HON. D. SIMS CRAWFORD was appointed to serve as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Alabama on September 1, 2016. Judge Crawford previously served as a Chapter 13 Standing Trustee in the Northern District of Alabama from 2004 until his appointment as a bankruptcy judge. Judge Crawford earned his B.A. from the University of Alabama and his J.D. from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. He is currently a member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Alabama State Bar, and he serves on the Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group (BJAG) and the Human Resources Advisory Council (HRAC), both of which provide advice to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and to the committees of the Judicial Conference.