Judge Bess Creswell

US District Court - Middle District of Alabama

Judge Creswell was appointed to serve as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Alabama on April 16, 2018.  Prior to her appointment, she was a partner in Burr & Forman LLP’s Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Group in Mobile, Alabama.  At Burr & Forman she represented debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, creditor committees, and fiduciaries in workouts, debt restructuring, bankruptcy cases, financial transactions, and non-bankruptcy litigation.Prior to joining Burr & Forman, Judge Creswell practiced bankruptcy and financial restructuring at Alston & Bird LLP in Atlanta, Georgia and served as law clerk to The Honorable Ray C. Mullins in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by Alabama Super Lawyers magazine each year since 2012 and was selected for the 2014 class of the Alabama State Bar’s Leadership Forum.  While in Mobile, she served in various leadership positions on the board of Lifelines Family Counseling, participated in Mobile County Public School Reading Buddy program, and taught financial literacy to high school students through the Credit Abuse Resistance Education program.  Judge Creswell earned her J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2004, her M.B.A. from the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business, and her B.A. in accounting and trust management from Campbell University in 2001.