Janice D. Loyd

Hon. Janice D. Loyd is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma in OklahomaCity, sworn in on Dec. 12, 2014. Prior to her swearing in, she was an officer, director and shareholder with the Oklahoma City law firm of Bellingham & Loyd, P.C. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Loyd’s practice emphasized the areas of bankruptcy, reorganization and commercial litigation. She also was a member of the Chapter 7 Trustee Panel for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma for 22 years, handling over 20,000 cases. Judge Loyd is a member of the Oklahoma County BarAssociation, the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, ABI and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. She has chaired both the Bankruptcy Section of the Oklahoma County BarAssociation and the board of directors for the Bankruptcy and Reorganization Section of the OklahomaBar Association. She also has served on the Mediation Advisory Board Committee and is a PermanentMember of the Standing Local Rules Committee for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. In 2019, Judge Loyd was appointed to the Tenth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. In2006, she received the Oklahoma Bar Association Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service, and she isa two-time recipient of the Mona Salyer Lambird Service to Children Award for services provided as a volunteer for Lawyers for Children. Judge Loyd received her B.A. in political science in 1983 from theUniversity of Oklahoma and her J.D. in 1986 from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.