Henry W. Van Eck
{{short description|American judge}}
Henry W. Van Eck is the chief bankruptcy judge for the United States bankruptcy court, Middle District of Pennsylvania.{{cite web |title=Chief Judge Henry W. Van Eck |url=http://www.pamb.uscourts.gov/content/chief-judge-henry-w-van-eck |website=US Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Pennsylvania |publisher=US Courts |accessdate=12 March 2020}}
Childhood
Education
Judge Van Eck earned his bachelor of science in Political Science from Susquehanna University in 1995 and is a 1998 cum laude graduate of Widener University Commonwealth Law School.{{cite web |title=Henry W. Van Eck |url=https://www.martindale.com/attorney/henry-w-van-eck-47019759/ |website=Martindale |publisher=Martindale |accessdate=12 March 2020}}
Legal work experience
After graduating law school he joined the law firm of Cummingham and Chernicoff, P.C. where he began practicing bankruptcy law. Van Eck then cofounded the law firm of Van Eck & Van Eck, P.C. In 2011, he became a shareholder with Mette, Evans & Woodside law firm in Harrisburg, PA. In 2016, Van Eck was recommended for a federal bankruptcy judgeship by Judicial Council for the Third Circuit.{{cite news |title=U.S. BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIP FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA (HARRISBURG) |url=https://www.dcba-pa.org/dauphincountyreporter/DCR1-6.pdf |accessdate=13 March 2020 |publisher=Dauphin County Bar Association}} He was appointed to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on April 6, 2017.{{cite web |title=Judicial Milestones |url=https://www.uscourts.gov/judicial-milestones/henry-w-van-eck |website=United States Courts |publisher=US Courts |accessdate=13 March 2020}} He became Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in December 2019.{{cite web |title=Henry W Van Eck |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/20141053 |website=Bloomberg Person Profile |publisher=Bloomberg News |accessdate=13 March 2020}} His term will expire on April 5, 2031.{{cite web |title=Henry W. Van Eck |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Henry_W._Van_Eck#cite_note-mart-2 |website=Ballotpedia |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=12 March 2020}}
Judge Van Eck is a member of the American, Pennsylvania, and Dauphin County Bar Associations, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.{{cite news |title=3rd Circuit |url=http://www.abja.org/sites/default/files/newsletters/Spring-Summer%202017.pdf |accessdate=13 March 2020 |publisher=Association of Bankruptcy Judicial Assistants |date=Spring 2017}}