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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. Judge Colton served as Eleventh Circuit Regent for the American College of Bankruptcy and Chair of the Grievance Committee of the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. She also is the former Chair of the Florida Bar Business Law Section, Bankruptcy/UCC Committee, and the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association.

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HON. BESS M. CRESWELL

BESS CRESWELL was appointed to serve as United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Alabama on April 16, 2018, and became Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Alabama on October 17, 2020. Prior to her appointment to the bench, she was a partner in Burr & Forman LLP’s Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Group where she represented debtors, creditors, and committees in workouts, debt restructuring, and bankruptcy cases. She earned her J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law, her M.B.A. from the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business, and her B.A. from Campbell University. After law school, she served as law clerk to the Honorable Ray C. Mullins in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She presently serves on the Policy and Procedure Committee and the Endowment Committee for the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and is a member of the Alabama Bankruptcy Assistance Project Advisory Board. She and her husband, Michael, have two children.

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HON. BESS M. CRESWELL

BESS CRESWELL was appointed to serve as United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Alabama on April 16, 2018, and became Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Alabama on October 17, 2020. Prior to her appointment to the bench, she was a partner in Burr & Forman LLP’s Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Group where she represented debtors, creditors, and committees in workouts, debt restructuring, and bankruptcy cases. She earned her J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law, her M.B.A. from the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business, and her B.A. from Campbell University. After law school, she served as law clerk to the Honorable Ray C. Mullins in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She presently serves on the Policy and Procedure Committee and the Endowment Committee for the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and is a member of the Alabama Bankruptcy Assistance Project Advisory Board. She and her husband, Michael, have two children.

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HON. DIANE DAVIS

DIANE DAVIS was appointed Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of New York, Utica Division, on March 6, 2009. By order signed by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Suddaby pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 154(b) and Administrative Order #27, Honorable Diane Davis was appointed Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of New York effective February 16, 2021.

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HON. BARBARA ELLIS-MONRO

BARBARA ELLIS-MONRO was appointed to the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia in June, 2012. Judge Ellis-Monro is a 1984 graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. She received her J.D. in 1992 from the University of Georgia School of Law, cum laude, and was a member of the Order of the Coif. Judge Ellis-Monro served as law clerk to the Honorable George L. Proctor (deceased), United States Bankruptcy Judge, Middle District of Florida. After her clerkship and prior to her appointment to the bench she practiced in Atlanta with three different firms. In each of these positions, Judge Ellis-Monro’s practice was primarily concentrated in the representation of chapter 11 debtors, chapter 7 trustees and creditors under all chapters of the Code. Judge Ellis-Monro was a founding member of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation- Georgia Network, served as a board member for the bankruptcy section of the State Bar of Georgia and as a board member for the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers.

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HON. MICHAEL FAGONE

MICHAEL A. FAGONE is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Maine in Bangor, appointed in April 2015. He is also a member of the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit, appointed in April 2016. He attended the University of Maine School of Law, graduating summa cum laude in 1997. During law school, he served on the Law Review, and was an articles editor in his third year. After graduation, Judge Fagone worked as a law clerk for Associate Justices Leigh I. Saufley and Robert W. Clifford of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Following his clerkship, Judge Fagone joined Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson in Portland. He was a member of Bernstein Shur’s Business Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group from 1998 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2015. Judge Fagone currently serves on the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Board of Directors, and is a volunteer with the ABI’s financial literacy program, Credit Abuse Resistance Education (or CARE), teaching students about the responsible use of credit and the dangers of credit abuse. Judge Fagone has also volunteered for several years, as a coach and an evaluator, for Maine Law’s teams in the Conrad B. Duberstein Moot Court Competition.

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HON. BRIAN FENIMORE

BRIAN T. FENIMORE has served as a bankruptcy judge in the Western District of Missouri since August 31, 2017, and is currently the Chief Judge. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1988 with a degree in Agricultural Economics, and the University of Michigan Law School in 1990. After graduating from law school, he clerked for the Honorable Arthur B. Federman and then led the bankruptcy team at Lathrop Gage LLP for more than 20 years, representing debtors, creditors, and many other parties in interest. Brian currently serves on the NCBJ's Membership Services Committee, New Member Subcommittee, and Federal Rules Advisory Committee.

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HON. CATHERINE J. FURAY

CATHERINE J. FURAY is the Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin. Prior to appointment, she practiced bankruptcy, commercial law, and business litigation.

She has a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Law School and guest lectures in the Bankruptcy course.

She is a member of the Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and the Advisory Process Review Working Group.

Cate is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Ginsberg & Martin on Bankruptcy.

Judge Furay is a member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. She has served on its Board of Governors and on various committees, and she currently chairs the Finance Committee.

She is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and has served on various ABI committees. Judge Furay is a member of the Turnaround Management Association, a member of the Board of Trustees, and Past President of the Certification Oversight Committee.

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HON. CRAIG A. GARGOTTA

JUDGE CRAIG A. GARGOTTA was appointed a bankruptcy judge for the W.D. Texas on October 1, 2007. Prior to becoming a judge, Judge Gargotta was an Asst. U.S. Attorney in San Antonio from 1990-2007. Judge Gargotta has a B.A. and M.A. in History from Texas A&M University and a law degree from St. Mary's School of Law. Judge Gargotta was a law clerk to Judge Ronald B. King after graduating from St. Mary's. Judge Gargotta is a member of the NCBJ, serves as a member of the Advisory Board to the ABLJ, master in Larry E. Kelly Inn of Court, and director of the Texas Aggie Bar Association. Judge Gargotta is also an adjunct professor of legal writing at St. Mary's law school. Judge Gargotta and his wife Susan have been married for over 35 years and have two sons, Randy and Colin.

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HON. EDWARD GODOY

JUDGE GODOy graduated, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in Philadelphia with a B.S. degree in finance and economics. He received his J.D. degree from Columbia University Law School in New York. Judge Godoy also took postgraduate courses on the civil and commercial codes at the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina.

Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Godoy was a Trial Attorney at the United States Trustee Program, Department of Justice, where he worked on chapter 7 and 11 cases and focused on combating debtor fraud and creditor abuse. Before joining the Department of Justice, he practiced law in San Juan, Puerto Rico and specialized in federal litigation, professional liability, and product liability. Judge Godoy was also a foreign law trainee at Estudio Beccar Varela in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Pinheiro Neto Advogados in São Paulo, Brazil.

Judge Godoy is a member of the state bars of New Jersey, New York, and Puerto Rico.

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HON. ELIZABETH L. GUNN

HON. ELIZABETH L. GUNN was appointed to serve as bankruptcy judge for the District of Columbia on September 4, 2020. A COVID-era selection and appointment, she was sworn in by Zoom from her living room and has yet to rule from an actual bench. Before her appointment, Judge Gunn served as an Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia as the bankruptcy specialist for the Division of Child Support Enforcement. Prior to joining the Office of the Attorney General, Judge Gunn was in private practice in Richmond, Virginia. In 2017, Elizabeth was recognized by the American Bankruptcy Institute as a member of its inaugural class of 40 Under 40. Elizabeth serves on the board of the Federal Bar Association Bankruptcy Section, is a former board member of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, a former committee chair of the Consumer and Litigation Committees American Bankruptcy Institute, and is an Associate Editor of the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Journal. She is a member of the Walter Chandler Bankruptcy Inn of Court and is Board Certified in Consumer Law by the American Board of Certification. Elizabeth received her BA, cum laude, from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon and her law degree, cum laude, from Boston College Law School. Despite all these accolades, her greatest accomplishments remain her daughter Ainsley (11) and her son Corbin (8).

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HON. BETH E. HANAN

BETH E. HANAN was appointed a Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, effective May 29, 2015. She sits in Milwaukee and Green Bay. Prior to taking the bench she was an appellate lawyer and litigator in Wisconsin, and served several terms as managing member of a trial practice boutique, Gass Weber Mullins. Judge Hanan was chair of the Wisconsin Judicial Council, president of the Milwaukee Bar Association, and remains a fellow in the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. She received her law degree from the University of Wisconsin and undergraduate degree from Marquette University. Since joining the bench, she has served as the bankruptcy representative to the Seventh Circuit Judicial Council (2019-2021), currently chairs NCBJ’s Public Outreach committee, and also is a member of NCBJ’s International Judicial Relations and Ethics committees. She has served as judicial co-chair of ABI’s annual Wedoff Consumer Conference (in 2020 renamed the Consumer Summit) for the past three years. Judge Hanan grew up on the north side of Chicago. She spent a lot of time in the bleachers of Wrigley Field, but then married a Brewers & Packers fan from the inner city of Milwaukee. Their children are fairly well-balanced, but Judge Hanan is still working to resolve her sports conflicts.

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HON. MITCHELL HERREN

MITCH HERREN was appointed to serve as bankruptcy judge for the District of Kansas in July of 2020. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law. His 33 years prior to the bench included practice with a litigation firm in Kansas City, serving as in-house litigation counsel for a large energy company, and then returning to private practice for 18 years with a Wichita-based firm where he served seven years as Managing Member and represented clients ranging from individuals to large companies, with a focus on commercial litigation. He is a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, and the American Bar Foundation.

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HON. MARY JO HESTON

MARY JO HESTON is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Washington. She previously was a shareholder in the Seattle and Portland Offices of Lane Powell PC where her practice involved commercial litigation and transactional matters with an emphasis on business reorganizations, Canadian/US cross-border cases and the acquisition of troubled businesses. Between 1988 and 1993 Ms. Heston served as the first Region 18 United States Trustee, overseeing bankruptcy cases and fiduciaries in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and Montana. She also is a former law clerk to a bankruptcy judge and a district judge as well as a former estate administrator of the federal bankruptcy court where she now sits as Bankruptcy Judge.

Judge Heston taught bankruptcy courses as an adjunct professor for over twenty years at both Seattle University School of Law and University of Washington Law School. She is a 2001 Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and an active participant in both professional organizations and community service organizations currently serving or having served in leadership/board positions for the American Bankruptcy Institute, INSOL International, the Washington State Bar Association, the Turnaround Management Association, NCBJ (current International Committee Chair) and CENTS (the local pro bono/financial education organization). Judge Heston is a frequent speaker and author on topics including creditors’ rights issues, commercial and consumer insolvency issues and cross border insolvency issues.

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HON. JOHN E. HOFFMAN, JR.

JOHN E. HOFFMAN, JR. was appointed as United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Ohio in 2000. Before that time, he was a partner with Arter & Hadden LLP, where he practiced for more than a decade in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation. Judge Hoffman is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, a conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference and has served the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges as a member and chair of its Education Committee, a member of its Elections Committee, a member and chair of the Board of Directors of its Endowment for Education, and a member of its Board of Governors for a three-year term commencing in November 2018. Chief Justice Roberts appointed Judge Hoffman to two three-year terms on the Federal Judicial Center’s Committee on Bankruptcy Judge Education. In addition, he is actively involved with The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law—as an adjunct professor of business bankruptcy and a member of its National Council; the 2015 recipient of its William K. Thomas Distinguished Jurist Award; and the 2016 recipient of its Public Interest Law Foundation’s Excellence in Public Service Award. Judge Hoffman received the Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Judge from the Columbus Bar Association and Columbus Bar Foundation in 2012, and in 2015 was presented with the Ohio State Bar Association’s John and Ginny Elam Pro Bono Award, which is given in recognition of “exceptional volunteer service by a lawyer that advances the common good of the people of Ohio.” Judge Hoffman received his B.A.summa cum laude from Wheeling Jesuit University in 1980 and his J.D. magna cum laude from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 1983.

