Hon. Brendan Linehan Shannon

Hon. Brendan L. Shannon is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in Wilmington, appointed in 2006. He manages a full chapter 11 docket and also handles all chapter 13 consumer bankruptcy cases filed in Delaware. He served as Chief Judge from 2014-18. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Shannon was a partner with Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP in Wilmington, Del., where he primarily represented corporate debtors and official committees in chapter 11 cases. He is an adjunct professor in the Bankruptcy LL.M. Program at St. John?s University School of Law in New York, and at Widener School of Law in Delaware. He also serves on the board of editors of Collier on Bankruptcy (16th ed.) and is a contributing author for Collier Forms and for several chapters covering the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. In addition, he serves on the editorial board of the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review. In 2011, Judge Shannon was appointed to serve as a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference. In 2020, he was inducted as a member of the American College of Bankruptcy. Judge Shannon is a member of the Delaware State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, ABI and the Rodney Inns of Court in Wilmington, Del. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Delaware Council on Economic Education. Judge Shannon received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his J.D. from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary.