Frank W. Volk, Esq.

Hon. Frank W. Volk is Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of West Virginia in Charleston, appointed in October 2015. Previously, he was with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Judge Volk has also served since 2005 as an adjunct faculty member at the West Virginia College of Law, where he has taught federal civil rights, bankruptcy and advanced bankruptcy. He has participated in multiple plenary sessions sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center at annual bankruptcy judge workshops in 2017, 2018 and 2019. He has also spoken at insolvency events in San Antonio, Cincinnati and Atlanta. Judge Volk additionally serves as an associate editor for the American Bankruptcy Law Journal .On April 4, 2019, he was nominated by President Trump for a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The nomination is currently under consideration by the Senate. Judge Volk received his J.D. in 1992 from West Virginia University College of Law, where he served as editor-in-chief of the West Virginia Law Review and attained the Order of the Coif.