Wendelin I. Lipp

Wendelin I. Lipp is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Maryland in Greenbelt, sworn in on April 3, 2006. Previously, she was a principal with the law firm of Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosen- berg, Eig & Cooper Chtd. in Bethesda, Md., where she headed the firm's Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Practice Group, concentrating in the areas of debtor and creditor rights, bankruptcy, insolvency and financial workouts. Judge Lipp is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification. As an attorney, she practiced regularly in the bankruptcy courts in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia, and served as a chapter 7 panel trustee in the Greenbelt Division from 2003-06. She also served as president of the Bankruptcy Bar for the District of Maryland from 2003-04. Judge Lipp is a member of the Walter B. Chandler American Inn of Court, has lectured and authored articles on a variety of bankruptcy issues, and has appeared on the cable TV program "Law School for the Public." She received her B.A. with honors from the University of Maryland in 1974 and her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1978.