Ms. Miller is a member at Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown LLC in its Philadelphia office, where she concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial bankruptcy and commercial litigation. Ms. Miller serves as a Subchapter V Trustee in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey in Chapter 11 cases filed under the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA). Ms. Miller currently serves as Chair for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference (EDPABC) and serves on the Boards of the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project (CBAP) and the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Miller served as an Assistant District Attorney at the Bucks County DA’s Office and as a clerk for the Honorable Jeffrey L. Finley in the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas. Ms. Miller earned her B.A. from the Pennsylvania State University, her M.A. from Arcadia University and her J.D. from Widener University Delaware School of Law.

Karen B. Owens is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Delaware.  Before her appointment, Judge Owens was a director in the Bankruptcy and Insolvency group of Ashby & Geddes, P.A. where she maintained a diverse practice, representing corporate debtors, estate professionals, various secured and unsecured creditor constituencies, and other interested parties in reorganization and liquidation proceedings and bankruptcy-related litigation.  Prior to joining Ashby & Geddes, Judge Owens started her career at Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as a corporate restructuring associate, and later went on to serve as a law clerk to Honorable Brendan Linehan Shannon of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.  Judge Owens is an adjunct professor in the Bankruptcy L.L.M. Program at St. John’s University School of Law in New York.  She is also co-President of the Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, a member of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia/Wilmington Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, and member of the Judicial Insolvency Network and the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation.  Judge Owens earned her law degree, summa cum laude, from American University, Washington College of Law, where she served as Associate Managing Editor for the American University Law Review and as Legal Intern to the Honorable Stephen S. Mitchell of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.  She earned her bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University, University Park, where she was Phi Beta Kappa.  

Mr. Schantz is one of three attorneys at David A. Colecchia and Associates, a small law firm in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He manages the firm’s bankruptcy practice, and he was appointed as a Chapter 7 Panel Trustee for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Erie division, in September of 2023. Mr. Schantz is also the new Programming Director for the Judith K. Fitzgerald Inn of Court in Pittsburgh, where he hopes to have a memorable series of panels for its members this year. He earned his B.S. in Political Science and Decision Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 2005, and his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2008.