# Arthur Gonzalez

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**Arthur J. Gonzalez** is a senior fellow at [New York University School of Law](/source/New_York_University_School_of_Law). Until August 2025, he was also member of the [PROMESA oversight board](/source/PROMESA#Composition) in charge of resolving the [Puerto Rican government-debt crisis](/source/Puerto_Rican_government-debt_crisis). Before his retirement from the bench, he was chief judge of the [United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York](/source/United_States_Bankruptcy_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York).

Gonzalez received his undergraduate degree from [Fordham University](/source/Fordham_University) in 1969. Following graduation, he worked as a [New York City](/source/New_York_City) [public school](/source/Public_school_(government_funded)) teacher until 1982, earning a master's degree from the [Brooklyn College](/source/Brooklyn_College) School of Education. After earning a [law degree](/source/Juris_Doctor) in the Evening Program at Fordham in 1982, Gonzalez became an attorney for the Manhattan District Counsel Office of the [Internal Revenue Service](/source/Internal_Revenue_Service) (IRS). He left the IRS in 1988 and worked as a private lawyer for several firms. During this period, he earned a [Master of Laws](/source/Master_of_Laws) from [New York University](/source/New_York_University) (NYU). In 1991, Gonzalez re-entered government to become an Assistant [United States Trustee](/source/United_States_Trustee) for the Southern District of New York. He was promoted in 1993 to become trustee for New York, [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut), and [Vermont](/source/Vermont). Judge Gonzalez was appointed bankruptcy judge in 1995.

## Significant cases

Gonzalez handled the [Chrysler LLC bankruptcy](/source/Chrysler_LLC_bankruptcy) case until his retirement.[1] Previously, Gonzalez presided over the bankruptcy proceedings for [WorldCom](/source/WorldCom), at that point the largest U.S. bankruptcy case (since overtaken by the [collapse of Lehman Brothers](/source/Collapse_of_Lehman_Brothers) in 2008), and [Enron](/source/Enron_scandal). The criminal proceedings against the corporate executives of WorldCom and Enron did not originate from the bankruptcy proceedings before Gonzalez via mandatory referral of possible crimes under Title 18 U.S.C. § 3057; in contrast the post petition corporate entities both sought releases and compensation for the benefit of their current and former senior officers.

## References

1. [Wall Street Journal, May 1, 2009](https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124113741389375543)[New York Times, April 30, 2009](https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/business/01judge.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=gonzalez&st=cse)

## External links

- [Official biographical profile](https://web.archive.org/web/20060619174652/http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/judges/ajg.html)
- [Text of opinions](https://web.archive.org/web/20060818101842/http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/opinions/ajg/ajg.html)

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