Gregory A. Burrell
Trustee
Current Position
Standing Chapter 13 Trustee
District of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55402
USA
Gregory A. Burrell is the Chapter 13 Trustee for the District of Minnesota, a position to which he was appointed effective October 1, 2013. He is a nationally recognized bankruptcy professional, educator, author, and speaker with extensive experience in consumer bankruptcy law and administration.
Mr. Burrell earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with a minor in Business Administration, from Xavier University of Louisiana. While attending Xavier full-time, he also worked full-time at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s New Orleans Branch. He later earned his Juris Doctor from Southern University Law Center, where his legal education included international study in London.
Following law school, Mr. Burrell served as counsel to a Chapter 7 panel trustee while also representing consumers in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy matters. He subsequently joined the office of a Chapter 13 trustee as staff counsel. While serving in that role, he founded a bankruptcy law clinic at Southern University Law Center, where he taught bankruptcy law to third-year law students and provided them with meaningful practical experience representing indigent debtors in Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases.
Throughout his career, Mr. Burrell has received numerous professional honors, including the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees’ Tireless Time and Effort Award and Distinguished Trustee Award, as well as the Southern University Law Center Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award. In 2023, he was inducted as a Fellow of the 34th Class of the American College of Bankruptcy.
Mr. Burrell is also the author of “Eliminating Implicit Bias in the Bankruptcy Process,” published in the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal. He serves as a permanent member of the Bankruptcy Rules Practice Committee for the District of Minnesota and is a Past President of the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees. His professional affiliations include the National Bar Association, Bankruptcy IDEA Consortium, American Bankruptcy Institute, and National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees.
A frequent speaker at local and national conferences, Mr. Burrell regularly presents on bankruptcy law, practice, and administration. Beyond his professional work, he is deeply committed to community service. He teaches a weekly Bible study to individuals incarcerated through the Hennepin County Department of Corrections and mentors law students pursuing legal careers through the Tom Vaughn Internship Program.