Staff Information
One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004-1408
Chambers: (212) 668-2301
Courtroom: 601
Chamber’s email: pb.chambers@nysb.uscourts.gov
Courtroom Deputy: Greg White
(212) 284-4029
Law Clerk: Caroline Ellis
(212) 284-4032
Law Clerk: Philip Lockwood-Bean
(212) 284-4036
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Philip Bentley was sworn in as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York on September 7, 2022. He received his B.A. degree cum laude in 1981 from Yale College and his J.D. degree cum laude in 1984 from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar.
Prior to joining the Court, Judge Bentley was a partner in the bankruptcy and restructuring department of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP. His practice focused on complex litigation in bankruptcy courts, as well as other federal and state courts. In addition to occasionally representing debtors, trustees and examiners, he frequently litigated on behalf of official committees and creditor groups in large bankruptcies, including Purdue Pharma, Puerto Rico, Residential Capital, Madoff Investment Securities, General Motors, W.R. Grace, Adelphia Communications, WorldCom, Dow Corning and SGL Carbon.
Judge Bentley is a regular speaker on bankruptcy issues. He is a member of the Federal Bar Council’s Bankruptcy Litigation Committee and of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. Prior to his appointment, he was a member of the advisory board for the American Bankruptcy Institute’s annual New York City Bankruptcy Conference, as well as a longstanding member of the Policy Committee of Human Rights Watch.