Hon. James J. Tancredi

Hon. James J. Tancredi is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Connecticut in Hartford, sworn in on Sept. 1, 2016. Prior to his appointment to the bench, he was a commercial litigation and business restructuring partner at Day Pitney, LLP (f/k/a Day Berry & Howard), where, as a business litigator and commercial restructuring lawyer, he co-founded the firm?s regional and national bankruptcy practice. During his 37-year career at Day Pitney, LLP, Judge Tancredi he represented financial institutions and other major constituents in a broad range of prominent insolvency-related proceedings pending in courts along the Amtrak corridor. He frequently lectured at the University of Connecticut School of Law and at bar association Continuing Legal Education programs on a broad range of commercial, real estate and restructuring issues and strategies. His professional and bar association activities included service as president and director of the Hartford County Bar Association and the Connecticut Turnaround Management Association. Judge Tancredi has been an active member of the Connecticut Bar Association, American Bar Association and American Trial Lawyers Association, and he was a director of the Hartford County Bar Foundation and Connecticut Mental Health Association. He is also a Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Fellow. These platforms provided invaluable opportunities for enhanced legal education and service to the bench and bar and served to drive local community pro bono initiatives. Judge Tancredi has written widely about business restructuring issues and co-authored the Connecticut chapter in Strategic Alternatives for and Against Distressed Businesses (2016 Edition), published by Thomson Reuters. He received his B.A. magna cum laude in urban studies and political science from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Connecticut School of Law.