Welcome to Judge Eugene Wedoff

I'm delighted to introduce Eugene Wedoff, who will be the first judge to guest blog at Credit Slips. He is a judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Illinois, a position that he has held since 1987. Last year, he concluded a five-year term as Chief Judge of that district. Judge Wedoff has overseen thousands of consumer and business bankruptcy cases, including the Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy of United Airlines. He has authored influential articles on the means testing, the provisions added to the Bankruptcy Code in 2005 to screen consumer debtors for eligibility for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Judge Wedoff is a member of all the prestigious bankruptcy professional organizations (each of which has their own fancy acronym (NCBJ, ABI, AMC, and NBRC)). He's one of the brightest minds in the world of bankruptcy, and I hope our readers will join me in welcoming him.