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HON. WHITMAN HOLT

WHITMAN L. HOLT has served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Washington in Yakima since November 1, 2019. Before taking the bench, Judge Holt was a partner of Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP in Los Angeles, where his bankruptcy practice included briefing multiple matters before the Supreme Court of the United States and during which time he received public recognition for his legal abilities from numerous sources. Judge Holt is the co-author (with Kenneth N. Klee) of Bankruptcy and the Supreme Court: 1801-2014 (West Academic 2015) and of a series of commentaries about bankruptcy and the Supreme Court for the LexisNexis Emerging Issues Analysis project. Judge Holt also is a contributing author for the Collier on Bankruptcy treatise and related standalone publications. Since 2015, Judge Holt has been a Conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference, which is an invitation-only organization dedicated to advising Congress about the operation of bankruptcy and related laws. Judge Holt is a graduate of Bates College (B.A., 2002, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 2005, cum laude).

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HON. LAUREL ISICOFF

LAUREL MYERSON ISICOFF took the oath of office on February 13, 2006. On October 1, 2016 Judge lsicoff became the first woman Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. Judge lsicoff is the Immediate Past President of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. Judge lsicoff serves on the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System. She is a member of the Pro Bono Committee of the American College of Bankruptcy as well as immediate past chair of its Judicial Outreach Committee. Judge lsicoff also currently serves as judicial chair of the Pro Bono Committee of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar and is a member of the Florida Bar Standing Committee on Pro Bono. In private practice Judge lsicoff also developed a specialty in SEC receiverships involving Ponzi schemes. After graduating from University of Miami School of Law in 1982, Judge lsicoff clerked for the Honorable Daniel S. Pearson at the Florida Third District Court of Appeal before entering private practice. Judge lsicoff is a past President of the Bankruptcy Bar Association (BBA) of the Southern District of Florida, and, until she took the bench, served as the Chair of the Pro Bono Task Force for the BBA. Judge lsicoff speaks extensively on bankruptcy around the country, and is committed to increasing pro bono service, diversity in the bankruptcy community, and financial literacy.

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HON. MICHAEL KAPLAN

THE HONORABLE MICHAEL B. KAPLAN was appointed as a bankruptcy judge on October 3, 2006, for the District of New Jersey and designated Chief Judge on May 1, 2020. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Kaplan served as a Standing Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee, as well as a member of the Chapter 7 panel of bankruptcy trustees, where he received case appointments as both a Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 trustee. His private practice included the representation of institutional lenders consumer debtors (under both Chapters 7 & 13), business debtors and individuals undergoing reorganization pursuant to Chapter 11. Judge Kaplan received his A.B. degree from Georgetown University (1984) and his J.D. Degree from Fordham University School of Law (1987). He is licensed to practice law in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of International Trade and various federal district courts.

Over the past thirty years, Judge Kaplan has spoken to numerous bar associations and business organizations, and authored several articles relating to bankruptcy issues. Judge Kaplan is a co-author of West’s Consumer Bankruptcy Manual and Consumer Bankruptcy Handbook. Additionally, he serves on the Editorial Board and as Business Manager for the American Bankruptcy Law Journal and teaches as an adjunct professor at Rutgers University School of Law. Judge Kaplan is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and serves as Treasurer and Executive Board Member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.

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HON. JOHN W. KOLWE

JOHN W. KOLWE was appointed United States Bankruptcy Judge by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, effective August 12, 2015. He was sworn in by Bankruptcy Judge Robert R. Summerhays, and served in the Alexandria and Monroe Divisions of the Western District of Louisiana. Effective April 2, 2018, he became Chief Judge for the Western District of Louisiana. On October 5, 2018, he was appointed to the Lafayette and Lake Charles Divisions to fill the vacancy left by Judge Summerhays. Judge Kolwe received his B.S. in Accounting from Centenary College of Louisiana in 1985. Following graduation from Centenary, Judge Kolwe worked as a CPA with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Judge Kolwe received his J.D. in 1991 from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. He practiced law in Lafayette, Louisiana from 1991until joining the bench. Most recently, he was a partner in the litigation section of regional law firm, Jones Walker LLP. John is presently the Fifth Circuit Governor of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. He is also a member of the Dean’s Council for the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. John and his wife, Miriam, reside in Lafayette, Louisiana, where they raised their two children.

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HON. JOHN W. KOLWE

JOHN W. KOLWE was appointed United States Bankruptcy Judge by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, effective August 12, 2015. He was sworn in by Bankruptcy Judge Robert R. Summerhays, and served in the Alexandria and Monroe Divisions of the Western District of Louisiana. Effective April 2, 2018, he became Chief Judge for the Western District of Louisiana. On October 5, 2018, he was appointed to the Lafayette and Lake Charles Divisions to fill the vacancy left by Judge Summerhays. Judge Kolwe received his B.S. in Accounting from Centenary College of Louisiana in 1985. Following graduation from Centenary, Judge Kolwe worked as a CPA with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Judge Kolwe received his J.D. in 1991 from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. He practiced law in Lafayette, Louisiana from 1991until joining the bench. Most recently, he was a partner in the litigation section of regional law firm, Jones Walker LLP. John is presently the Fifth Circuit Governor of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. He is also a member of the Dean’s Council for the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. John and his wife, Miriam, reside in Lafayette, Louisiana, where they raised their two children.

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HON. ALAN KOSCHIK

ALAN M. KOSCHIK is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Ohio. Prior to his appointment in 2014, he was a partner in the Cleveland office of the Akron-based law firm of Brouse McDowell LPA, specializing in business restructuring, creditors’ rights, and commercial litigation. From 1998 to 2000, he had a similar practice at McDonald Hopkins LLC in Cleveland. From 1995 to 1998 he was a litigation associate with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP in Cleveland, Ohio. Before relocating to Ohio in 1995, Judge Koschik lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, first clerking for the Hon. James R. Browning, the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Thereafter, he was an associate in the bankruptcy practice group of two San Francisco law firms: Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Robertson & Falk (1988-91) and Pettit & Martin (1991-95). Judge Koschik received his A.B. in Economics, a Master of Public Policy, and J.D. degrees from the University of Michigan.

