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News & Announcements: January, 2022
12/21/2022
Effective December 1, 2022, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts has designated any entity that receives 50 or more paper bankruptcy notices in a single calendar month is a high-volume paper notice recipient pursuant...
12/12/2022
The Court has entered General Order 2022-3, increasing the presumptive fee in chapter 13 cases to an amount up to $5,000. The presumptive fee process is established by Local Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2016-1(e)(1) and provides that attorneys...
12/02/2022
The Court's Thomas T. Glover Mediation Program is pleased to announce the addition of three new members to its Executive Committee. Thomas Buford, Jennifer Faubion, and Darcel Lobo have joined the Committee as of December 1, 2022.
The new Committee...
12/01/2022
Several national federal rule changes and national official form changes are effective December 1, 2022. The full amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure can be found here:
https://www.uscourts.gov/rules-policies/pending-rules-and-...
10/17/2022
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT - Bankruptcy Judgeship Opportunity - Southern District of California, San Diego
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Bankruptcy Judgeship Opportunity - Southern District of California, San Diego
10/12/2022
The Vancouver and Port Orchard motion calendars are moving to a virtual platform, ZoomGov. Evidentiary hearings and trials will be held in person at the discretion of the assigned judge. Specifically:
Judge Heston will hold her first Vancouver...
10/07/2022
The Thomas T. Glover Mediation Program, together with the KCBA Bankruptcy Section, announces the rescheduled return to in-person programming! Join us for a discussion of the mediation opportunities within Subchapter V, followed by a long overdue...
08/26/2022
Judge Heston Calendars.
08/05/2022
Due to concerns related to COVID-19 variants, the Court has decided to conduct this fall’s bench/bar program on a virtual platform. The event will take place on September 19 at 2:30 pm via ZoomGov. Topics to be covered will include a judge’s panel,...
07/25/2022
The latest article in the WAWB Best Practices series provides an overview of the changes implemented by the Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act, adopted June 21, 2022. Thank you to Alexandra K. Yerigan, law clerk fo the...
07/08/2022
Reinstatement of indoor Mask Requirement. Effective July 11, 2022, face masks will be required for any person entering the courthouse and must be worn in all common areas, including courtrooms, per General Order 07-22. COVID-19 Conditions of Entry...
05/11/2022
The Court has entered General Order 2022-01 amending Local Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 5001-1, governing the deposit of funds into the Court's registry account. The local rule revisions are necessitated by a change in internal procedures governing...
05/02/2022
Thank you to the Honorable Brian D. Lynch and his law clerk Katherine Culbertson, as well as the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, for the latest installment in the WAWB Best Practices series: The Debtor’s Right to Dismiss a Chapter 13 Case...
04/19/2022
Starting late April, the Seattle/Everett/Bellingham assignment areas will be consolidated as to the assignment of chapter 7 cases. Chapter 7 trustees Ronald G. Brown, Virginia A. Burdette, Dennis Burman, Michael P. Klein and Edmund J. Wood will...
04/07/2022
Temporary amendments to the Bankruptcy Code, Rules and National forms were implemented by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act"). Those bankruptcy provisions sunset on March 27, 2022. Certain of the Official...
03/23/2022
The Court's Thomas T. Glover Mediation Program welcomes bankruptcy attorney Thomas Buford to its panel of mediators. Program mediators are trained in alternative dispute resolution techniques and are available to serve in both main cases and...
02/10/2022
Effective March 1, 2022, the Bankruptcy Clerk’s Office intake counters will reopen to serve the public in the Tacoma and Seattle courthouses. The counter is staffed Monday through Friday during business hours: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm. Clerk’s office staff...
01/26/2022
In recognition of the increased use of the ZoomGov platform for virtual hearings, WAWB Best Practices series presents the attached ZoomGov guide for hearing participants. This guide includes technical details and tips for practitioners and other...
01/20/2022
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1007(a)(1) requires certain debtors to file, with the voluntary petition, a statement of corporate ownership. Effective December 1, 2021, this requirement was extended to adversary proceedings. Fed.R. Bankr. P. 7007.1. Any...
01/18/2022
A new ECF event has been made available to Trustees to facilitate their compliance with the Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act (BAIA). The BAIA requires Chapter 7 panel trustees to docket a certification of eligibility, pursuant to 11 U.S.C....
01/13/2022
Judge Barreca announces that Everett Calendars will be conducted via ZoomGov going forward. ZoomGov access information to be included with pleadings can be found under the judge’s Everett tab.
01/06/2022
Judge Alston’s Seattle Calendars