D. Sims Crawford

Hon D. Sims Crawford is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Alabama in Birmingham, appointed on Sept. 1, 2016. He previously served as a Chapter 13 Standing Trustee in the Northern District of Alabama from 2004 until his appointment as a bankruptcy judge. Judge Crawford is a member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, ABI and the Alabama State Bar, and he has served on the Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group (BJAG) and the Human Resources Advisory Council (HRAC), both of which provide advice to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and to the committees of the Judicial Conference. He is currently serving as the bankruptcy-judge representative to the Committee on Codes of Conduct for the Judicial Conference of the United States. Judge Crawford received his B.A. from the University of Alabama and his J.D. from Samford University Cumberland School of Law.