Charles L. Nail, Jr.

Hon. Charles L. Nail is the Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of South Dakota in SiouxFalls. In January 1984, he left the litigation department of the Minneapolis law firm of Stacker & Ravich to join the bankruptcy department of the Minneapolis law firm of Arnold & McDowell. While there, he also served as a chapter 7 trustee for the District of Minnesota. Judge Nail returned to South Dakota inNovember 1988 to become an Assistant U.S. Trustee, first for the District of South Dakota and later for both the Districts of North Dakota and South Dakota. In September 1995, he was appointed clerk of theU.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Dakota, a position he held until August 2006, when hewas sworn in as bankruptcy judge. In September 2010, Judge Nail was appointed to the Eighth CircuitBankruptcy Appellate Panel, and in January 2021, he was appointed Chief Judge of the BAP. He hasserved as an adjunct professor at the University of South Dakota School of Law, and he co-authored“Truth or Consequences: The Dilemma of Asserting the Fifth Amendment Privilege Against Self-In-crimination in Bankruptcy Proceedings,” an article appearing in the Nebraska Law Review. Judge Nail received his undergraduate degree in 1979 from the University of South Dakota and his J.D. magna cum laude in 1982 from the University of Minnesota School of Law.