Judge Arthur N. Votolato was the first bankruptcy judge to sit in Rhode Island, and for 44 years, he was the only U.S. bankruptcy judge to serve the state. He also served on the First Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, Massachusetts, Maine and Puerto Rico panels, including numerous years as its Chief Judge. His oral history was completed by Judge Joan Feeney on August 23, 2013. 

Listen to his oral history and view the transcript.   His papers are part of the University of Pennsylvania, Biddle Law School's National Bankruptcy Archives and NBA Oral History Collections found here.  View the recently added collection, The Arthur N. Votolato Papers, here.