Kesha L. Tanabe

Kesha Tanabe is an experienced finance and restructuring professional. Kesha has previously served as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, a Small Business Bankruptcy Trustee, and a mediator of bankruptcy matters. She has represented debtors, secured lenders, official committees of unsecured creditors, indenture trustees, ad hoc committees of bondholders or equity interest holders, critical vendors, consignment and other creditors in bankruptcy. She has litigated or mediated hundreds of adversary proceedings nationwide. In addition to her bankruptcy practice, she also has extensive experience in managing litigation trusts, creditor trusts, escrows, and other corporate trust matters, including out of court restructuring and indenture default litigation. She has been co-editor in chief of a bankruptcy publication, taught at several law schools, and she is a frequent lecturer at continuing education programs for lawyers, bankruptcy trustees and judges. Awards and Honors Honors Trailblazer Award, MNAPABA, 2024 - Present Superlawyers North Star Lawyer Top Women Lawyers

• Attorney

• District of Minnesota, US Bankruptcy Judge, 2022 - 2025
• Law Office of Kesha Tanabe, Attorney, 2015 - 2022
• References
• Judge Shon Hastings
• Judge Laurel Isicoff
• Judge Marty Barash
• Judge Deb Thorne
• Languages
• English

• Plenary Session Panelist, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, 2023 - 2024
• Hot Topics in Subchapter V, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, 2023 - 2024
• Views from the Bench, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2024 - Present
• Caselaw Update, Eighth Circuit Conference, 2024 - Present
• Trailblazers in the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School, 2024 - Present

• Federal Judicial Center, Advisory Board and Faculty, 2022 - 2025
• ABI Subchapter V Task Force, 2024 - Present
• Representative Clients
• U.S. Bank, N.A.
• Gateway Bank
• Red River State Bank
• Deutsche Bank

• New York, 2006
• North Dakota, 2016
• Minnesota, 2007
• Fort Berthold Tribal Court, 2025
• Specialties and Certifications
• Business Bankruptcy, American Board of Certification, 2021

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees