Hon. Jennifer H. Henderson

Hon. Jennifer H. Henderson is Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, initially sworn in on Feb. 16, 2015,and named Chief Judge on Oct. 1, 2022. Previously, she was a partner with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP?s Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Distressed Investing Practice Group in Birmingham, Ala., where she represented debtors and creditors in bankruptcy cases, out-of-court workouts and restructurings and bankruptcy- related litigation. Judge Henderson clerked for Hon. Thomas B. Bennet and is listed as a 2014 Alabama Super Lawyers ?Rising Star.? She received her B.A. magna cum laude from Birmingham-Southern College in 2001 and her J.D. summa cum laude form the University of Alabama School of Law in 2004, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and a special works editor for the Alabama Law Review.