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HON. JENNIE D. LATTA

JENNIE D. LATTA was appointed United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Tennessee in 1997 and reappointed in 2013. She holds the B.A. (English, 1981), J.D. (1986), and Ph.D. (Philosophy, 2014) degrees from the University of Memphis. She also holds a M.A. degree from Saint Meinrad School of Theology (2003). Judge Latta and her husband, Jim, have six children and six grandchildren.

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HON. JENNIE D. LATTA

JENNIE D. LATTA was appointed United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Tennessee in 1997 and reappointed in 2013. She holds the B.A. (English, 1981), J.D. (1986), and Ph.D. (Philosophy, 2014) degrees from the University of Memphis. She also holds a M.A. degree from Saint Meinrad School of Theology (2003). Judge Latta and her husband, Jim, have six children and six grandchildren.

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HON. CHRISTOPHER M. LOPEZ

JUDGE CHRIS LOPEZ was appointed to serve as a bankruptcy judge for the Southern District of Texas in August 2019. Before his appointment, Chris was a member of the Business, Finance & Restructuring Group of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.Chris earned a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law, a Master of Arts in Religion from Yale Divinity School, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Houston.

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HON. JULIE MANNING

JULIE A. MANNING was sworn in as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Connecticut on September 9, 2013. Judge Manning became the Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut on September 9, 2014. She maintains chambers at and presides over the Bridgeport Division of the Court.

Prior to her appointment, she was in private practice for twenty-five years, representing corporations, partnerships, financial institutions, and insurance companies in bankruptcy and commercial litigation cases throughout the United States. From 1999 until her appointment, she was a partner with the law firm of Shipman & Goodwin, LLP, where she served as Chair of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights Group, Co-Chair of the firm’s Finance and Investment Practice Group, and was a member of the firm’s Partnership Review Committee and Compensation Committee. As a practicing attorney, Judge Manning was an active member of the Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section of the Connecticut Bar Association and served on its Executive Committee. Judge Manning was also listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, was repeatedly named a “Connecticut Super Lawyer”, a “New England Super Lawyer” and one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in the area of Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights.

Judge Manning is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. She presently serves on the Public Outreach Committee and Finance Committee of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judge and also previously served on the Endowment for Education Board of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.

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HON. CATHERINE McEWEN

CATHERINE PEEK MCEWEN is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Florida. She was appointed by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on August 22, 2005, after 23 years of private practice. She is also an adjunct professor at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School (2014-date). Judge McEwen was graduated from Stetson University College of Law cum laude in 1982, and she was graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.A. in 1970. In recent years, she was appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts to be the Bankruptcy Observer to the Judicial Conference of the United States (JCUS), the policy-making body for federal judiciary, for a two-year term (2017-2019) and a member of the JCUS Advisory Committee on the Bankruptcy Rules (2020-2022). She also sits on the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges’ Board of Governors as the Eleventh Circuit Governor. She is judicial chair of the Florida Bar Business Law Section Bankruptcy/UCC Committee, a member of the Florida Bar Business Law Section Executive Council, and co-chair of the Pro Bono Legal Services Committee of The Florida Bar. She is also a past chair of the Florida Bar Federal Court Practice Committee. She is a past chair/president of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association, was a court- appointed bankruptcy mediator from 1989-2005, past chair of the Local Bankruptcy Rules Advisory Committee, and past chair of a Florida Bar Grievance Committee. In her spare time, she enjoys teaching the Old Testament to sixth graders on Sundays, playing duplicate bridge, watching major sporting events, and singing karaoke.

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HON. ROBYN MOBERLY

ROBYN MOBERLY was sworn in as the first female Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court in the state of Indiana. She currently serves as the Chief Judge of the bankruptcy court in the Southern District of Indiana. Judge Moberly served on the Indiana state court bench in Indianapolis from January 1997 until her appointment to the bankruptcy court in 2012. In state court, she presided over major felony court for four years and civil court for twelve years. Prior to her judicial service, she was a general practitioner for 17 years, including representing both debtors and creditors in bankruptcy matters. She has been very active in the legal community, serving as President of the IU McKinney School of Law Alumni Association, President of the Indiana Judges Association, President and Board member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, Board member of the Indiana Judicial Conference, and Associate Presiding Judge of the Marion Superior Court.

She obtained her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, and graduated cum laude from the Indiana University McKinney School of Law in 1978.

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HON. H. CHRISTOPHER MOTT

H. CHRISTOPHER MOTT was appointed as a Bankruptcy Judge of the Western District of Texas in September 2010. He sits and presides over cases in the Austin and El Paso divisions. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Mott was a shareholder of the firm of Gordon, Mott & Davis P.C., where he practiced primarily commercial insolvency law. In the past, he has served as Chairperson of the Bankruptcy Section of the State Bar of Texas, a Director of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for Business Bankruptcy, and President of the Sun Bowl Association. Currently, Judge Mott is a fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and on the Executive Committee of a Bankruptcy Inn of Court. He received his BBA and JD from Texas Tech University. Judge Mott has been married over 38 years, has two grown children, and recently became a grandfather.

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HON. MARK MULLIN

THE HON. MARK X. MULLIN was appointed to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth division on September 18, 2015. He received his B.S.B.A. degree in accounting from Creighton University in 1979 and his J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1986. Prior to attending law school, Judge Mullin held CPA licenses in Nebraska and Texas and was employed by the international accounting firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (n/k/a KPMG). After graduating from law school in 1986, Judge Mullin joined the Dallas, Texas office of Haynes and Boone, LLP where he became a member of the Bankruptcy and Business Restructuring practice group where he continued to practice law with the firm until September 17, 2015.

