Hon. Eddward Phillip Ballinger

Eddward P. Ballinger, Jr. is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Arizona in Phoenix, appointed in February 2013. Prior to his appointment, Judge Ballinger served as an Arizona Supe- rior Court judge in a number of capacities, including associate presiding judge, presiding criminal judge and presiding juvenile judge. In 2000, the Arizona Supreme Court appointed Judge Ballinger to preside over both the Gila River Stream Adjudication and the Little Colorado River Adjudication, two of the largest lawsuits ever litigated in the state court system. He was a member of the Arizona Judicial College, serving as the dean during 2010-2011, and of Arizona's Judicial Performance Re- view Commission. Prior to his appointment to the bench, he was a partner in the law firm of Brown & Bain, P.A., where his practice focused on civil litigation and business reorganizations. He is a frequent speaker and author, and his most recent publications address the legal ramifications of the judge-created economic loss rule to civil litigation. Judge Ballinger received his J.D. and M.B.A. from Ohio State University in 1979 and his LL.M in taxation from New York University in 1981.