Honorable Keith M. Lundin was appointed to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee in 1982.  He retired in June 2016. He served as a judge on the first Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit from 1997-99.  He is on the faculty of the Federal Judicial Center. In addition to teaching as an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt Law School, he taught at the University of New Mexico, where he was the Weihofen Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law in 2006, at Emory University School of Law and on numerous seminar and institute faculties.  He is the author of LundinOnChapter13.com and has been a managing editor for Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (Thompson/Reuters/West) since 1982.  After earning his law degree from Vanderbilt, he clerked for Chief Judge Harry Phillips of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  While in private practice, he served as standing Chapter 13 trustee for the Middle District of Tennessee.  He teaches Effective Legal Writing for the Real World; Discharge and Dischargeability; and Chapter 13.