Ralph R. Mabey received his law degree from Columbia University where he served on the Board of Editors of the Columbia Law Review. He served with distinction as a United States Bankruptcy Judge from 1979 to 1983 and his judicial opinions have been cited frequently by courts and scholars.
Mr. Mabey is the immediate past Chair of the American College of Bankruptcy. He previously served as an appointee of the Chief Justice of the United States to the U.S. Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on the Bankruptcy Rules. He has also served as the managing editor of the Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser, on the Editorial Advisory Board of the American Bankruptcy Law Journal and currently serves as a contributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy.
Mr. Mabey is a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference’s Executive Committee, the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association’s Select Advisory Committee on Business Reorganization (SABRE). He teaches bankruptcy-related subjects at the S.J. Quinney Law School, University of Utah.
Mr. Mabey’s service in complex workout, bankruptcy, reorganization and litigation matters includes: A.H. Robins Company (as examiner with expanded powers); Dow Corning (as counsel for certain bondholders); Columbia Gas System (as equity committee counsel); Federated Department Stores (as counsel for the official pre-merger bondholders committee); TWA (as counsel for the pilots); American Airlines (as counsel for the pilots); Enron (as special counsel for the debtor); Cajun Electric Power Cooperative (as chapter 11 trustee); Boston Chicken (as an expert witness); and At Home/Excite (as an expert witness).
Courts, parties and the Department of Justice (U.S. Trustee Program) have appointed Mr. Mabey to serve as mediator, arbitrator, examiner or trustee in Alaska, Arizona, California, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Mr. Mabey is a member of the New York and Utah Bars.