Elisabetta G. Gasparini, Esq.

Hon. Elisabetta G. M. Gasparini is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of South Carolina in Charleston, appointed on June 27, 2022, after an extensive career as a trial attorney with the Office of the U.S.Trustee in both Region 4 (2012-22) and Region 2 (2009-12). During her tenure with Region 4 in Columbia, S.C., she served as chapter 11 regional coordinator in complex chapter 11 cases. In 2019, Ms. Gasparini received the Director’s Award for Excellence in Chapter 11 Complex Issues. While serving as a trial attorney for Region 2 in New York, she worked on numerous high-profile cases, including American Airlines, Blockbuster and Lehman Brothers. Prior to her service with the UST, Judge Gasparini was a member of the corporate restructuring groups for several firms in New York from 2001-09, where she worked on complex chapter 11 cases and mass-tort bankruptcies, and represented various defendants to preference actions. She previously clerked for her predecessor, Hon. John E. Waites, from 1999-2001. Judge Gasparini was born in Milan, Italy, and immigrated to the U.S. with her family in 1987. She received her B.A. in 1996 from Wake Forest University and her J.D. in 1999 from the University of South Carolina School of Law.