A. Thomas Small

Hon. A. Thomas Small is a retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina in Durham. He served from 1982-2009, and as Chief Judge from 1992-99 and 2006-07). He was recalled from 2013-14. Judge Small chaired the U.S. Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on BankruptcyRules from 2000-04, of which he was a member from 1996-99. In addition, he was Bankruptcy JudgeRepresentative to the U.S. Judicial Conference from 2004-07 and a member of the U.S. Judicial Conference Long Range Planning Committee from 1991-96. Judge Small was president of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges from 2000-01 and chairman of the NCBJ Endowment for Education from1993-94. He also served as a board member of the Federal Judicial Center from 1997-2001, on ABI’sBoard of Directors from 1989-95, and on the board of directors of the American College of Bankruptcy from 2002-05. He has been a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference since 2006. Judge Small has served on the board of editors of Collier on Bankruptcy since 2007 and was a contributing editor toNorton Bankruptcy Law and Practice from 1987-95. He received his A.B. from Duke University and hisJ.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law.