Judge Chapman, Who Oversaw Lehman Bankruptcy, to Retire Next Year

Shelley C. Chapman, the New York judge who presided over Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s mammoth bankruptcy case, will retire in June 2022.

Chapman took over Lehman’s case—the biggest in U.S. history—when Judge James M. Peck retired in 2014. The investment bank’s bankruptcy and $613 billion in debt helped accelerate the financial crisis of 2008.

Other notable Chapter 11 cases that Chapman oversaw include Nine West Holdings Inc., Sabine Oil & Gas Corp., Century 21 Department Stores LLC, Sbarro LLC, and BCBG Max Azria Global Holdings LLC, according to a statement Monday from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District ...