Judge Kaplan on NJ Bankruptcy Court Getting Its Due: Q&A (1)

Michael B. Kaplan, the chief judge for the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, has handled some of the district’s most recent large, high-profile reorganizations. He has presided over cases including cryptocurrency firm BlockFi Inc. and multiple asbestos-related bankruptcies, including the back-to-back Chapter 11 cases of Johnson & Johnson’s talc liability subsidiary, LTL Management LLC.

The judge served as a Chapter 13 bankruptcy trustee before joining the bench in 2006, and previously was an attorney in private practice. Before serving as a trustee, Kaplan was mayor of the Borough of Norwood in New Jersey from 2004 to ...