United States bankruptcy court, District of New Jersey

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

Judges

Judge Appointed By Assumed Office Bachelors Law

Rosemary Gambardella

Rutgers University, 1976

Rutgers University–Newark, 1979

Stacey L. Meisel

Vincent F. Papalia

Kathryn C. Ferguson

November 10, 1993 -

Rutgers University

Rutgers University

Michael B. Kaplan

October 2, 2006 -

Christine M. Gravelle

July 1, 2013 -

University of Massachusetts, 1979

Suffolk University, 1986

Andrew B. Altenburg Jr.

May 19, 2014 -

Niagara University

University of Dayton

John K. Sherwood

June 8, 2015 -

Jerrold N. Poslusny

June 30, 2015 -


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 are 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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