Mike K. Nakagawa

Hon. Mike K. Nakagawa is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge in the District of Nevada in Las Vegas, appointed in September 2006. He served as the Chief Bankruptcy Judge from October 2008-September 2015.Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Nakagawa practiced in Sacramento primarily in the area of bankruptcy and business law. Before relocating to Nevada, he was an adjunct professor at both Mc-George School of Law and Lincoln Law School, where he taught bankruptcy law and reorganizations.He also was a member of the Sacramento County Civil Service Commission, which is responsible for administering the personnel system for the county. Judge Nakagawa teaches bankruptcy law, advanced bankruptcy law and remedies at the Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has been a presenter at numerous continuing legal education programs for the National Conference ofBankruptcy Judges, ABI, the Norton Institutes on Bankruptcy Law, the California Bankruptcy Forum and other organizations. Judge Nakagawa received his B.A. from the University of the Pacific in Stock-ton, Calif., and his J.D. from the law school at the University of California at Davis, following which he clerked for the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.