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United States bankruptcy court, Northern District of Georgia

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The United States bankruptcy court, Northern District of Georgia is the United States bankruptcy court in Georgia that is associated with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Judges

Judge Appointed By Assumed Office Bachelors Law

Lisa Ritchey Craig

Mercer University, 1986

Mercer University School of Law, 1989

Paul M. Baisier

University of Illinois

Harvard Law School

Paul W. Bonapfel

Florida State University, 1972

University of Georgia School of Law, 1975

James R. Sacca

October 21, 2010 -

University of Richmond

Emory University

Barbara Ellis-Monro

June 25, 2012 -

Indiana University

University of Georgia

Jeffery Cavender

March 2, 2018 -

Berry College

University of Georgia School of Law

Sage Sigler

March 29, 2018 -

University of Florida

Emory University School of Law


About this court

See also: United States bankruptcy court

The United States bankruptcy courts are a system of federal courts authorized to hear bankruptcy cases. The courts were established in their current form by the Bankruptcy Amendment Act of 1984.

Under the act, federal district courts have original jurisdiction over bankruptcy cases in their districts and are authorized to refer such cases to a bankruptcy court for their district.

As of May 2023, there were 90 federal bankruptcy courts. The Districts of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands handle bankruptcy cases directly rather than through a bankruptcy court. The Eastern and Western districts of Arkansas share a single bankruptcy court. All other federal district courts have an associated bankruptcy court.

Judges on federal bankruptcy courts are appointed to 14-year terms by judges of the appeals court with jurisdiction over the district.[1]

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