U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Southern District of California
Career Highlights: Appointed chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California, November 2022; U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge, Southern District of California, 2012-2022; assistant U.S. attorney, San Diego, 2008-12; of counsel, associate, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 1993-2008; law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Earl B. Gilliam, San Diego, 1992-93
Law School: Yale Law School
Career Highlights: Appointed chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California, November 2022; U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge, Southern District of California, 2012-2022; assistant U.S. attorney, San Diego, 2008-12; of counsel, associate, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 1993-2008; law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Earl B. Gilliam, San Diego, 1992-93
Law School: Yale Law School
SAN DIEGO -- Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher B. Latham has been thinking about credit and debt since he was a child.
Appointed chief a year ago, after 10 years on the Southern District of California bankruptcy court, Latham said he learned thrift from his grandparents, with whom he lived for a good portion of his childhood.
"They had lived through the Depression and they wo... (continued)