Judge Mullin has served in many leadership roles in local and national legal organizations, including serving as President of the Bankruptcy Section of the Dallas Bar Association, President and Executive Committee Member of the Hon. John C. Ford American Inn of Court, and Education Director and Co-Chair of the Secured Credit Committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute. Judge Mullin was also named as a 2010 honoree inducted into the DFW Serjeants of the Inn.

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HON. CYNTHIA A. NORTON

JUDGE CYNTHIA A. NORTON graduated summa cum laude from the University of Kansas in 1981 with a double major in French and Art History. She received her law degree from the same institution in May 1984. She clerked for the Hon. John E. Rees of the Kansas Court of Appeals and for the Hon. James A. Pusateri, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Kansas. Judge Norton was a partner at Lewis Rice & Fingersh in Kansas City before establishing her own law firm in 1995. As a member of Grimes & Rebein, L.C., Judge Norton practiced in bankruptcy and related fields in Kansas and Missouri until being sworn in as a bankruptcy judge in the Western District of Missouri on February 1, 2013. A frequent writer and lecturer, Judge Norton is the recipient of the Michael R. Roser Excellence in Bankruptcy Award and the Robert L. Gernon Award for Outstanding Contribution to CLE. She is also a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and is a member of the FJC's Bankruptcy Education Committee. She previously taught bankruptcy law as an adjunct law professor at the University of Kansas Law School.

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HON. CHARLES NOVACK

JUDGE CHARLES NOVACK has served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge since May 2010, and has been the Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of California since January 2019. He regularly lectures on a variety of bankruptcy topics, and is a past chair of the NCBJ's ethics committee. Judge Novack maintained his own bankruptcy practice in Oakland, California during the five years preceding his appointment, representing Chapter 7 trustees and debtors, creditors and other interested parties in Chapter 7, 11 and 13 cases. From 1994 until 2005 he was an associate and then a partner with an Oakland bankruptcy boutique firm. Judge Novack served as an associate professor at California State University, East Bay for several years and as an adjunct professor at Hastings College of the Law during the 2017/2018 school year.

Judge Novack graduated from Rutgers College in 1980 (with honors) and Hastings College of the Law in 1983 (cum laude).

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HON. VINCENT F. PAPALIA

VINCENT F. PAPALIA was sworn in as a bankruptcy judge for the District of New Jersey on December 29, 2014, after a thirty-year career in private practice. For the past twenty years, Judge Papalia was a partner with the law firm of Saiber LLC and the head of its Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Department. Prior to joining Saiber LLC, he was an associate and then a partner with Clapp & Eisenberg, P.C.

For virtually his entire career, Judge Papalia focused his practice on representing various parties in-interest in bankruptcy and foreclosure-related litigation and proceedings before federal, state, and bankruptcy courts. He served for many years as a Court-appointed Mediator for the Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey and was Vice-Chair of the District V-A Ethics Committee.

Judge Papalia has authored or co-authored numerous articles on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights issues and has often spoken on those topics. While in private practice, Judge Papalia was regularly recognized by his peers in various publications listing top rated lawyers by areas of practice and geographic location.

Judge Papalia graduated summa cum laude from Pace University with a B.B.A. in 1980 and from Fordham University School of Law in 1984, with cum laude honors.

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HON. KATHLEEN H. SANBERG

KATHLEEN H. SANBERG was appointed to the Bankruptcy Bench in the District of Minnesota in August 2012. She served as Chief from 2016- 2019. She was a member of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit from 2017-2021. Prior to her appointment as a Bankruptcy Judge, she served as a Judge on the Minnesota Tax Court for over 11 years. She was a partner and associate at (then) Faegre & Benson in Minneapolis practicing in the areas of Bankruptcy, Workouts and Insurance. She received her B.A., summa cum laude, majoring in Psychology, and J.D., cum laude, from the University of Minnesota. She was an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas teaching Bankruptcy and also Feminist Jurisprudence. She has been on the Governing Boards for the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the Minnesota State Bar Association and the Hennepin County Bar Association and several charities. She received lifetime achievement and service awards from Minnesota Women Lawyers. She enjoys murder mysteries, collecting rocks, walking, bridge and being at "the Lake" with her husband, children and four grandchildren.

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HON. JESSICA PRICE SMITH

JUDGE JESSICA PRICE SMITH was appointed to a 14-year term on the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 2011. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, she is a graduate of Miami University where she was among the first group of students awarded the prestigious Harrison Scholarship. She also graduated with distinction from the Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law where she was a member of the Law Review, Moot Court Board of Advocates, and was inducted into the Willis Society, the highest academic honor society at the College of Law. Immediately prior to becoming a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, she was engaged in the private practice of law, representing corporate debtors, creditor committees, and trade creditors in all aspects of commercial bankruptcy cases and out of court debt restructuring. In addition to practicing law, Judge Price Smith was a legal studies faculty member at Ursuline College in the adult accelerated education program.

Judge Price Smith has balanced her professional life with service to her community as a member of various civic boards and through her membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated, The Drifters, Incorporated and the Links, Incorporated.

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HON. PETER D. RUSSIN

JUDGE RUSSIN graduated from George Washington University Law School (J.D. 1988) having won the Jacob Burns Prize for outstanding appellate advocacy and the Van Vleck Advanced Moot Court Competition. Judge Russin also interned for the Honorable Lawrence S. Margolis, United States Court of Federal Claims Judge during law school. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University where he majored in History and graduated with departmental honors (B.A., 1985). Judge Russin practiced in the areas of Bankruptcy and Commercial Litigation from 1988 to 2020, when the Eleventh Circuit appointed him to serve as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Florida.

Judge Russin was a co-founder and shareholder of Meland Russin & Budwick, P.A. since 1993. He routinely represented corporate debtors, secured lenders, creditors’ committees and trustees in insolvency proceedings as well as asset purchasers in bankruptcy. He also counseled clients through out-of-court workouts and private debt restructuring. Judge Russin was also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator. Throughout his career, he has written and lectured extensively on insolvency and commercial litigation topics. Judge Russin is also a past president of the Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida.

