Keith L. Phillips

Hon. Keith L. Phillips is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia in Richmond, sworn in on Aug. 26, 2013. Prior to his appointment, he was a principal of the law firm of Phillips& Fleckenstein, PC in Richmond, where he represented debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees and trustees in all chapters of the Bankruptcy Code. He also served as a mediator in bankruptcy-related disputes, as a chapter 7 trustee on the Richmond panel for more than 27 years, and as a chapter 11 trustee, liquidation trustee and state court receiver. Judge Phillips has been a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy matters for various bar organizations and has served as a representative on the Eastern District of Virginia’s Richmond Division Bankruptcy Bar Liaison Committee. He has been a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference since 1985 and has held multiple positions with the Virginia andRichmond Bar Associations, including chairman. In addition, he is a member of and currently serves on a number of committees for the National Association of Bankruptcy Judges. Judge Phillips received his undergraduate degree in biology from the College of William & Mary in 1976 and his J.D. from theUniversity of Richmond Law School in 1979, where he was a member and editor of the Law Review and a member of the McNeil Law Society. Following law school, he clerked for Hon. Walter E. Hoffman of the U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Va.