Hon. Kimberley H. Tyson

Hon. Kimberley H. Tyson is Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Colorado in Denver, initially appointed to the bench in May 2017 and appointed Chief Judge in 2021. Prior to that, she was in private practice, where she concentrated in workouts, bankruptcy and related commercial litigation. From March 2011 until her appointment to the bench, Judge Tyson served as a chapter 7 trustee. She has served as the Tenth Circuit representative on the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judge’s Board of Governors, and she is a member of the Colorado Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Subcommittee and its former chair. Judge Tyson is an active ABI member and has served on the advisory board of its annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference since 2003. After law school she clerked for Hon. John K. Pearson of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas and Hon. Jerry G. Elliot of the Kansas Court of Appeals. Judge Tyson received her B.A. at Smith College and her J.D. at the University of Kansas School of Law.