Hon. James L. Garrity

Hon. James L. Garrity is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York in New York, sworn in on Feb. 17, 2015. Previously, he was a partner in the law firm of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP and co-head of its Bankruptcy & Restructuring group, where his practice included the representation of debtors, creditors, and other parties in chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Judge Garrity was a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP in its Financial Restructuring & Insolvency Group, and before that he served as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge in the Southern District of New York from July 1991 to December 1999. Prior to his first term on the bench, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, inlcuding serving as chief of the office?s Tax & Bankruptcy Unit, and was an associate at the New York law firm of Andersen, Russell, Kill & Olick, P.C. Judge Garrity is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy, a member of the American Law Institute and a member of the International Insolvency Institute. He is also an adjunct professor at St. John?s University School of Law?s LL.M. in Bankruptcy program. Judge Garrity received his B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross in 1977, his J.D. from St. John?s University School of Law in 1980 and his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law in 1986.