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United States bankruptcy court, Middle District of Florida

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TheUnited States bankruptcy court, Middle District of Florida is theUnited States bankruptcy court inFlorida that is associated with theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Judges

Judge	Appointed By	Assumed Office	Bachelors	Law
Michael G. Williamson			Duke University, 1973	Georgetown University Law Center, 1976
Roberta A. Colton			University of Virginia, 1979	William and Mary Law School, 1982
Catherine Peek McEwen		August 22, 2005 -	University of South Florida, 1979	Stetson University, 1982
Caryl E. Delano		June 25, 2008 -	University of South Florida, 1976	Indiana University, 1979
Lori Vaughan	United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit	February 25, 2020 -	Eckerd College	University of Florida Frederic G. Levin College of Law
Grace Robson	United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit	November 3, 2021 -	State University of New York, Albany, 1994	Benjamin Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, 1997
Jacob Brown	United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit	November 3, 2021 -	North Carolina State University, 1994	Samford University, Cumberland Law School, 1998

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 ofGuam, theNorthern Mariana Islands, andthe Virgin Islands handle bankruptcy cases directly rather than through a bankruptcy court. TheEastern andWestern 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 theappeals court with jurisdiction over the district.^[1]

External links

Footnotes

↑Federal Judicial Center, "U.S. Bankruptcy Courts," accessed May 31, 2023

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Terms	Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court