Bio :

Hon. Kevin J. Carey was senior counsel in Hogan Lovells US LLP’s Business Restructuring and Insolvency practice in Philadelphia and a retired bankruptcy judge. He passed away in 2024. Judge Carey also was a former ABI president, represented both companies and creditors in domestic and cross-border bankruptcy proceedings, and served as independent director, expert witness and mediator. He was first appointed to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2001, then in 2005 began service on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (serving as chief judge from 2008-11). During that time, he authored more than 200 reported decisions, issued important rulings on key issues such as valuation, fiduciary duties and other complex chapter 11 and confirmation issues, and presided over such high-profile cases as Exide Technologies, Tribune Co. and New Century Financial. Judge Carey was the first judge to serve as global chair of the Turnaround Management Association, and he was an honorary member of the Turnaround, Restructuring and Distressed Investing Hall of Fame, as well as a Distinguished Fellow of the Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors. In addition, he was a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the International Insolvency Institute, as well as a contributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy. Judge Carey was the Dean’s Distinguished Fellow at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. He began his legal career in 1979 clerking for Bankruptcy Judge Thomas M. Twardowski, then served as clerk of court of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Judge Carey received his B.A. in 1976 from Pennsylvania State University and his J.D. in 1979 from Villanova University School of Law.