Gregory Burrell

Gregory A. Burrell is the standing chapter 13 trustee in Minneapolis, appointed in 2013, and is a licensed attorney in Louisiana and Minnesota. After graduating from law school, he worked as counsel to a chapter 7 panel trustee and also handled consumer chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcy matters. He then went on to work as staff counsel to a chapter 13 trustee. While he was in his full-time role serving as staff counsel to the chapter 13 trustee, Mr. Burrell started a bankruptcy law clinic at Southern University Law Center, where he taught bankruptcy law to third-year law students. The clinic also gave students the opportunity to get practical experience representing indigent debtors in chapter 7 bankruptcy cases. He is a recipient of the NACTT Tireless Time and Effort Award, the Distinguished Trustee Award, and the Southern University Law Center Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award. Mr. Burrell is a Fellow of the 34th Class (2023) of the American College of Bankruptcy. He authored “Eliminating Implicit Bias in the Bankruptcy Process,” published in the ABI Journal. Mr. Burrell serves as a permanent member of the Bankruptcy Rules Practice Committee in the District of Minnesota, is the current vice president of the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, and is a member of the National Bar Association, Bankruptcy IDEA Consortium, ABI and the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees. In addition, he is a frequent speaker both locally and nationally on bankruptcy-related topics, and he mentors career- seeking law students through the Tom Vaughn internship program. Mr. Burrell received his B.A. in political science from Xavier University with a minor in business administration, and his J.D. from Southern University Law Center.