Honorable Michael E. Romero was appointed to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado in 2003 and served as Chief Judge of the Court from 2014 to 2021. He is currently serving as the Chief Judge for the Tenth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. Judge Romero received an undergraduate degree in economics and political science from Denver University in 1977 and his juris doctor degree from the University of Michigan in 1980. Since becoming a judge, he has served on numerous committees and advisory groups for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, is the past chair of the Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group and has also served as the sole Bankruptcy Court representative/observer to the Judicial Conference of the United States, the governing body for the federal judiciary. Judge Romero is a past President of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and actively participates in several committees of that body. He also serves on the Executive Board of Our Courts, a joint activity between the Colorado Judicial Institute and the Colorado Bar Association which provides programs to further public understanding of the federal and state court systems. He frequently participates in CARE (Credit Abuse Resistance Education) presentations to local schools and is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Historical Society of the Tenth Circuit and the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association. In what little spare time he has, Judge Romero can be seen participating in musical theater productions throughout Colorado. While he admits he can sing a bit, his dancing skills leave much to be desired.

 

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