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THOMAS J. SALERNO

THOMAS J. SALERNO is a partner at Stinson LLP in Phoenix, Arizona, and an experienced commercial bankruptcy lawyer with national and international experience in complex commercial cases. He regularly assists private and publicly-traded companies in a broad range of industries (including hotels, sports teams, health care, manufacturing, airlines, and franchising) to continue operations as they negotiate restructuring plans; he also advises lenders, distressed companies, committees, and assets acquirers in bankruptcies and out-of-court settlements. Mr. Salerno, who holds a JD from Notre Dame School of Law and a BA from Rutgers University, is a frequent lecturer and presenter, who also serves as an adjunct law professor teaching courses in bankruptcy law and litigation both nationally and internationally. He is active in leadership positions with the American Bankruptcy Institute and served as the past chair of the Bankruptcy Section of the State Bar of Arizona. He has also served as an expert witness on U.S. insolvency law in litigation in Germany and has advised numerous foreign governments on revamping insolvency laws. Mr. Salerno is the author of numerous books and articles, and has published several articles on the impact of the COVID epidemic in the bankruptcy world.

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HON. DEBRA SALTZMAN

DEBORAH J. SALTZMAN was sworn in as a judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for Central District of California on March 18, 2010. She is based in the court’s Los Angeles Division and also hears cases in the Northern Division (Santa Barbara).

As a member of the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Education Committee, Deb welcomes the opportunity to participate in bankruptcy education programs. She also currently serves on the Ninth Circuit Wellness Committee, where she helps develop articles on physical and mental well being for the court community.

Before her appointment to the bench, Deb practiced bankruptcy law in Los Angeles, representing debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, asset purchasers, creditors’ committees, and landlords in chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings as well as related financing transactions and litigation.

A native of Buffalo, New York, Deb received her B.A. in history from Amherst College and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, daughter, and two dogs.

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HON. KATHRYN SAMSON

KATHARINE M. SAMSON serves as Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. She received her B.A. summa cum laude from Louisiana Tech University in 1987 and her J.D. in 1990 from the University of Mississippi School of Law where she was a James O. Eastland Scholar and served on the editorial board of the Mississippi Law Journal. Prior to her appointment, Judge Samson was a shareholder in the firm Watkins Ludlum Winter & Stennis, P.A. in Gulfport, Mississippi. Her practice was concentrated in the area of consumer financial services litigation and included representation of local and national lenders and finance companies in federal and state court litigation as well as in bankruptcy proceedings. Judge Samson is the Secretary of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges where she also served on the Endowment Committee and the U.S. Trustee Relations Committee. She is a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States Committee on International Judicial Relations and is the Bankruptcy Judge Observer to the Fifth Circuit Judicial Council. She is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute.

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HON. KATHRYN SAMSON

KATHARINE M. SAMSON serves as Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. She received her B.A. summa cum laude from Louisiana Tech University in 1987 and her J.D. in 1990 from the University of Mississippi School of Law where she was a James O. Eastland Scholar and served on the editorial board of the Mississippi Law Journal. Prior to her appointment, Judge Samson was a shareholder in the firm Watkins Ludlum Winter & Stennis, P.A. in Gulfport, Mississippi. Her practice was concentrated in the area of consumer financial services litigation and included representation of local and national lenders and finance companies in federal and state court litigation as well as in bankruptcy proceedings. Judge Samson is the Secretary of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges where she also served on the Endowment Committee and the U.S. Trustee Relations Committee. She is a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States Committee on International Judicial Relations and is the Bankruptcy Judge Observer to the Fifth Circuit Judicial Council. She is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute.

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HON. GREG SCHAFF

JUDGE GREGORY R. SCHAAF was appointed United States Bankruptcy Court Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky on October 1, 2012. Judge Schaaf graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1991, and received a B.B. degree in Accounting and a B.S. degree in Law Enforcement Administration from Western Illinois University in 1984 with high honors. Judge Schaaf is a CPA (Illinois, 1984) and worked as a Solicitor in London, England from 1997-1999, handling corporate matters and real estate transactions for English, Russian and American clients. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy (Class Twenty- One 2010) and is certified in Business Bankruptcy Law and Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification. Prior to coming to the bench, Judge Schaaf practiced in the areas of commercial reorganizations, including bankruptcies and workouts, as well as commercial transactions, including energy-related matters.

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HON. BRENDEN L. SHANNON

BRENDAN LINEHAN SHANNON is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Delaware. Judge Shannon received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University, and his law degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Shannon was a partner with Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP in Wilmington, Delaware. At Young Conaway, Judge Shannon primarily represented corporate debtors and official committees in Chapter 11 cases.

Since his appointment in 2006, Judge Shannon has managed a full Chapter 11 docket, and also handles all Chapter 13 consumer bankruptcy cases filed in the State of Delaware. He served as Chief Judge of the Bankruptcy Court from 2014 through 2018.

Judge Shannon is an adjunct professor in the Bankruptcy L.L.M. Program at St. John’s University School of Law in New York, and at Widener School of Law in Delaware. He serves on the Board of Editors of Collier on Bankruptcy (16th ed.) and is a contributing author for Collier Forms and for several chapters covering the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. Judge Shannon also serves on the Advisory Board for the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review.

In 2011, Judge Shannon was appointed to serve as a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference. The Conference was created in the 1930's at the request of Congress and serves as a resource to Congress on bankruptcy legislation. In 2020, Judge Shannon was inducted as a member of the American College of Bankruptcy.

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HON. CHRISTOPHER SONTCHI

CHRISTOPHER S. SONTCHI is former Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and is a frequent speaker in the United States and abroad on issues relating to corporate reorganizations. He is a Lecturer in Law at The University of Chicago Law School and teaches corporate bankruptcy to international judges through the auspices of the World Bank and INSOL International. He is also a member of the International Insolvency Institute, Judicial Insolvency Network, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, American Bankruptcy Institute, and INSOL International. He was recently appointed to the International Advisory Council of the Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative and the Founders’ Committee of The University of Chicago Law School’s Center on Law and Finance.

