New York’s Southern Bankruptcy Court Gets New Chief Judge

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn will take over as the next chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, starting his five-year term in March in one of the most sought-after bankruptcy venues.

Glenn currently serves on the bench in the district’s Manhattan courthouse and has been a bankruptcy court judge in the district since Nov. 30, 2006, according to the court’s announcement Monday.

Current Chief Judge Cecelia G. Morris, who served two five-year terms as chief judge, will continue on as a bankruptcy judge in the district’s Poughkeepsie courthouse, the court said.

Glenn ...