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United States Trustee - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Accountant, Audience, Auditor, Beholder, Bookkeeper, Cashier, Chamberlain, Comptroller, Controller, Curator, Fiduciary, Getter, Listener |
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The United States Trustee is the appointee charged with enforcing civil bankruptcy laws in the U.S.A. The U.S. Trustee also makes reference in criminal cases to the United States Attorney.
The Office of the U.S. Trustee is part of the U.S. Department of Justice. There are around two dozen Assistant U.S. Trustees spread about the nation.
Interim Trustees serve by the U.S. Trustee's appointment. These interim trustees include Chapter 7 panel trustees and Standing Chapter 13 trustees. The latter two trustee classes supervise the routine administration of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases, respectively.
Attorney and accounting employee staffers within the Assistants' offices review debtor filings for all chapters, enforce some egregious violates of the laws in 7s and 13s, and, along with creditors, act as the primary enforcers of the bankruptcy law in Chapter 11 cases.
External links
United States Trustee Program home page (http://www.usdoj.gov/ust/)
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