About Kesha Tanabe

Kesha Tanabe is an experienced bankruptcy attorney. Prior to joining the Vogel Law Firm, she was a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Minnesota from 2022-2025 and she sat by designation in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Dakota from 2022-2024. She is a board-certified Business Bankruptcy Specialist, she has served as a Subchapter V Bankruptcy Trustee in Region 12, and she has taught bankruptcy classes at several law schools. She enjoys mentoring young bankruptcy lawyers and law students, and she is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy-related topics nationwide. Admitted to Practice North Dakota, 2016 Minnesota, 2007 New York, 2006 Business Bankruptcy, American Board of Certification.

2021 Fort Berthold District Tribal Court Published Works Judicial Profile Hon. Kesha L. Tanabe U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, District of Minnesota // The Federal Lawyer , Bankruptcy Law Winter 2024 Page 29-32 Investiture of the Honorable Kesha Tanabe, Bar Talk , Federal Bar Association, December 2022 Memberships American Bankruptcy Institute, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Honors and Awards Trailblazer Award, MNAPABA, 2024 SuperLawyers North Star Lawyer Top Women Lawyers Recent Speaking Engagements Alabama State Bar Association, Destin, FL // Annual Conference, Commercial Law Keynote Speaker American Bankruptcy Institute (“ABI”) // Duberstein Competition Moot Court Judge and Panelist, New York, NY Central States Conference Faculty, Chicago, IL ABI Midwest Faculty, Ka

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$810,458VerdictTop 10 of 1999 · #10

The parents of an eight-year-old boy killed in a November 1995 crash in West Fargo, North Dakota, sued the driver, his father and a second driver alleged to have been racing him. The driver admitted liability, and the jury awarded the parents $810,457.96 against him and found the second driver not negligent. The trial court refused to subtract the family's pretrial settlement with the father from the award, and the North Dakota Supreme Court affirmed in 1999.

North Dakota state district court (crash in West Fargo); appeal to the North Dakota Supreme Court, 1999 ND 171 · 1999Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

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