Judge Mike K. Nakagawa

Contact Information

Courtroom Deputy
Phone: (702) 527-7138

Hearing Dates

Motions
Phone: (702) 527-7158

Adversary Trial Dates
Phone: (702) 527-7138

Courtroom 2 (3rd Floor)

U.S. Bankruptcy Court
District of Nevada
Foley Federal Building
300 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV 89101

Biography

Judge Nakagawa was appointed to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada in September 2006, and was reappointed in 2020. He served as the Chief Bankruptcy Judge from October 2008 through September 2015. He received his B.A. in political economy from the University of the Pacific in 1977. He received his J.D. from the University of California at Davis in 1980, where he was a member and editor of the law review. After law school, he clerked for the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Judge Nakagawa was admitted to the California and Nevada bars, and primarily practiced bankruptcy and business law. Before relocating to Nevada, he taught bankruptcy law and reorganizations in Sacramento at McGeorge School of Law as well as Lincoln Law School. Judge Nakagawa currently teaches courses in bankruptcy law and remedies at the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He has been a presenter at numerous continuing legal education programs offered by the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Norton Institutes on Bankruptcy Law, and other organizations.