Mr. Jeffery Wayne Cavender

US Bankruptcy Court

---

Jeffery W. Cavender was sworn in as a bankruptcy judge for the Northern District of Georgia on March 2, 2018.  Judge Cavender graduated from Berry College, summa cum laude, in 1990 with a degree in history, and from the University of Georgia School of Law, cum laude, in 1993 where he was a member of the Georgia Law Review and inducted into the Order of the Coif.  Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Cavender was a partner in the financial restructuring practice of Troutman Sanders LLP (n/k/a Troutman Pepper, LLP) where he primarily represented corporate debtors and secured lenders in Chapter 11 cases and mortgage servicers in consumer-related litigation and bankruptcy matters.  Judge Cavender previously was a partner in the bankruptcy group of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (n/k/a Dentons LLP) and previously served as the general counsel for a national mortgage company.  Judge Cavender served as chair of the Bankruptcy Section for the Atlanta Bar Association (2017-2018) and was a member of its board of directors (2012-2018).  During Judge Cavender’s tenure as chair, the Atlanta Bar Bankruptcy Section was named the national CARE chapter of the year and received the Pro Bono Award for Excellence and the Small Section of the Year Award from the Atlanta Bar.   Judge Cavender is an active member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the Turnaround Management Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute, having previously served on the advisory committee for the ABI Southeastern Workshop.  In 2021 Judge Cavender was appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts to serve a three year term on the Federal Judicial Center’s Bankruptcy Judges Education Advisory Committee.