Kesha Tanabe - Fargo, ND

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• District of Minnesota, US Bankruptcy Judge, 2022 - 2025
• Law Office of Kesha Tanabe, Attorney, 2015 - 2022
• New York Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, 2005 - 2007
• Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP, Partner, 2007 - 2013

References

• Judge Shon Hastings

• Judge Laurel Isicoff

• Judge Marty Barash

• Judge Deb Thorne

Languages

• English

Classes and Seminars

• 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, Kansas City, MO
  
• ABI Task Force on Business Bankruptcy, Expert Witness, Washington, D.C.
  
• CPEX, Faculty
  
• California Bankruptcy Series, Los Angeles, CA //, Business Bankruptcy Workshop, Faculty
  
• Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY // Commencement Speaker
  
• Eighth Circuit Conference, Minneapolis, MN // Caselaw Update/Faculty
  
• Federal Bar Association, Iowa Chapter // Case Law Update
  
• Federal Judicial Center (“FJC”), Washington, D.C. //, All Bankruptcy Judges Workshop, Faculty
  
• New Judges Workshop, Faculty
  
• Mid-Career Judges Workshop, Faculty
  
• Harvard Law School Conference, Cambridge, MA // “Trailblazer” Award and Panelist
  
• Jones Day, Washington, DC // Annual “Views from the Bench” Conference, Panelist
  
• MN Asian Pacific Bar Association, Minneapolis // “Trailblazer Award” Recipient
  
• MN Bankruptcy Institute, Minneapolis, MN // Caselaw Update, Faculty
  
• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Nashville, TN // Annual Conference Faculty
  
• National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, Boston, MA // Annual Conference Faculty
  
• National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Seattle, WA // Annual Conference, Faculty
  
• National Press Club, Washington, DC // Panelist
  
• North Dakota Ag Law Seminar, Fargo, ND // Caselaw Update, Faculty
  
• U of M Law School, Minneapolis, MN ///Career Day Speaker
  
• Wisconsin Bar Association, Wisconsin Dells, WI // Panelist/Faculty
  
• Minnesota State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Litigation Update

Pro Bono Activities

• 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

Published Works

Articles

• Judicial Profile: Hon. Kesha L. Tanabe, The Federal Lawyer, Winter, 2024
  
• Investiture of the Honorable Kesha Tanabe, Bar Talk, Federal Bar Association, December, 2022
  
• Bankruptcy Bulletin, MSBA Bankruptcy Section, 2014
  
• Ethics Subcommittee Newsletter, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2014
  
• The Business Lawyer, American Bar Association, 2012
  

Bar Admissions

• North Dakota, 2016
• Minnesota, 2007
• New York, 2006
• Fort Berthold Tribal Court, 2025

Specialties and Certifications

• Business Bankruptcy, American Board of Certification, 2021

Other Affiliations

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
• International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (New England Network), 2013 - Present (Board Member)
• Minnesota Women Lawyers, 2013 - Present (Co-chair Public Policy Advocacy Committee)
• Turnaround Management Association (Northwest chapter), 2012 - Present (Co-Chair Women's Network)