Thomas L. Ambro

Hon. Thomas L. Ambro is a U.S. Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Wilmington, Del., appointed in 2000. Previously, he was in private practice in Wilmington from 1976-2000 at Richards, Layton & Finger and was instrumental in Wilmington becoming a preferred venue for large chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. He eventually headed the firm’s bankruptcy practice. Prior to his time at the firm, Judge Ambro clerked for Chief Justice Daniel L. Herrmann of the Supreme Court of Delaware. He is a past chair of the Business Law Section of the AmericanBar Association and a past editor of The Business Lawyer. In addition, he chaired the Committee on the Uniform Commercial Code for the Commercial Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association for 20 years. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Inns of Court, the American Law Institute and the National Bankruptcy Conference. Judge Ambro serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, where he teaches a course on public speaking to undergraduate student. The Thomas L. Ambro Fellowship, awarded to support a summer internship with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, is named in his honor. Judge Ambro received his B.A. in 1971 from Georgetown University and his J.D. from Georgetown UniversityLaw Center in 1975.