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William Burns (ca. 1867-1917).

William Burns arrived in Winona in 1882, attended school, and read law in the offices of former Chief Justice Thomas Wilson. He began practicing law in Winona in 1885, when he was admitted to the bar; he also served as Referee in Bankruptcy from 1902 to March 1917, when he died. The following mon...

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Alexander G. McKnight (1878-1950).

Alexander Galt McKnight served as the Bankruptcy Referee in the Fifth Division of the District of Minnesota from 1928 to July 1933, when he resigned. His chambers were in Duluth.

He practiced law in Duluth from 1905 to death in 1950, except a year in Washington, D. C. in 1934-1935, whe...

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Referees and Judges of the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota, 1898 - 2016

This is a list of the referees and judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota from 1898 to the present. They are listed by date of appointment. ...

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Judge Robert J. Kressel: "History of United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Minnesota." (2007).

This history of the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota from 1898, when the first comprehensive bankruptcy law was enacted, to the present day, was written by Judge Robert J. Kressel, who has served on the court since 1982. ...

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Herbert M. Bierce (1879-1962).

Herbert M. Bierce began practicing law in Winona in 1906, at age twenty-six. He specialized in commercial law, and in 1918 was appointed Referee in Bankruptcy by the U. S. District Court. He helped found the National Association of Bankruptcy Referees in 1926, served as President in 1952, and edite...

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Ernest W. Campbell (1869-1933).

In 1899, Ernest Wells Campbell, a graduate of Yale Law School and a member of the Minnesota bar, was discharged from the Army after serving in the Spanish American War, began practicing law in Litchfield, and was appointed a Referee in Bankruptcy. For the next three decades he practiced law, held m...

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"Memorial for Judge Nancy C. Dreher" (2013).

Nancy C. Dreher was a Judge on the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota from January 25, 1988 to her death on November 23, 2012. This memorial was prepared by her former colleague on that court, Judge Robert J. Kressel. ...

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Judge John J. Connelly (1926-2018).

John J. Connelly served as a referee on the bankruptcy court of the District of Minnesota from 1965 to 1973, then as a judge until 1986, when he retired. In 1995 he was recalled to judicial duty and assigned to the bankruptcy court in the Southern District of New York, where he served until 2002. <...

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Judge Albert Edgerton (1815-1896).

The Bankruptcy Act of 1867 authorized the Chief Justice to "nominate and recommend" registers in bankruptcy to the district court judges, who would then appoint them to serve in congressional districts. Chief Justice Samuel Chase nominated two registers to serve in Minnesota: Henry C. Butler of Ro...

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Jean Anton Flitte (1866-1927).

The Flitte family emigrated from Norway to America in 1869, with three year old Jean in tow. He worked the family farm in Watonwan County, Minnesota, attended local schools, taught school, read law, graduated the University of Minnesota Law Department in 1892, was admitted to the bar (this was a ti...

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John P. Galbraith (1866-1933).

John P. Galbraith graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1891, practiced law in St. Paul and Grand Forks, served three terms in the North Dakota Legislature, and returned in 1901 to St. Paul where he worked in several private companies handling credit matters until 1920 when he res...

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Horace Hubbard Glenn (1879-1944).

Horace Hubbard Glenn began practicing law with Stiles W. Burr following his graduation from the St. Paul College of Law in 1911. After Burr relocated to Washington, D.C., in 1923, Glenn continued on his own, soon forming his own firm, Glenn, Frankel & Christopherson. In April 1933, he was appointed...

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George A. Heisey (1893-1990).

George Heisey served as a Bankruptcy Referee from 1945 to 1970, when he retired. He died on February 10, 1990, and a few months later a tribute to him was delivered at the annual bar memorial session of the Hennepin County Bar Association by Thomas Lovett and Connor Schmid. ...

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Gideon S. Ives (1846-1927).

In 1909, "Governor" Gideon Ives was appointed Referee in Bankruptcy. This appointment followed decades of public service in local and state government. He served St. Peter as city attorney and mayor, Nicollet County as state senator in 1887-1889, and the State of Minnesota as Lieutenant Governor i...

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William L. Parsons (1858-1939).

William L. Parsons arrived in Fergus Falls in 1882 to practice law. He was twenty-fours years old and already a member of the New York bar. In 1886, he formed a partnership with James A. Brown, and their firm soon became one of the most prominent in the area. He served as a Federal Referee of Bankr...

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Frank L. Randall (1856-1921).

Admitted to practice in 1879, John Randall practiced law in Winona and several other southern Minnesota towns for the next two decades. He served one term as Winona County attorney and two years as a Bankruptcy Referee. In 1900, he was appointed superintendent of the State Reformatory in St. Cloud....

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Horace W. Roberts (1877-1957).

Horace Wills Roberts, a Spanish-American War veteran, graduated the University of Minnesota Law School in 1908 and began practicing in Minneapolis with his father, a prominent lawyer. He was the first president of the Hennepin County Bar Association, serving 1919-1920. In November 1923, he was app...

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William T. Valentine (1849-1919).

In 1883, holding a degree from the University of Michigan Law Department, William T. Valentine returned to his home town of Winona and practiced there until the late 1890s when, suddenly, he closed his office and went prospecting in Alaska, but without luck. He relocated to Long Prairie in Todd Coun...

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Ole J. Vaule (1859-1938).

Ole J. Vaule was the longest serving referee in the history of the bankruptcy court for the District of Minnesota. Appointed in 1898 by Judge William Lochren, he served to his death on August 6, 1938. It was a part-time position, and during these decades he maintained a private practice with Willia...

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Francis Regis Noel: "A History of the Bankruptcy Law" (1919).

A History of the Bankruptcy Law by Francis Regis Noel (1891-1952), a member of the D. C. bar, is posted here. It was published first in 1919 by C.H. Potter Company, Washington D. C. ...

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Sidney Corning Eastman, "The Bankruptcy Law Annotated"(1903).

In 1903 Sidney Corning Eastman, a Referee in Bankruptcy in Chicago, published "The Bankruptcy Law Annotated, Being the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 as Amended." It is posted here. ...

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