Hon. Thomas Catliota

Thomas J. Catliota is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Maryland in Greenbelt. Prior to his appointment in 2006, he was a partner in the firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and a mem- ber of its insolvency group, where he chaired its bankruptcy and insolvency practice for seven years, representing debtors, creditors and committees in bankruptcy courts across the country and focusing on all aspects of insolvency law, particularly in the real estate, health care, trucking, technology and food services industries. Judge Catliota lectures frequently on many bankruptcy topics, including landlord/ tenant rights in bankruptcy, the acquisition of assets from a bankruptcy estate and the law of letters of credit in bankruptcy. From 1993-96, he was the co-editor of The Fourth Circuit and District of Colum- bia Bankruptcy Court Reporter, which contained the full text, synopses and summaries of bankruptcy court opinions published in the federal courts of the Fourth Circuit and the District of Columbia Circuit. Judge Catliota received his B.S. from Marquette University in 1977, his J.D. from Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law in 1983, where he was the recipient of the Faculty Award, among other academic awards, and his LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center in 1985.

Hon. Thomas J. Catliota