S. Elizabeth Gibson

S. Elizabeth Gibson
Name:S. Elizabeth Gibson
Title:Burton Craige Professor of Law
Education:J.D. (high honors, Order of the Coif), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1976)
B.A. (cum laude), Duke University (1972)

Elizabeth Gibson, a native of Raleigh, North Carolina, earned her J.D., with high honors, from UNC School of Law in 1976. After law school she clerked for Judge J. Braxton Craven Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1976-77) and for Justice Byron R. White of the U.S. Supreme Court (1977-78). Following her judicial clerkships she practiced law with the Washington, D.C., law firm of Shea & Gardner (now Goodwin Proctor), where she became a partner prior to her entry into teaching.

Gibson returned to the School of Law in 1983 as an associate professor of law. She became a professor of law in 1988 and a Burton Craige Professor of Law in 1993. Gibson teaches courses in civil procedure, federal jurisdiction and bankruptcy. She was the recipient of the 1988 and 1991 McCall Awards for Teaching Excellence at the School of Law, and is a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference and the American College of Bankruptcy.  In 2000 she was nominated by President Clinton to serve as a judge on the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.  The Senate adjourned without taking any action on her nomination.  Since 2008 she has served as the reporter for the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules.  She was selected for the position by Chief Justice John Roberts.

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Link: KF1527 .G54 2005
Citation:JUDICIAL MANAGEMENT OF MASS TORT BANKRUPTCY CASES (Federal Judicial Center 2005).
Publication Type:Book
Link: KF1524 .C654 15th Re
Citation: Sovereign Immunity, in COLLIER ON BANKRUPTCY (Matthew Bender 2004).
Publication Type:Book Chapter
Link:Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Hein
Citation: A Response to Professor Resnick: Will This Vehicle Pass Inspection?, 148 U. PA. L. REV. 2095 (2000).
Publication Type:Article
Link:Generic Link JU 13.2:T 63/2
Citation:CASE STUDIES OF MASS TORT LIMITED FUND CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENTS AND BANKRUPTCY REORGANIZATIONS (Federal Judicial Center 2000).
Publication Type:Book
Citation: How to Deal with Bankruptcy in a Post-Seminole World, 73 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGES 2 (1999).
Publication Type:Other
Link: JU 13 .2 :L 71 /4
Citation: Mass Torts Limited Fund & Bankruptcy Reorganization Settlements: Four Case Studies, in REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RULES AND THE WORKING GROUP ON MASS TORTS TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE  JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES (Federal Judicial Center 1999).
Publication Type:Book Chapter
Citation: Assuring Equal Access to Education, 88 CHURCH & SOC'Y 96 (Jan./Feb. 1998).
Publication Type:Article
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Citation: Sovereign Immunity in Bankruptcy: The Next Chapter, 70 AM. BANKR. L.J. 195 (1996).
Publication Type:Article
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Citation: Congressional Response to Hoffman and Nordic Village: Amended §106 and Sovereign Immunity, 69 AM. BANKR. L.J. 311 (1995) (awarded 1996 Editors' Prize)
Publication Type:Article
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Citation: Preserving and Enhancing a Legacy of Excellence in Challenging Times: 1989- -- The Deanship of Judith Welch Wegner, 73 N.C. L. REV. 657 (1995).
Publication Type:Article

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Phone:919.962.8506
Fax:919.962.1277
E-Mail:elizgib@email.unc.edu
Office:5073 Van Hecke-Wettach Hall

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