Staff Information
One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004-1408
Chambers: (212) 668-2301
Courtroom: 623
Courtroom Deputy: Greg White
(212) 284-4029
Law Clerk: Jamie Eisen
(212) 284-4033
Law Clerk: Leslie Kan
(212) 284-4032
Law Clerk:
(212) 284-4036
Judge Tabs
Shelley C. Chapman was sworn in as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York on March 5, 2010. At the time of her appointment, she was a partner in the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in the Business Reorganization and Restructuring Department, where her practice included the representation of debtors, creditors, and other parties in interest in major chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings.
Judge Chapman received a B.A. with distinction in all subjects from Cornell University in 1978 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, from which she graduated cum laude in 1981. She served as an editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
Prior to joining Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in 2001, Judge Chapman was a partner at Sidley & Austin and served as an Adjunct Professor at Brooklyn Law School in 1985-86. From 2001 through 2007, she served on the Board of Directors of inMotion, a non-profit organization that provides pro bono legal services to indigent women and children in New York City, primarily in the areas of matrimonial, family, and immigration law, serving as Board Chair from 2004 to 2007.
Prior to her appointment, she served on the Executive Committee of the UJA-Federation of New York's Bankruptcy and Reorganization Group and on the Advisory Board of the ABI New York City Bankruptcy Conference, and has been active in Cornell University and Harvard Law School alumni affairs.
Judge Chapman is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. She is currently serving on an advisory committee to the ABI Commission to Study Chapter 11 Reform and is the Judicial Chair of the ABI Mid-Level New York City Conference. She also served on the 2012 NCBJ Education Committee.