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Feb. 19, 2003
Colorado Chief Bankruptcy Judge Dies
Judge known for open mind
By Tom McGhee
Denver Post Business Writer
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Feb. 19, 2003
Colorado Chief Bankruptcy Judge Dies
Judge known for open mind
By Tom McGhee
Denver Post Business Writer
Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - Chief Bankruptcy Judge Donald E. Cordova, who earned a reputation for fair dealing in 13 years on the bench, died of a massive heart attack on Saturday. He was 63.
Cordova was visiting family in California, where he was expected to attend a bankruptcy workshop for judges later this week, said U.S. Bankruptcy Court Clerk Brad Bolton.
Little information was available Monday and funeral arrangements hadn't been announced.
Among lawyers who handle bankruptcy cases, Cordova had a reputation for being open-minded and for moving through procedures quickly.
"But forget the legal stuff; he was just a nice man," said Paul Rubner, a bankruptcy lawyer with Rubner Padjen and Laufer in Denver.
Cordova had little experience in bankruptcy law when he took the bench in 1990 but learned quickly, said Lee Kutner of Kutner Miller Kearns.
"He had a great temperament on the bench, he was very fair and did an excellent job," Kutner said.
Cordova was one of nine children whose father worked for the city of Trinidad. He attended Regis College in Denver before receiving a law degree from the University of Colorado.
He was admitted to the bar in 1964 and worked as a prosecutor with the U.S. attorney's office in Denver during the Vietnam War. He once said that he found prosecuting draft evaders - many of whom said they were following their convictions - difficult.
"Most of them were good young men you knew you were never going to see again," Cordova said in an article in the Colorado Journal.
He left the U.S. attorney's office in 1982 and went into private practice.
He served as president of the Denver Bar Association in 1987 and 1988 and replaced Alan H.W. Shiff on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court bench in Denver in 1990.
Cordova was one of five bankruptcy judges serving on the court. In 2001 he replaced Marsha Krieger as chief judge after President Bush appointed her to fill a vacancy in U.S. District Court in Denver.
Among decisions he made as a judge was his approval of the sale of Boulder-based digital book publisher netLibrary to a nonprofit library group for $10 million in 2001.
He recently voided a three-year labor contract between the Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra and its musicians.
Cordova, who with his wife, Patty, had four daughters, expected to retire next year, Bolton said.
Feb. 5, 2003
Mississippi Attorney Indicted
In Bankruptcy Fraud Case
Dunn Lampton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, and Edwin L. Worthington, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi, announced Jan. 23 that William S. Boyd III, of Gulfport, Miss., was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with bankruptcy embezzlement, bankruptcy fraud, and money laundering in connection with his representation of clients in bankruptcy court.Boyd made his first appearance in the case Jan. 23 before U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Roper in federal district court in Biloxi, Miss.
Based upon the results of a seven-month investigation by the FBI, the 17-count indictment alleges that, from December 1999 through December 2000, Boyd embezzled approximately $395,500 from the bankruptcy estates of certain clients.
The bankruptcy fraud and embezzlement charges against Boyd carry a maximum sentence of five years' imprisonment, a maximum fine of $250,000, and a period of supervised release of up to three years.
The money laundering charges carry a maximum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment, a maximum fine of $250,000, or twice the value of the criminally derived property, and a period of supervised release of up to three years.
U.S. Attorney Lampton and FBI Special Agent in Charge Worthington stressed that an indictment is an accusation only and all defendants are entitled to a presumption of innocence.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Gaines Cleveland is the prosecutor in charge of the case.
Lampton praised the efforts of the FBI and the Office of the U.S. Trustee for their diligent work in the investigation of this case.
MARK
H. WEBER APPOINTED ACTING U.S. TRUSTEE
FOR
WASHINGTON, OREGON, MONTANA, IDAHO, ALASKA
June, 2001
NEW OFFICERS TAKE OVER AT NACBA
Elected to two-year terms for the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys were Matthew Mason, Director and President of the UAW-GM Legal Services Plan, Detroit MI; Henry Sommer, Director and Vice President, Miller, Frank & Miller, Philadelphia PA; James McMillen, Director and Secretary, Attorney at Law, Corpus Christi TX; James "Ike" Shulman, Director and Treasurer, Shulman Law Offices, San Jose CA; William Brewer, Jr., Director; Raleigh NC 27604; Carey Ebert, Director; Hurst TX; John Rao, Director, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, MA; D. Jean Ryan, Director, Markowitz, Davis, Ringel and Trusty; Miami, Fl; Norma Hammes, Director and President, Gold and Hammes, San Jose CA; Maureen Thompson, Executive Director, NACBA National Headquarters; Washington, D.C.
