Hon. Barry Russell

United States Bankruptcy Judge

Current Position

U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Los Angeles, CA 90012
USA

Class: III (1992)Circuit: Ninth

Education

University of California at Los Angeles, B.S., J.D.

Professional Career

Appointed Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California. The most senior Bankruptcy Judge in the U.S. (1974-)
Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California, (2003-07)
Appointed to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit (1988-01); Presiding Judge for Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, (1999-01)
Faculty, Federal Judicial Center, Washington, DC (1977-)
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Law), University of Southern California (1975-)
Adjunct Professor, UCLA, USC, Loyola and Whittier Law School
Mediation Program Administrator for the Central District of California, (1995-)

Affiliations

Federal Bar Association, National President (1990-91)
Board of Directors for the Western Justice Center Foundation (1996-)
American College of Bankruptcy
American Bankruptcy Institute

Publications

Bankruptcy Evidence Manual West Publishing Company, published annually since 1987

Awards

Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA), Lifetime Achievement Award in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Field (Oct 2008)
San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Stanley Mosk Legacy of Justice Award (Feb 2009)
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Outstanding Jurist Award (2004)
Los Angeles County Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Services Emil Gumpert Judicial ADR Award (Dec 2000)
Judges' Award from the Southern California Mediation Association (Nov 1997)
First American invited by the Supreme People's Court in the People's Republic of China to lecture on the subject of Bankruptcy Law (Sep 1988)
American Bar Association's Franklin N. Flaschner Judicial Award as the Outstanding Judge in the U.S. in a trial court of special jurisdiction (1987)