Brad Odell, image from mullinhoard.com
Brad Odell was appointed April 10 as the new bankruptcy judge in Lubbock, replacing retiring judge Robert L. Jones.
The court in Lubbock oversees bankruptcy cases for the Lubbock, Abilene, Amarillo, and San Angelo divisions of the federal court system.
Odell will serve a 14-year term as United States bankruptcy judge for the Northern District of Texas.
Word started getting out on March 17 in a document from the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges which previewed the appointment, saying Odell would replace Jones subject to an FBI background check.
Odell, a 2008 graduate of the Texas Tech School of Law, was previously a partner in the Lubbock-based law firm of Mullin Hoard and Brown, according to the firm’s website. He specialized in bankruptcy cases, state and local taxes and general commercial litigation.
Over the years, Odell represented debtors, creditors, trustees and creditor committees in “complex” bankruptcy cases.
“He has litigated bankruptcy claims for fraudulent transfers, preferential transfers and objections to discharge,” according to the firm’s website.
In late 2024, his web page said he was president-elect of the West Texas Bankruptcy Bar Association.
Odell served as the law clerk to Jones who was first appointed in 2000, the site said.
Licensed in both Texas and New Mexico, Odell is also the former chief legal counsel at the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department.
Odell declined an invitation to comment.
Editor’s note: If the name sounds familiar, Odell was previously attorney for Mike Cox in his bankruptcy case, which is connected to the Ferrum Capital controversy. Certain aspects of the Cox case have been moved to judge Mark X. Mullin with the rest likely to follow. Odell cannot oversee a case he participated in.
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