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The United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida is the United States bankruptcy court in Florida that is associated with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
| Judge | Appointed By | Assumed Office | Bachelors | Law |
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Laurel M. Isicoff |
Barnard College |
University of Miami School of Law |
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Robert A. Mark |
Brandeis University |
University of California, Berkeley |
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A. Jay Cristol |
April 17, 1985 - |
University of Miami |
University of Miami |
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Erik P. Kimball |
June 23, 2008 - |
University of Massachusetts |
Boston College |
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Mindy Mora |
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals |
April 6, 2018 - |
George Washington University |
New York University |
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Scott Grossman |
United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit |
October 2, 2019 - | ||
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Peter Russin |
United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit |
August 14, 2020 - |
Tulane Univeristy, 1985 |
The George Washington University Law School, 1988 |
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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