Judge Arthur N. Votolato was the District of Rhode Island's first bankruptcy judge, serving for 44 years as a bankruptcy referee and bankruptcy judge. He also served on the First Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, including as its Chief Judge. His oral history was created with Bankruptcy Judge Joan Feeney on August 23, 2013. Listen to his oral history and view the transcript.  Judge Votolato's papers are part of the University of Pennsylvania, Biddle Law School's National Bankruptcy Archives and NBA Oral History Collections found here. View The Arthur N. Votolato Papers here.