Oct. 29, 2002
American Board of Certification
44 Canal Center Plaza Suite 404Alexandria, Virginia 22314-1592
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Information Contact:
Michelle L. Anderson, (703) 739-1023
First Class of Certified
Attorneys
Reaches Hallmark of Ten years
of consecutive certification
The American Board of Certification announced that the organization's first class of certified attorneys has reached the hallmark of ten years of consecutive certification. The names and firms of the eighty-eight attorneys in this first class are attached.
Board certification is the mark of a true professional. To become certified, these attorneys passed a comprehensive examination and satisfied extensive practice, substantial involvement and peer review requirements. In addition, they had to maintain considerable continuing legal education hours in the specialty area. Four members of this first class have advanced to a position as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge since initial certification.
The American Board of Certification (ABC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the public and improving the quality of the bankruptcy and creditors' rights bar. ABC administers the only national attorney certification programs in business bankruptcy, consumer bankruptcy and creditors' rights law. The rigorous ABC certification standards are designed to encourage practitioners to strive toward excellence and to recognize those attorneys who are experts in the field.
ABC is sponsored by the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Commercial Law League of America. All three ABC certification programs are accredited by the American Bar Association. ABC's Board of Directors consists of many of the nation's finest bankruptcy and creditors' rights lawyers and law professors. For a complete listing of certified attorneys, visit the organization's web page at: http://www.abcworld.org.
The 88 lawyers who have attained 10-year certification are:
Alabama Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
John Francis Gough Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Arizona Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Michael A. Cibik Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Gary G. Keltner
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Karl E. Friend Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
California |
Dorothy L. Mott Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Steven A. Schwaber Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
South Carolina Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Delaware Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Tennessee
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Florida Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Richard L. Banks Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Patrick S. Scott Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
John L. Ryder Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Daniel J. Herman
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Stephen R. Beckham Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Jules S. Cohen |
Kyle R. Weems Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Peter N. Hill Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Texas Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Dennis J. LeVine Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Charles A. Beckham Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Hon. Michael G. Williamson
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Janet Suzanne Casciato-Northrup
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Mark D. Hildreth
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H. Miles Cohn Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Georgia Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Richard G. Dafoe Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Iowa Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
William Richard Davis Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Illinois Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Michael J. Durrschmidt Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Indiana Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Carey D. Ebert Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Kansas Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Ben Barrett Floyd Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Kentucky Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
James Charles Fogo Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Massachusetts
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Roger N. Havekost Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Joseph S. U. Bodoff Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Thomas S. Henderson Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Maryland Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Richard E. Hettinger Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Minnesota Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
John F. Higgins Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
North Carolina
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James V. Hoeffner Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Nebraska Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Shelby A. Jordan Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
New Jersey Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Carl T. Johnson Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
New Mexico Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Pamela Gale Johnson Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Daniel J. Behles Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Henry J. Kaim Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Jennie Deden Behles Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
John A. Leonard Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Nevada Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Herman A. Lusky Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Geoffrey Lynn Giles Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Frank J. Maida Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Gerald M. Gordon Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
James T. McMillen Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
New York Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Hal F. Morris Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Ohio Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Randolph N. Osherow Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Robert A. Goering Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Jack M. Partain Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
H. Buswell Roberts Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
John D. Penn Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Stephen Douglas Hobt Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Troy D. Phillips
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Wendy Joan Orr Gibson Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Hugh M. Ray Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Oklahoma Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
W. Steve Smith Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Oregon Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Max R. Tarbox Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Pennsylvania Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
Deborah D. Williamson Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Neal D. Colton Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Virginia Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
Valerie Perrin Morrison Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law |
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Vermont Certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law |
July 2, 2002
ATTORNEY GENERAL TERMINATES
U.S. TRUSTEE
FOR NORTHERN & CENTRAL DISTRICTS OF
CALIFORNIA
In an unusual move, Linda Ekstrom Stanley, who has served as U.S. Trustee for the Northern and Central Districts of California for the last 8 years, has been terminated by the U.S. Attorney General's office. Replacing her on a temporary basis will be William T. Neary, U.S. Trustee for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas.Stanley, who was appointed in 1994 by the Clinton Administration, said she does not know why she was dismissed.