ARTHUR N. VOTOLATO
United States Bankruptcy Judge
CURRENT POSITION
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Rhode Island
380 Westminster Mall, Room 619
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 626-3060; Facsimile (401) 626-3080
E-mail address: arthur_votolato@rib.uscourts.gov
EDUCATION
University of Rhode Island (B.A. 1953)
Boston University School of Law (LL.B. 1956)
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Partner - Votolato & Votolato, 1956-62
Chief Special Counsel, State of Rhode Island, Dept. of Public Works, 1962-68
Appointed to current position, 1968
First Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, Massachusetts and Maine panels;
Chief Judge, Massachusetts’ B.A.P., 1981-84
First Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, Chief Judge, 1996-present
AFFILIATIONS
Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy, 1994
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Board of Governors for the First
Circuit, 1997-2000, 1973-76
U.S. Trustee Liaison Comm., 1994-95; Awards Comm., 1993-94, 1996;
Liaison Comm. Federal
Courts Study Comm., 1988-90
Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Comm. to Admin. Office U.S. Courts, 1988-91
Northeast Bankruptcy Law Institute, Board of Advisors, 1991
American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Digest Editor, 1975-1984, Editorial Advisory
Board, 1975-1990
National Conference of Special Court Judges, 1969-75
American Bankruptcy Institute
American Bar Association, 1957-83
Federal Bar Association
Rhode Island Bar Association, 1956 to present
SEMINAR SPEAKER/PANELIST
American Bankruptcy Institute, Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, Stowe, VT,
2001; Newport, RI, 1997, 2000; Bretton Woods, NH, 1996, 1999; Falmouth, MA,
1995, 1998; Ogunquit, ME, 1994 Massachusetts CLE, Bankruptcy Court Judicial
Forum, Boston, MA, 2001; 2000; 1999; 1998; 1997;
1996; 1995
Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, 1998; 1995
Seminar on Bankruptcy Litigation & New England, Cambridge, MA, 1989
Practicing Law Institute, NY, 1985
Continuing Legal Education Speaker's Program, R.I. Bar Assoc., 1969-80
Eastern Regional Conference of Referees in Bankruptcy, NY, 1970
FACULTY/EDUCATION
Northeast Bankruptcy Law Institute, Quebec, Canada, 1988; Board of Advisors,
1991-present
Roger Williams College, Adjunct Professor of Bankruptcy Courses, 1977-82
Rhode Island Legal/Educational Partnership, Mock Trial Tournament, 1995-1999
PUBLICATIONS
Author: A Review of Recent Equal Protection Challenges to the Dischargeability
of Alimony
Provisions of Section 17A(7) of the Bankruptcy Act, Suffolk Law Review, 1979.
Author: Injunctions and Restraining orders Under the Bankruptcy Act, Rhode
Island Bar
Annual, 1970-71.
Author of 630 published opinions since 1975; 60 published opinions prior
to 1975.
Editor, NCBJ Newsletter, 1970-75
AWARDS
1993 National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges - Award to Distinguished Bankruptcy
Judges
1999 Rhode Island Bar Association - Recognition Award
Has Presided, or Presides by Designation in the Following Bankruptcy Courts:
Central District of California District of Massachusetts
District of Colorado District of Puerto Rico
District of Maine Western District of Texas
District of Massachusetts