
Judge Craig Gargotta, Board Member
Judge Craig A. Gargotta received his B.A. in History in 1981 and M.A. in History in 1984 from Texas A&M University. He received his law degree from St. Mary’s School of Law in 1989. After law school, he clerked for Bankruptcy Judge Ronald B. King from 1989-1990. He then practiced bankruptcy and affirmative litigation at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Antonio from 1990-2007. Judge Gargotta was appointed a bankruptcy judge in Austin in 2007 and served there until 2013 where he changed duty stations to San Antonio. In 2021 he was appointed as the Chief Bankruptcy Judge for Western District of Texas.
Judge Gargotta teaches Persuasive Legal Writing at St. Mary’s School of Law. He is a bencher in the Larry E. Kelly Inn of Court and is a member and fellow of the Federal Bar Association. Judge Gargotta is an Associate Editor of the American Bankruptcy Law Journal. Previously, he wrote columns for the ABI Law Journal and San Antonio Lawyer. He also served as Editor-in-Chief to The Federal Lawyer from 2003-2008. Most importantly, Judge Gargotta has been married to his wife Susan for 39 years and they have two sons, one daughter-in-law, and one granddaughter.