Hon. Bess Parrish Creswell

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Hon. Bess M. Parrish Creswell</strong> is Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama in Montgomery, initially appointed on April 16, 2018, and named Chief Judge on Oct. 17, 2020. Prior to her appointment to the bench, she was a partner in Burr &amp; Forman LLP’s Creditors’ Rights &amp; Bankruptcy Group in Mobile, Ala., where she represented debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, creditor committees, and fiduciaries in workouts, debt restructuring, bankruptcy cases, financial transactions, and nonbankruptcy litigation. Prior to joining Burr &amp; Forman, Judge Creswell practiced bankruptcy and financial restructuring at Alston &amp; Bird LLP in Atlanta and clerked for Hon. C. Ray Mullins in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She received her B.B.A. in 2001 from Campbell University, her M.B.A. from the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business, and her J.D. in 2004 from Wake Forest University School of Law.</p>