Judge Sontchi has testified before Congress on the safe harbors for financial contracts. He has also published articles on creditors’ committees, valuation, asset sales and safe harbors.

Judge Sontchi attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and obtained a B.A. with distinction in Political Science. He received his J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School, after which he returned to his native Delaware to serve as a law clerk in the Delaware Supreme Court.

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HON. ELIZABETH STONG

JUDGE STONG is a US Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of New York. Previously, she was a litigation partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher and law clerk to US District Judge David Mazzone. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Council of the American Law Institute, the Advisory Committee to Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought, and the Board of the ABA Center for Innovation. She holds leadership roles in the Practising Law Institute, PRIME Finance, and the ABA’s Business Law Section, International Law Section, and Judicial Division.

Her past positions include Harvard Law School Association President, NCBJ International Judicial Relations Committee Chair, Co-Chair of the American Bar Foundation New York Fellows, and New York City Bar ADR Committee Chair. She also served on the ABA’s Standing Committees on Pro Bono and Public Service, the American Judicial System, and Continuing Legal Education, and Commissions on Women in the Profession, and Homelessness and Poverty.

Judge Stong is an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School and has trained judges in more than twenty-five countries on five continents, with ABA-ROLI, INSOL, the World Bank, and US Commerce Department. She has received many awards for her work to improve access to justice. She received her AB magna cum laude and her JD from Harvard University.

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HON. DEBORAH L. THORNE

DEBORAH L. THORNE serves as a bankruptcy judge for the Northern District of Illinois.

She received her B.A. from Macalester College, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Duke University and a J.D. from Illinois Institute of Technology. She is president-elect of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and served as Education Chair for the 2020 Annual Meeting. She is past chair of the Chicago Bar Association Bankruptcy and Restructuring Committee and past member of the Board of Governors and chair of the Bankruptcy Committee for the Seventh Circuit Bar Association. She previously served as Vice President for Communications and Information Technology for the American Bankruptcy Institute and as a member of the Executive Committee. Judge Thorne is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.

Judge Thorne is the author of The Preference Defense Handbook: The Circuits Divided and a co-author of Interrupted! Understanding Bankruptcy’s Effects on Manufacturing Supply Chains, both published by the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Judge Thorne served for 19 years on the board of Women Employed, a Chicago not-for- profit policy organization focused on improving the lives of low-wage working women through enhancing access to post-secondary education and improving job quality.

Judge Thorne is married to Jerry Esrig, a judge on the Circuit Court of Cook County. They have two adult children and one granddaughter. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, reading, rowing and going to the park with her granddaughter.

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HON. DAVID THUMA

HON. DAVID T. THUMA is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of New Mexico. He was sworn in on August 14, 2012.

Judge Thuma grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago in 1980 and his law degree from Duke University in 1984. Between college and law school he worked briefly as a cowboy on a ranch near Mayer, Arizona. Judge Thuma practiced law in a large Indianapolis firm for five years before moving to New Mexico. He practiced law in New Mexico between 1989-2012, concentrating in bankruptcy and commercial litigation.

Judge Thuma lives in Albuquerque. He is married to Rebecca Thuma; they have one daughter, Kate Thuma, born in 2003. In his free time Judge Thuma enjoys reading, bird watching, various and sundry types of fitness training, and working on Kate’s 2008 Grand Marquis.

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HON. ALAN S. TRUST

CHIEF BANKRUPTCY JUDGE ALAN S. TRUST was appointed April 2, 2008, and sits in the Eastern District of New York. He became Chief Judge on October 1, 2020. Judge Trust has been an adjunct professor of law at the St. John’s University School of Law since 2009. He served as President of the EDNY Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and serves as CLE Committee co-chair. He is a past Chair of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Federal Bar Association. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, and a coordinating editor for the Journal. Judge Trust has been previously designated by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to mediate cases in the Southern District of New York and to sit in the District of Connecticut bankruptcy court. He has been selected by the Federal Judicial Center on several occasions to serve as a faculty member for national bankruptcy judge workshops, and has spoken on issues such as evidence and sanctions and contempt. He also serves on the Judiciary Data Working Group under the auspices of the Administrative Offices of the United States Courts.

Judge Trust remains a frequent speaker for numerous CLE events. He was instrumental in the creation of the Pro Bono Mediation Program and the formation of the Consumer Lawyer Advisory Committee adopted by the EDNY Bankruptcy Court. He attended Syracuse University, graduating summa cum laude in 1981, and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He attended New York University School of Law, where he served on the Law Review from 1982-83, and graduated cum laude in 1984. After graduation, he relocated to Dallas, Texas to begin his law practice. Judge Trust opened his own law firm (Trust.Law.Firm, P.C.) in Dallas in December 1995, and managed that firm until appointed to the bench.

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HON. FRANCES M. TYDINGCO-GATEWOOD

FRANCES MARIE TYDINGCO-GATEWOOD currently serves as Guam's Chief District and Chief Bankruptcy Judge. She is only one of two federal judges in the nation who serves as both a District and Bankruptcty Judge. She was first nominated in 2006 by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate as the nation’s first federal woman judge of CHamoru and Pohnpeian descent. Before being appointed as Chief Judge, Frances Tydingco-Gatewood served as an Associate Justice with the Guam Supreme Court from 2002-2006. She served as a Trial Judge in Guam’s Superior Court from 1994-2002. She was appointed Chief Prosecutor at the Guam Office of the Attorney General from 1990-1994. She has also served as an Assistant Prosecutor, trial team leader for the Sex Crimes Unit in the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office in Kansas City, Missouri from 1988-1990. She became Guam’s first woman prosecutor of Chamoru and Pohnpeian descent at the Guam Office of the Attorney General from 1984-1988. After graduating law school, Frances Tydingco-Gatewood began her law career as the Law Clerk for the Honorable Forest W. Hanna, Presiding Judge of the Jackson County Circuit Court in Kansas City, Missouri from 1983-1984. Chief Judge Tydingco-Gatewood is the acting President of the Pacific Judicial Council, an organization dedicated to the mission of educating judicial officers and stakeholders in American Samoa, Republic of Palau, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia National Courts and the islands of Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap. Chief Judge Tydingco-Gatewood received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980 from Marquette University and Juris Doctorate in 1983 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

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HON. KIMBERLEY H. TYSON

JUDGE TYSON is a member of the Colorado Bankruptcy Court. Prior to her May 2017 appointment, she was in private practice where her practice was concentrated in workouts, bankruptcy, and related commercial litigation. In March 2011, she was appointed to the Chapter 7 trustee panel serving until her appointment to the bench. Judge Tyson is a member and past chair of the Colorado Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Subcommittee. She served for several years on the Court’s Local Rules Committee following the enactment of BAPCPA. She is an active member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, serving for 15 years on the Advisory Board of the Rocky Mountain Conference. Judge Tyson currently serves as the 10th Circuit representative on the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judge’s Board of Governors. She received her law degree from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1987 and her undergraduate degree from Smith College in 1981. She is a former law clerk to the Honorable John K. Pearson of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas and the Honorable Jerry G. Elliott of the Kansas Court of Appeals.

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HON. MADELEINE C. WANSLEE

HON. MADELEINE CARMEL WANSLEE was appointed a Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona, effective March 17, 2014. She was an associate and partner at Gust Rosenfeld, PLC in Phoenix, AZ where she was on the firm's Executive Committee and co-chaired its Bankruptcy Practice Group. Judge Wanslee specialized in bankruptcy, debtor/creditor relations and business litigation, and argued a bankruptcy appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa. Judge Wanslee sits on the Ninth Circuit Conference Executive Committee and is a former Chair of its Bankruptcy Judges Education Committee and its Lawyer Representatives Coordinating Committee. She was also Chair of the State Bar of Arizona’s Bankruptcy Section and of the Arizona Lawyer Representatives to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She helped to charter and is past President of the Arizona Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, and previously served on the American Board of Certification’s Standards Committee and on the Arizona State Bar's Bankruptcy Advisory Committee, which certify bankruptcy specialists. Judge Wanslee attended the University of Arizona (B.F.A. and B.A.) and Gonzaga University School of Law (J.D.), where she was Executive Editor of the Gonzaga Law Review. After law school, she clerked for the Hon. Robert C. Jones, Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. Judge Wanslee and her husband reside in Phoenix, AZ.

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HON. DAVID WARREN

DAVID M. WARREN was appointed as United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina on October 4, 2013 and took the oath of office on February 7, 2014. His chambers are in the Century Station Courthouse and Post Office in Raleigh. He serves as an adjunct professor at the Norman A. Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University and as a guest lecturer at the Wake Forest University School of Law.

Judge Warren was a partner at Poyner Spruill LLP in Raleigh and Rocky Mount, NC for over 27 years and concentrated his practice in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial law. Judge Warren received his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Wake Forest University and his Juris Doctorate degree from the Wake Forest University School of Law. After law school he had a two-year clerkship with the late Honorable Thomas M. Moore, who with the Honorable A. Thomas Small, drafted legislation that became Chapter 12.

Judge Warren served on the Panel of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees for the Eastern District of North Carolina for 24 years and is a past Chair of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. He served on the Local Rules Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina for over 10 years and served as Chair for over 7 years.

Judge Warren is a certified specialist in business and consumer bankruptcy law by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization and the American Board of Certification. He is a member and director of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

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HON. MICHAEL G. WILLIAMSON

JUDGE MICHAEL G. WILLIAMSON was appointed on March 1, 2000 as a bankruptcy judge for the Tampa Division of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida — one of the largest districts in the United States with courthouses in Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, and Ft. Myers. From 2015-2019 he served as Chief Judge of the Middle District.

Judge Williamson graduated from Duke University in 1973 and from Georgetown University Law Center in 1976. He began his bankruptcy practice in 1976 serving as a Chapter 7 panel trustee from 1977 to 1979, and thereafter principally representing parties in Chapter 11 corporate reorganizations. Before becoming a bankruptcy judge in 2000, he was managing partner of one of Florida’s oldest law firms, Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, P.A., until the firm’s merger with Holland & Knight in 1998.

In 1993, Judge Williamson was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He is also a member of the American Law Institute, an institution responsible for drafting the Restatements of the Law and various model codes used in the U.S.

In addition to serving as a bankruptcy judge, Judge Williamson currently serves as Co-Author of West’s Bankruptcy Law Manual and is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Florida’s oldest law school, Stetson University College of Law, where he teaches bankruptcy law. He has also worked extensively in the area of commercial law development conducting field assessments, recommendations for improvement of the World Bank Doing Business Indicators, and educational programs in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Bahrain, Georgia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Russia, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

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HON. TRACEY WISE

TRACEY N. WISE was appointed United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky on March 31, 2010. She served as Chief Judge from October 1, 2011 until September 30, 2019.

Judge Wise was appointed to the Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel in 2016, and was elevated to Chief Judge on October 1, 2019.

Judge Wise is a 1980 graduate of Indiana University (B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude) and a 1983 graduate of the Indiana University School of Law (J.D., Order of the Coif) where she served as a Note Editor for the Indiana Law Journal (1982-1983).

Judge Wise is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy (12th Class - 2001), a member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and has served as the bankruptcy representative on various U.S. District Court (EDKY) and Sixth Circuit Committees.

Prior to her appointment, Judge Wise practiced in the areas of bankruptcy and debt restructuring, served on numerous court-appointed committees, chaired the Bankruptcy Sections of the Fayette County and Kentucky Bar Associations, served as a Trustee of the Kentucky Bar Association Client’s Security Fund, and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Lexington Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation.

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