Hon. Frank J. Santoro

Hon. Frank J. Santoro is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for Eastern District of Virginia, appointed on Feb. 21, 2008, and sitting in Norfolk and Newport News. Prior to his appointment, he was the managing partner of Marcus, Santoro & Kozak, P.C. in Portsmouth and Chesapeake, Va., where his practice concentrated in bankruptcy, corporate reorganizations and corporate finance. Judge Santoro served as stand- ing chapter 13 trustee beginning in 1987 and as a chapter 7 panel trustee from December 1981 through May 1990. He was also a former law clerk to Judge Hal J. Bonney, Jr. Judge Santoro has been a frequent speaker at seminars and is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. In 2003, he was selected by his peers as the outstanding bankruptcy lawyer in Virginia. Judge Santoro received undergraduate degrees with honors in political science, economics and finance from Allegheny College in 1976, where he was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. from the Marshall Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in 1979.