Hon. Louis A. Scarcella

Hon. Louis A. Scarcella is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of New York in Central Islip, sworn in on May 16, 2014. Previously, he was a shareholder in the law firm of Farrell Fritz, P.C., where he was the Bankruptcy Practice Group Leader and had a diverse restructuring and litigation prac- tice, representing debtor entities, secured creditors, creditors? committees, equity interests, and parties seeking to purchase the assets of, or invest in, financially troubled companies. Before joining Farrell Fritz, P.C., he was a partner in the law firm of Phillips Nizer LLP, where he chaired its bankruptcy and creditors? rights practice group. Judge Scarcella has practiced bankruptcy law exclusively during his career in private practice and has written and lectured on both business and consumer bankruptcy topics. He is a contributing author to Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide and is an adjunct professor of bankruptcy law at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. Judge Scarcella is a member of the Federal Bar Council, ABI and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. He received his B.A. in 1973 from Providence College and his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 1977.