July/August 2006 issue
New Judge for District of South Dakota: Charles L. Nail
On August 2, 2006,
Judge Charles L. Nail,
Jr., was sworn in as
Bankruptcy Judge for
the District of South
Dakota. The oath was
administered by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Irvin N.
Hoyt.
Charles L. Nail received his undergraduate
degree from the University of South Dakota in
1979. He received his law degree with honors
from the University of Minnesota in 1982. He
began his bankruptcy career in 1984 when he
joined the Minneapolis law firm of Arnold &
McDowell. His focus was Chapter 7 and Chapter
11 cases.
In 1988 he was appointed a Chapter 7 trustee for
the District of Minnesota. Shortly after that he
returned to South Dakota to become the first
Assistant U.S. Trustee for the District of South
Dakota. In addition, he was appointed to the
Local Bankruptcy Rules Committee for the
District of South Dakota.
In 1995 he was appointed the Bankruptcy Clerk
for the District of South Dakota, and he served in
that capacity until this appointment to the federal
bench. In 1997 he initiated the move to electronic
format. In 1999 the clerk’s office began making
their documents available on-line, and in 2001
they went live with Case
Management/Electronic Case Filing
("CM/ECF").
Judge Nail had his investiture ceremony on
August 14. Welcome, Judge Nail!