Henry W. Van Eck
Henry W. Van Eck is the chief bankruptcy judge for the United States bankruptcy court, Middle District of Pennsylvania.[1]
Childhood[edit]
Judge Van Eck was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[2]
Education[edit]
Judge Van Eck earned his bachelor of science in Political Science from Susquehanna University in 1995 and is a 1998 cum laude graduate of Widener University Commonwealth Law School.[3]
Legal work experience[edit]
After graduating law school he joined the law firm of Cummingham and Chernicoff, P.C. where he began practicing bankruptcy law. Van Eck then cofounded the law firm of Van Eck & Van Eck, P.C. In 2011, he became a shareholder with Mette, Evans & Woodside law firm in Harrisburg, PA. In 2016, Van Eck was recommended for a federal bankruptcy judgeship by Judicial Council for the Third Circuit.[4] He was appointed to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on April 6, 2017.[5] He became Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in December 2019.[6] His term will expire on April 5, 2031.[7]
Judge Van Eck is a member of the American, Pennsylvania, and Dauphin County Bar Associations, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Chief Judge Henry W. Van Eck". US Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Pennsylvania. US Courts. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "3rd Circuit" (PDF). Association of Bankruptcy Judicial Assistants. Spring 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Henry W. Van Eck". Martindale. Martindale. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "U.S. BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIP FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA (HARRISBURG)" (PDF). Dauphin County Bar Association. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Judicial Milestones". United States Courts. US Courts. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Henry W Van Eck". Bloomberg Person Profile. Bloomberg News. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Henry W. Van Eck". Ballotpedia. Ballotpedia. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "3rd Circuit" (PDF). Association of Bankruptcy Judicial Assistants. Spring 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2020.