James M. Peck was sworn in as a Bankruptcy Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in January 2006. In 1990 Judge Peck joined the firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP. At the time of his appointment to the bench, he was a partner at that firm.

During his tenure at Schulte Roth & Zabel he had a varied restructuring and litigation practice representing debtor entities, secured creditors, creditors' committees, acquirers of assets, equity interests and directors of both public and private companies. Judge Peck was co-chair of the Business Reorganization Department of the firm for a number of years. He also served as a member of the firm's Opinion Committee and in that capacity was involved in the structuring of complex business transactions. Judge Peck has written and lectured extensively on business bankruptcy topics.

From 1975 until 1990, Judge Peck was an associate and partner in the Reorganization and Finance Department of Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia.

Judge Peck is a native New Yorker. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1967 and received his law degree from New York University School of Law in 1971.