Hon. Stacey L. Meisel

Hon. Stacey L. Meisel is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of New Jersey in Newark and is the first African-American selected for this position in New Jersey. Before joining the bench, she was a founding member of Becker Meisel LLC and co-chaired its bankruptcy, insolvency and creditors? rights practice. Prior to her appointment, Judge Meisel served on the New Jersey Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees and thrice served on the committee that recommends candidates to the Third Circuit for New Jersey bankruptcy judgeship vacancies. She also served on the New Jersey Court Registry of Mediators andthe Lawyers Advisory Committee to the Board of Judges of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Districtof New Jersey. Judge Meisel previously served as trustee to the Association of the Federal Bar of NewJersey, on the ABI Advisory Board for the Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, and as chair of the 2011Workshop Attendance Committee. She helped launch the New Jersey Bankruptcy Lawyers Foundation, volunteered with Volunteer Lawyers for Justice and served on the board of directors for Legal Momentum ? The Women?s Legal Defense and Education Fund. Judge Meisel is a co-author of the ConsumerBankruptcy Manual and the Consumer Bankruptcy Handbook, both Thomson Reuters publications. She recently completed a three-year term on the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges? Rules Committee, and now serves as a governor-at-large. She currently serves on the National Association of WomenJudges? Color of Justice Program Committee of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey?s Committee on Court Security, as well as the Newark Vicinage Facilities Security Committee, and theU.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey?s Information Technology Committee. In addition, she is a judicial advisor to the Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey, and for the past three years has served as a judicial co-chair for ABI?s Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop. Judge Meisel received her Bachelor?s degree from Rutgers The State University of New Jersey and her J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.

Stacey L. Meisel