Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn

Bio

Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C., appointed on Sept. 4, 2020. A COVID-era selection and appointment, she was sworn in by Zoom from her living room. Prior to her appointment, Judge Gunn served as an Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia as the bankruptcy specialist for the Division of Child Support Enforcement. She also practiced law in Richmond, Va., at Sands Anderson PC and McGuireWoods LLP. In 2017, Judge Gunn was honored as a member of ABI’s inaugural class of “40 Under 40.” In 2022, she was recognized by the Bar Association of the District of Columbia as its Judicial Honoree and recipient of the BADC’s Suzanne V. Richards Foundation Grant. Judge Gunn serves on the advisory board of the American Bankruptcy Law Journal and is a coordinating and associate editor of the ABI Journal. In addition, she sits on the boards of the Federal Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, American Bar Association, National Conference of Federal Trial Judges and the Chesapeake Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, and she hosts the popular American Bar Association Business Law Section Podcast “Bad Boys of Bankruptcy.” She also is a member of the Walter Chandler Bankruptcy Inn of Court and is Board Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification. Judge Gunn received her B.A. cum laude from Willamette University and her J.D. cum laude from Boston College Law School.