Hon. John A. Dorsey

John A. Dorsey was appointed as the third United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Rhode Island on September 9, 2025.

Prior to his appointment, Dorsey was a partner in the firm Ferrucci Russo Dorsey, P.C., where he served as a court-appointed receiver and special master in the Rhode Island Superior Court and various Rhode Island municipal courts. He was named to the Rhode Island Superior Court Business Calendar committee regarding receivership proceedings, he was appointed by the Rhode Island Superior Court and United States District Court as a commissioner in matters involving the court-supervised sale of real estate, and he designed abandoned property receivership programs to address abandoned and public nuisance commercial and residential properties.

Dorsey managed properties and businesses during the receivership process and marketed and negotiated the sale of real estate and assets for insolvent businesses, and he successfully implemented business and insolvency strategies that preserved businesses and assets in Rhode Island. He was part of the Ferrucci Russo Dorsey team that restructured and operated The Westerly Hospital, which was recognized as the Turnaround Deal-of-the-Year by The M&A Advisor.

Dorsey is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S. Management, 2007) and Roger Williams University School of Law (J.D., 2010). He is a member of the Thurgood Marshall Law Society and a former member of the Roger Williams University School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors, the Rhode Island Black Business Association, and the Quonset Development Corporation Board of Directors.