Hon. Bruce A. Harwood is Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of New Hampshire, appointed to the bench in March, 2013.  He also serves on the First Circuit’s Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.  Prior to his appointment to the bench, he chaired the Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors' Rights Group at Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green in Manchester, N.H., representing business debtors, asset purchasers, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors' committees, trustees in bankruptcy, and insurance and banking regulators in connection with the rehabilitation and liquidation of insolvent insurers and trust companies. He was a chapter 7 panel trustee in the District of New Hampshire, and mediated disputes arising in debtor/creditor relations.  Judge Harwood serves on American Bankruptcy Institute’s Board of Directors (Communication, Information and Technology Committee).  He served as Co-Chair of the ABI’s Commercial Fraud Committee; as program Co-Chair of ABI's Northeast Bankruptcy Conference; as Northeast Regional Chair of the ABI Endowment Fund's Development Committee, and as a member of the ABI’s Civility Task Force.  He is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy.  Judge Harwood received his B.A. from Northwestern University, and his J.D. from Washington University School of Law.