Nov. 8, 2024 ~ Judge Gerald Rosen grew up in Oak Park, Michigan and earned a B.A. in Political Science & Government from Kalamazoo College. From 2009 to 2016, he was the Chief Judge of the United States District Court, when he served as the chief judicial mediator for the Detroit bankruptcy case. It was the largest, most complex municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, which resulted in an agreed upon, consensual plan of adjustment in just 17 months.