Magdeline D. Coleman

Hon. Magdeline D. Coleman is Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the EasternDistrict of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, initially appointed on April 12, 2010. She began her career working for a family business as a general counselor, which provided services to college students in thePhiladelphia area. She then worked with Atkinson & Archie, P.C. and as a staff attorney for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where she began working as a bankruptcy attorney. JudgeColeman later clerked for Hon. David A. Scholl and joined the firm of Sagot, Jennings and Sigmond, where she dealt with national and local Taft Hartley funds in bankruptcy cases. Lastly, she worked with Buchanon Ingersoll & Rooney PC on bankruptcy and related litigation. Judge Coleman received her undergraduate degree from Chestnut Hill College in 1978 and her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1981.