Ashely M. Chan

Hon. Ashely M. Chan is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Prior to taking the bench, she was a shareholder at Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller and concentrated her practice in the areas of bankruptcy and corporate restructuring. From 1996-97, JudgeChan clerked for Hon. Gloria M. Burns of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. Be-fore joining HASPS, she was an associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in its business and finance section, where she focused on bankruptcy, corporate restructuring and corporate finance. Judge Chan has received numerous recognitions, including being selected as a Leader in Bankruptcy/Restructuring  by Chambers USA, being listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor-DebtorRights, and being listed as a Pennsylvania Lawyer on the Fast Track by The Legal Intelligencer andPennsylvania Law Weekly. She is an adjunct professor at Temple Law School, where she teaches a course on commercial bankruptcy practice and procedure, and she chairs the Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group. Judge Chan received her J.D. in 1996 from Rutgers School of Law – Camden, where she received Tax Honors with Distinction and the Rutgers Pro Bono Publico Award.