Arthur Gonzalez, the former chief bankruptcy judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, was named the independent examiner to investigate details of the bankruptcy of home lender Residential Capital LLC, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Berkshire Hathaway, which is seeking to buy two of ResCap's loan businesses, asked the Manhattan Federal bankruptcy court in June to appoint an examiner to look into pre-bankruptcy financial transactions between ResCap and its parent company, Ally Financial. Berkshire had said the transactions were "potentially improper" and wanted an examiner to evaluate them.
