Kevin Gross

Kevin Gross is a Bankruptcy Judge with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in Wilmington, appointed on March 13, 2006. He served as Chief Judge from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2014. Previously, he practiced general litigation, representing shareholders, and was a director for Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess PA in Wilmington, Del., which he joined in 1985. He most recently served as an ombudsman for the U.S. District Court from 1977-2006 and was a member of the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Delaware Supreme Court from 2005-06. He was also the chair of the Advisory Committee for the U.S. District Court of Delaware from 1995-2005. Judge Gross has been listed several times in The Best Lawyers in America and was awarded the first annual Caleb R. Layton III Service Award by the district court in 1996. Judge Gross's recent cases include Nortel Networks Corp., Los Angeles Dodgers, NewPage Corp., Friendly's Ice Cream Corp., Boscov's, Pierre Foods, Mervyn's Holdings, Sharper Image, Cadence Industries, Dynamerica Manufacturing, Intermet Corp., Aventine Renewable Energy, Fisker, Tuscany Holdings, Greenfield Energy, Trump Entertainment, Magnum Hunt- er, Emerald Oil and DexMedia. A former clerk for the Delaware Court of Chancery, he received his bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Delaware in 1974 and his J.D. in 1977 from American University Washington College of Law, where he served on its law review.