Elizabeth L. Gunn

How Judge Gunn rules, drawn from 18 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia
Position
bankruptcy
Commissioned
2020-09-04
Education
Willamette University, B.A., cum laude; Boston College Law School, J.D., cum laude
Signed orders read
18

How Judge Gunn decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

In the sampled trade-secret nondischargeability dispute, a prior judgment supplied issue-preclusive findings sufficient for summary judgment.

“the Plaintiff is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”

Procedural preferences

A bad-faith Chapter 11 dismissal request must establish objective futility before the court reaches subjective intent.

“the Movants have failed to meet the first element of the Carolin Test, and the Motion to Dismiss must be denied.”

Cautions

At the pleading stage, count-specific defects may lead to dismissal with leave to amend while sufficiently pleaded counts remain.

“Grants the Motion to Dismiss as to Counts III, IV, and V, with leave to amend”

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

In re Steven G. McLendon
25-00212 · 2026-08-07
Motion for payment of attorney fees (Debtor's counsel) Denied

“The Motion (ECF No. 61) is DENIED.”

In re Lisa Cato
25-00290 · 2026-07-10
Motion for sanctions (Robert Miller) Denied

“DECREED that the Motion for Sanctions (ECF No. 39) is DENIED.”

In re Corey Barnette
24-00111 · 2026-07-09
Motion to dismiss bankruptcy case (United States Trustee) Granted

“the Motion is GRANTED and the Debtor’s case is DISMISSED.”

In re JPK Newco, LLC
25-00200 · 2026-06-12
Motion to dismiss bankruptcy case (Developer RE1, LLC and 423 Kennedy St Holdings, LLC) Denied

“the Motion to Dismiss filed by Developer RE1, LLC and 423 Kennedy St Holdings, LLC is DENIED.”

In re Roger Harvey Black
25-00260 · 2026-05-01
Motion for reconsideration (Welch Family Limited Partnerships) Denied

“The Welch Motion (ECF No. 88) is DENIED.”

Motion for reconsideration (Roger Harvey Black) Moot / procedural

“The Black Motion (ECF No. 90) is DENIED as MOOT.”

Bioconvergence LLC v. Attariwala
20-10009 · 2026-04-29
Summary judgment (Bioconvergence LLC) Granted

“For the reasons stated herein, the Court GRANTS the Motion.”

Lessard Design, Inc. v. Paul
24-10008 · 2025-07-31
Motions to dismiss (Allison Paul) Granted in part

“Grants the Motion to Dismiss as to Counts III, IV, and V, with leave to amend”

Naheed Ghassemi Revocable Trust v. 8th Street Venture Holdings, LLC
22-10005 · 2025-05-29
Summary judgment (Y&R 2022, LLC) Granted

“the Court grants Y&R’s Motion for Summary Judgment”

Summary judgment (Naheed Ghassemi Revocable Trust) Denied

“denies NGRT’s Motion for Summary Judgment.”

In re Raocore Technology, LLC
24-00065 · 2025-02-20
Request to approve evergreen retainer provisions (Debtor's proposed counsel) Denied

“The request for approval of the Evergreen Provisions as reasonable under § 328(a) is DENIED.”

Capital Bank, N.A. v. Cornerstone Capital, LLC
21-10012 · 2022-09-01
Summary judgment (Capital Bank, N.A.) Granted in part

“The Capital Bank Partial Motion is granted, in part, as stated herein.”

Summary judgment (Cornerstone Capital, LLC) Denied

“the Cornerstone Motion are DENIED because there are genuine issues of material fact”

In re Anthony M. Rachal III
19-00197 · 2021-03-18
Application for compensation (Debtor's counsel) Granted in part

“MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART APPLICATIONS FOR COMPENSATION”

In re Kehinde A. Taiwo
20-00157 · 2021-03-05
Application for compensation (Debtor's counsel) Granted in part

“The Application for Allowance of Compensation (ECF No. 48) is GRANTED IN PART.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Five mature sampled matters closed in a median 1,172 days; five current matters were too new for duration analysis.

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