Prof. S. Elizabeth Gibson

Professor (retired)

Current Position

Burton Craige Professor of Law Emerita
University of North Carolina Law School
C.B. #3380
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380
USA

Tel: 919-962-8506
Fax: 919-962-1277
Email: elizabeth_gibson@unc.edu

Class: XIV (2003)Circuit: Fourth

Education

Duke University, B.A. (1972)
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, J.D., Order of the Coif (1976)

Professional Career

Reporter, Bankruptcy Rules Advisory Committee (2008-)
Law Professor, University of North Carolina School of Law (1983-)
Associate, Partner, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D.C. (1978-83)
Law Clerk, Justice Byron White, U.S. Supreme Court (1977-78)
Law Clerk, Judge J. Braxton Craven, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1976-77)

Affiliations

North Carolina Bar Association
American Bar Association
American Bankruptcy Institute
National Bankruptcy Conference
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Program Committee (2001-03)
Federal Judicial Center, Bankruptcy Education Committee (1999-08)
Federal Judicial Center's Mega-Case Workshop for Bankruptcy Judges, Reporter (1990)

Publications

Judicial Management of Mass Tort Bankruptcy Cases Federal Judicial Center 2005 Author
Case Studies of Mass Tort Limited Fund Class Action Settlements and Bankruptcy Reorganizations, Federal Judicial Center 2000 Author
"A Response to Professor Resnick: Will This Vehicle Pass Inspection?" Univ. of Pa. Law Review 2000 Author
"How to Deal with a State in Bankruptcy in a Post Seminole World," National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges 1999 Author
"Sovereign Immunity in Bankruptcy: The Next Chapter," Am. Bankr. L. J. 1996 Author
"Congressional Response to Hoffman and Nordic Village: Amended §106 and Sovereign Immunity," Am. Bankr. L. J. 1995 Author

Awards

National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Endowment for Education, Excellence in Education Award (2005)
Editor's Prize, American Bankruptcy Law Journal, (1996)
McCall Award for Teaching Excellence, University of North Carolina School of Law, (1991; 98)
Order of the Barristers, (1988)