Christopher S. Sontchi

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Christopher S. Sontchi

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices
United States Bankruptcy Court District of Delaware

Education

Bachelor's

University of North Carolina

Law

University of Chicago


Christopher S. Sontchi was a judge on the United States bankruptcy court, District of Delaware. He was appointed to the court in 2006.[1][2] He retired from the court on June 30, 2022.[3]

Sontchi was designated chief judge on July 1, 2018, for a term ending June 30, 2021.[4]

Education

Judge Sontchi obtained his bachelor of arts Phi Beta Kappa with distinction in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned his J.D. at the University of Chicago. Sontchi also served as a lecturer in law at the University of Chicago Law School and an adjunct professor of law at Widener University in Wilmington, Delaware.[2]

Career

Sontchi served as a law clerk to Hon. Joseph T. Walsh in the Delaware Supreme Court. He was a member of the law firm of Ashby & Geddes, PA, where he represented a wide variety of nationally-based enterprises with diverse interests in most of the larger chapter 11 reorganization proceedings filed in Delaware.[2]

Publications

  • Brendan Linehan Shannon and Christopher S. Sontchi, Recent Developments in Delaware Bankruptcy Law, 11 Del.L.Rev. 49 (2009)
  • Christopher S. Sontchi, Top 10 Things I Have Learned Since I Took The Bench, XXVII ABI Journal 6, 46-47, 78, July/August 2008)[2]

Panels and Presentations

  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Delaware Views From the Bench, “Claims Trading/2019: ‘Whose Case Is It Anyway?’” panel member (2011)
  • 6th Annual University of Chicago Booth School of Business Distressed Investing and Restructuring Group Conference, “Legal Panel,” panel member (2011)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, 29th Annual Spring Meeting, "Termination of Retiree Benefits: Everything You Need to Know about § 1114 and the Termination of At-Will Benefits," panel member (2011)
  • 19th Annual Conrad B. Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition, judge (2011)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, 22nd Annual Winter Leadership Conference, Great Debates, "Resolved: the Mandatory Disclosure Set out of Bankruptcy Rule 2019 Apply to Ad Hoc Committees and Lender Groups," debater (2010)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute and Georgetown Law School, Bankruptcy 2010: Views from the Bench, “Ethics: A New Take on ‘When in Doubt, Disclose,’” panel member (2010)
  • American College of Bankruptcy, Class XXI - Induction Ceremony and Events, “Best Practices,” panel member (2010)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute and University of Texas - Austin, VALCON 2010: Risks, Restructurings, Real Estate and Retail, “Judicial Panel: Valuation Issues,” panel member (2010)
  • National Judicial Institute (Canada), “Cross Border Insolvency Issues,” panel member (2010)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Legislative Symposium, “Safe Harbor or Charybdis: Do the Provisions on Forward Contracts, Swaps, Repurchase Agreements and Other Derivatives Need Fixing?” panel member (2009)
  • Insolvency Institute of Canada, Annual Conference, “Cross Border Insolvency Issues,” panel member (2009)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute and University of Texas - Austin, VALCON 2009: Risks, Restructurings, Real Estate and Retail, “Judicial Panel: Valuation Issues,” panel member (2009)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Delaware Views from the Bench and Bar, “Views on Valuation Issues,” panel member (2008)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute and Georgetown Law School, Bankruptcy 2008: Views from the Bench, “The New Wave of Retail Bankruptcies,” panel member (2008)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, “Understanding Today’s Capital Markets,” panel member (2008)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Views from the Beltway, keynote speaker (2008)
  • Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, Advanced Restructuring and Plan of Reorganization Conference, “Restructurings Under the 2005 Bankruptcy Amendments – A Year in Review,” panel member (2007)
  • Delaware State Bar Association, Fundamentals of Civil Litigation, “Bankruptcy Issues,” panel member (2007)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, “BAPCPA Solutions: KERPs, MIPs and Workarounds,” panel moderator (2007)
  • Delaware State Bar Association, Summer Associate Program, panel member (2006 -2007)
  • Delaware State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, “Gambling With DIP Financing,” panel moderator (2007)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Delaware Views From the Bench, “Global Crossings: Current Developments in Cross-Border Cases,” panel member (2006)[2]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ United States Bankruptcy Court District of Delaware "Chambers"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Christopher S. Sontchi Biography
  3. ↑ United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware, "Announcement of Retirement of Judge Christopher Sontchi," November 15, 2021
  4. ↑ United States District Court for the District of Delaware, "Designation of chief judge of the United States bankruptcy court for the District of Delaware," July 5, 2018

Delaware courts

Federal courts:

Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Delaware • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Delaware

State courts:

Delaware Supreme Court • Superior Court of Delaware • Delaware Court of Chancery • Delaware Family Court • Delaware Court of Common Pleas • Delaware Justice of the Peace Courts • Delaware Alderman's Courts

State resources:

Courts in Delaware • Delaware judicial elections • Judicial selection in Delaware

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