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Brenda Moody Whinery Brenda Moody Whinery was sworn in as a bankruptcy judge for the District of Arizona on February 1, 2013. She served a four-year term as the Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Arizona from March 2018 to March 2022. Judge Whinery also served as Chair of the Conference of Chief Bankruptcy Judges for the Ninth Circuit for the 2020-2021 term. Judge Whinery is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. She is also a member of the National Conference
of Bankruptcy Judges and has served on the Endowment for Education Committee and the Ninth Circuit Pro Se Litigation Committee. Judge Whinery is a 1982 graduate of the University of Arizona, and received her J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1985. She served as a writer and editor on the Arizona Law Review.

Judge Whinery began her career at the Phoenix law firm of Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite where she practiced in the areas of bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and real estate, primarily representing institutional clients and Unsecured Creditors’ Committees. She also co-chaired the firm’s bankruptcy practice group. In 1998, Judge Whinery became the U.S. Trustee for the District of Arizona, and during her tenure also served as the Acting U.S. Trustee for New Mexico, Southern California, Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

In 2002, Judge Whinery returned to private practice and joined the firm of Mesch, Clark & Rothschild in Tucson, Arizona. As a shareholder at Mesch, Clark & Rothschild, Judge Whinery’s practice was concentrated in commercial bankruptcy reorganization matters, representing debtors, creditors’ committees, Chapter 11 Trustees and serving as a Chapter 11 Trustee. She was also active in the firm’s management, serving on the management committee and as President of the corporate entity.

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