Hon. Carla E. Craig

Hon. Carla E. Craig is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, appointed on Feb. 28, 2000, and appointed Chief Judge on March 1, 2007. During her years on the bench,she has presided over the chapter 11 cases of many nonprofit corporations, including Interfaith Medical Center, Victory Memorial Hospital, Caritas Health Care, The Brooklyn Hospital Center and other healthcare providers, as well as chapter 11 cases involving schools and religious congregations. Previously,\nJudge Craig was an associate with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and a partner with Hertzog, Calamari & Gleason. She later headed Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP?s bankruptcy practice prior to taking the bench. Judge Craig?s law practice concentrated primarily in the areas of business bankruptcy and commercial litigation. She has been a regular lecturer for the Practicing Law Insti-\ntute and is the author of a number of published articles on bankruptcy-related topics, including nonprofit chapter 11 cases, bankruptcy sales, retail bankruptcies and bankruptcy litigation. Judge Craig received her B.A. from Williams College in 1976 and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1979.