Meet the Faculty
Norton Institutes brings together retired federal bankruptcy judges and the nation's foremost practitioners — faculty who have shaped the law from the bench and the bar.
Section 01
Retired · U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Western District of Tennessee
1987 – 2008
Prior to serving on the bankruptcy bench, Judge Brown was an associate professor of law at the University of Mississippi College of Law and the University of Wyoming College of Law, where he also dire...
Specializes in:
Consumer Bankruptcy
Retired · U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Western District of Texas
1987 – 2012
Judge Clark is a 1980 honors graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, where he served as an editor on the Houston Law Review. Appointed to the bankruptcy bench by the Fifth Circuit in 1987, h...
Specializes in:
Bankruptcy Litigation
Retired · U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, District of Arizona
2000 – 2014
Partner and associate at Lewis and Roca, Phoenix, Arizona, 1978–2000. J.D., Stanford Law School, Order of the Coif and Articles Editor of Stanford Law Review, 1978. Ph.D. philosophy, Yale University,...
Specializes in:
Business Reorganization
Retired · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Tennessee
1982 – 2016
Appointed to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee in 1982, Judge Lundin served as a judge on the first Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit from 1997–99. He is on...
Specializes in:
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
Section 02
Partner · Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Tucson, Arizona
University of Arizona, B.A. 1979; J.D. with Distinction 1982. Mr. Charles served as law clerk to Hon. Earl H. Carroll, U.S. District Judge, Arizona. He primarily represents secured and unsecured credi...
Specializes in:
Creditor Representation
Partner · Venable LLP, Washington, D.C.
J.D., magna cum laude, Michigan State University–Detroit College of Law, 1996. Andrew concentrates his practice on debt restructuring, reorganizations, insolvency, and transactional work in both out-o...
Specializes in:
Debt Restructuring
Partner · Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, LLP, Phoenix, Arizona
Graduated Mt. Holyoke College (B.A. with distinction); New York University, J.D. (Root Tilden Scholar 1975). Fellow, Secretary, and former Director and Vice President, American College of Bankruptcy....
Specializes in:
Bankruptcy Appeals
Attorney · Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C., New Haven, Connecticut
Mr. Hellman's practice is focused on the representation of individuals and businesses in complex commercial litigation, including contract disputes, preference and fraudulent transfer litigation, and...
Specializes in:
Commercial Litigation
Chapter 13 Trustee · Middle District of Tennessee (Nashville)
Served as Standing Trustee for Chapter 13 matters in the Middle District of Tennessee since 1982 and as Standing Chapter 12 Trustee for that district since 1986. He is of counsel to the Nashville law...
Specializes in:
Chapter 13 Administration
Partner · Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, Nashville, Tennessee
Graduated from Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1975; J.D., 1982). He practices in the commercial finance area and focuses primarily in creditor's rights and insolvency law, leading the firm's Bankruptcy...
Specializes in:
Creditor's Rights & Insolvency
Attorney · Shermeta, Kilpatrick and Associates, PLLC, Auburn Hills, Michigan
Specializes in creditors' rights and insolvency law while focusing on corporate, consumer and commercial litigation and bankruptcy. Past president of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and former...
Specializes in:
Chapter 11 & Subchapter V
