Hon. Harlin DeWayne Hale

Hon. Harlin DeWayne Hale is Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Texas in Dal-las, appointed in November 2002. He previously worked at Strasburger & Price before opening a boutique firm, where he became well versed in bankruptcy law. Two years before his judicial appointment,Judge Hale was a regional partner in charge of the bankruptcy practice at Baker & McKenzie in Dallas.He is a member of the Texas, Louisiana, American and Dallas Bar Associations, the Dallas BankruptcyBar Association, and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. Judge Hale received his under-graduate degree and J.D. from Louisiana State University, where he was a member of the Order of theCoif and an editor of its law review.