBJ’s Liaison Committee to the National Association of Women Judges, and Chair of the NCBJ President’s Special Task Force for Cost Containment. She currently serves on the Vermont Bar Association’s Pro Bono Committee and Bankruptcy Section. Judge Brown formerly served as an associate editor for the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, currently serves as an author for Collier on Bankruptcy, 15th edition revised, and frequently lectures on consumer and farm bankruptcy law. Judge Brown was the recipient of the New York State Bar Association's President's Pro Bono Service Award in 1992 and the Vermont Bar Association’s Pro Bono Service Award in 2006. She has announced her retirement from the bench, effective February 2, 2022. She and her family reside in Middlebury, Vermont. Accelerating the Insolvency Conversation | Speaker Bios | Page 3 NCBJOctober 6-9 2021 INDIANAPOLIS BACK ON TRACK VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE WITH JUDGES Friday, Oct 8, 2021 | 10:00 am HON. CARL BUCKI CARL L. BUCKI has served the Western District of New York as a bankruptcy judge since his appointment to that post in December 1993. Judge Bucki graduated from Cornell University magna cum laude and with distinction in 1974, and from the Cornell Law School cum laude in 1976. After serving as confidential law clerk to the Honorable Matthew J. Jasen of the New York Court of Appeals, Carl Bucki entered the private practice of law, first at the firm of Moot & Sprague and later at the firm of Cohen, Swados, Wright, Hanifin, Bradford & Brett. From 1986 to 1993, he also held the position of national counsel for the Polish Union of America. Judge Bucki has lectured and written extensively on bankruptcy issues. He served as a governor of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges from 2001 to 2004, and as an associate editor of the American Bankruptcy Law Journal from 2007 to 2010. Judge Bucki served as a member of the Second Circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the four years that it was in existence, and has served as Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of New York since 2007. Accelerating the Insolvency Conversation | Speaker Bios | Page 4 NCBJOctober 6-9 2021 INDIANAPOLIS BACK ON TRACK JUDGES ROUNDTABLES TURBO CHARGING BANKRUPTCY CASES — COVID RESPONSIVE LEGISLATION Friday, Oct 8, 2021 | White River A-D | 12:15 pm HON. JAMES M. CARR Judge Carr is a 1975 magna cum laude graduate of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington and was Order of the Coif. Upon graduation from law school, Judge Carr joined the Indianapolis-based law firm of Baker & Daniels. He was a partner in that firm as well as in its successor, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP. Before becoming a judge in January, 2013, Judge Carr was in private practice for 38 years and focused on the representation of business debtors and creditors in chapter 11 cases, financial restructurings and commercial litigation. Judge Carr received a Business Bankruptcy Law certification from the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification in 1993, and is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Judge Carr served for many years as a panelist and the chair of the annual Sig Beck advanced bankruptcy roundtable presented by the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum. He has been a panelist and chair of many seminars on bankruptcy, reorganization, creditor rights and lender liability sponsored by the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Federal Bar Association, Commercial Law League and Indiana Bankers Association. Judge Carr is an adjunct professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, teaching bankruptcy and business reorganization. He currently serves on the law school’s Board of Visitors and is a past member and president of its Alumni Board. Accelerating the Insolvency Conversation | Speaker Bios | Page 5 NCBJOctober 6-9 2021 INDIANAPOLIS BACK ON TRACK ETHICS ROUNDTABLES WITH JUDGES Friday, Oct 8, 2021 | White River A-D | 10:00 am HON. MAGDELINE COLEMAN CHIEF JUDGE COLEMAN was appointed bankruptcy judge for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in April 2010 and was designated to serve as chief judge on June 10, 2019. She received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Coleman worked for various law firms concentrating her law practice in bankruptcy and related litigation representing banks and other institutional creditors, commercial debtors, landlords, and various other parties. She also served as a staff attorney for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Judge Coleman later served as law clerk to former bankruptcy judge David A. Scholl. Since taking the bench, Judge Coleman has adjudicated cases under all chapters of the Bankruptcy Code and has issued decisions addressing many aspects of bankruptcy law including complicated Chapter 11 matters. Accelerating the Insolvency Conversation | Speaker Bios | Page 6 NCBJOctober 6-9 2021 INDIANAPOLIS BACK ON TRACK VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE WITH JUDGES Friday, Oct 8, 2021 | 10:00 am HON. ROBERTA COLTON ROBERTA A. COLTON is a bankruptcy judge for the Middle District of Florida. In addition to her judicial responsibilities, Judge Colton also serves as a member of the mediation team involved in the Puerto Rico PROMESA cases. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Colton practiced at Trenam Law in Tampa, Florida, where she was a shareholder and a member of the firm’s Executive Board. Prior to joining Trenam, she served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable James C. Hill of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Judge Colton received her B.A. in commerce with distinction from the University of Virginia, and her J.D. from William & Mary Law School. During her over thirty years in practice, Judge Colton was active in service to the legal profession and has been recognized for her accomplishments. Among others, she was listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights from 1995-2016, and named one of the top ten Super Lawyer’s in the State of Florida from 2011–16.
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