About me
Mary Grace Diehl is a Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Georgia serving on recall status. She was appointed to the Court in February 2004 and retired in February 2018. As a recalled judge, Judge Diehl conducts pro-bono mediations in matters assigned to other bankruptcy judges. Prior to her appointment she was a partner at Troutman Sanders LLP (now Troutman Pepper) where she chaired the Bankruptcy Restructuring Practice. Judge Diehl has been active in numerous bankruptcy-related organizations and has served on the Boards of Directors of the American College of Bankruptcy, the American Bankruptcy Institute, Turnaround Management Association and International Women in Restructuring Federation. Judge Diehl has chaired the bankruptcy section of the Atlanta and State Bar of Georgia. She was President of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges in 2016. Her honors include the David W. Pollard Award from the Atlanta Bar, the Woman of the Year in Restructuring from IWIRC, Outstanding Woman in the Profession from the Atlanta Bar WIP section and Outstanding Alumni Contributor from Canisius College from which she graduated. Judge Diehl received her JD cum laude from Harvard Law School.
