About the Author

David Kuney is the author of On Rockingham Street: Reclaiming My Family’s Jewish Identity—Our Journey from Vilna to the Suburban South. David is an Adjunct Professor of Bankruptcy Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. He practiced law for over 46 years, and was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP.

For the past twelve years, David has been actively involved in Jewish adult education and literacy. David has served on the Board of Directors for the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and the Adat Shalom Congregation in Bethesda, Maryland where he chaired the Adult Education Committee. He studied in Jerusalem at the Pardes Institute’s Executive Learning Session in 2010, 2011 and 2013. He served as the chairperson and organizer of a full day program at the Georgetown University Law Center entitled “The Moral Economy” which involved both academic and rabbinic professionals in discussions on the intersection of Jewish law and American civil law.

David continues to engage in a pro bono appellate practice that focuses on appellate bankruptcy litigation, primarily representing amici curiae clients before the U.S. Supreme Court. David’s pro bono practice focuses primarily on issues of bankruptcy law that have significant systemic importance to both debtors and creditors. David’s primary interest is in promoting legal and economic justice, and seeking to insure that the Bankruptcy Code provides both a safety-net and fresh start for distressed debtors, and a fair and balanced approach for creditors, both secured and unsecured.

David is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. He formerly served on the Board of Directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Board of Governors of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. He was named "Lawyer of the Year" in the field of Bankruptcy for the Washington, D.C. area by Best Lawyers for 2014.

He is the lead author of THE SINGLE ASSET REAL ESTATE CASE, published in 2012 by the American Bankruptcy Institute and RETAIL AND OFFICE BANKRUPTCY published by the American Bankruptcy Institute in 2018. He is the lead contributor to the Collier Guide to Chapter 11, (Chapter 21, “Cases Involving Real Estate Business.”).

David is a graduate from the University of Virginia where he received his B.A. with High Honors in 1967, and J.D. in 1973. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was discharged with the rank of captain. He lives in Potomac, Maryland with his wife Cathy. They have three adult children and three grandchildren.