Becker McKay Mignault

Hon. Becker McKay Mignault is the Chief Judge for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of West Virginia in Charleston, initially sworn in on Sept. 11, 2020, and named Chief Judge on Oct. 16, 2022. She is the first female chief judge for the district. Prior to her appointment, Judge Mignault worked as an associate in the Atlanta law firm of Ogier, Rothschild and Rosenfeld, P.C., and also clerked for Hon. C. Ray Mullins in the Northern District of Georgia Bankruptcy Court. Immediately prior to her appointment, she was a career law clerk to Hon. Frank W. Volk during his tenure as chief bankruptcy judge for the Southern District of West Virginia and as district court judge for the Southern District of West Virginia. Judge Mignault is a member of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation. She received her B.A. in 2008 from Emory University and her J.D. in 2012 from Emory University School of Law.