Alan S. Trust

Hon. Alan S. Trust is Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of New York in Central Islip, initially appointed on April 2, 2008, and named Chief Judge on Oct. 1, 2020. He has been an adjunct professor of law at the St. John’s University School of Law since 2009. Judge Trust served a two-year term as president of the Eastern District of New York Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and serves as CLE Committee co-chair. He is a past chair of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Federal Bar Association and a member of the board of directors of that Section, and has served as the CLE Committee chair. Judge Trust is a member of the ABI Journal’s Editorial Board and is a coordinating editor for theJournal, and for several years has had responsibility for its Dicta column. He is a member ABI and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. Judge Trust had been previously designated by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to mediate cases in the Southern District of New York and to sit in the District of Connecticut bankruptcy court. He has been selected by the Federal Judicial Center on several occasions to serve as a faculty member for national bankruptcy judge workshops, and he has spoken on issues such as evidence and the power of the bankruptcy courts to regulate its proceedings through sanctions and contempt. He also serves on the Judiciary Data Working Group under the auspices of theAdministrative Offices of the U.S. Courts. Judge Trust is a frequent speaker and contributor for numerous CLE events and seminars, addressing bankruptcy, mediation, trial practice and ethics issues, and has participated in a number of civics programs. He was instrumental in the creation of the Pro Bono Mediation Program and the formation of the Consumer Lawyer Advisory Committee adopted by the EasternDistrict of New York Bankruptcy Court. Judge Trust received his undergraduate degree summa cum<br>laude from Syracuse University in 1981, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. cum laude from New York University School of Law in 1984, having served on its law review from 1982-83.