Court and U.S. Trustee Websites

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/

U. S. Bankrupcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit

http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/
web/bap.nsf/baphome

U. S. District Courts in California:

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

http://www.casd.uscourts.gov/

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in California:

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

http://www.cacb.uscourts.gov/

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

http://www.caeb.uscourts.gov/

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

http://www.canb.uscourts.gov/

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

http://www.casb.uscourts.gov/

Offices of the United States Trustee

REGION 15
Regions and federal judicial districts covered: California (Southern District), Hawaii, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands.

http://www.usdoj.gov/ust/r15/

REGION 16
Regions and federal judicial districts covered: California (Central District).

http://www.usdoj.gov/ust/r16

REGION 17
Regions and federal judicial districts covered: California (Northern and Eastern Districts), Nevada

http://www.usdoj.gov/ust/r17/

Other Governmental Websites

Administrative Office of the U. S. Courts:
Official Bankruptcy Forms

http://www.uscourts.gov/
bkforms/index.html

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts offers a complete library of Official Bankruptcy Forms, which are in Adobe Acrobat format and can be downloaded or viewed online.

U. S. Courts publication:
“Bankruptcy Basics”

http://www.uscourts.gov/
library/bankbasic.pdf

A 72-page pamphlet published in June 2000 by the Bankruptcy Judges Division, covering liquidations, individual bankruptcies, reorganization under Chapter 11, farm and municipal bankruptcies, and the Securities Investor Protection Act, including a glossary of bankruptcy terminology.

U. S. Department of Justice, U. S. Trustee Program

http://www.usdoj.gov/ust

Site of the U.S. Trustee Program, a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, consisting of 21 regional trustee offices nationwide and an Executive Office for the U.S. Trustees in Washington, D.C. The site includes a guide to each of the regional offices and links to their websites as well as directories of private trustees throughout the United States.

University Resources

Cornell University Law School, Legal Information Institute

http://www.law.cornell.edu/
uscode/11

Text of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in hypertext at Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/
bankruptcy.html

A general introduction to bankruptcy law and related Internet resources, including links to federal bankruptcy statutes, pertinent sections of the Code of Federal Regulations, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions involving bankruptcy, and related state laws.

Commercial and Nonprofit Organization Resources

American Bankruptcy Institute

http://www.abiworld.org/

American Bankruptcy Institute. Claims to be “the premier site for bankruptcy information on the Web.” This site features a wealth of bankruptcy information, including breaking news in the field, updated daily, bankruptcy statistics, legislative news, and articles from its weekly newsletter, Cracking the Code, and its periodical, ABI Journal. Limited public access.

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees

http://www.nabt.com

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees. Home page with links to other organizations, primary law, and associated sites.

LegalResource.com

http://www.legalresource.com/
bankruptcyall.htm

LegalReource.com site with bankruptcy filing information and resources for consumer debtors and attorneys.

Commercial Law League of America

http://www.clla.org/

Commercial Law League of America. Site includes texts of ethical codes and standards of practice and allows visitors to search for a CLLA member, each of whom subscribes to these standards

The Bankruptcy Law Trove

http://www.lawtrove.com/
bankruptcy/

A comprehensive group of links to bankruptcy-related resources online, including bankruptcy statutes, regulations, courts, and cases; other bankruptcy law websites; government resources related to bankruptcy; and vendor pages offering products and services for bankruptcy lawyers. Prepared by Warren Agin, a partner with Swiggart & Agin, Boston.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges Newsletter

http://www.weil.com/wgm/
pages/Controller.jsp?z=r&sz=
nlv&db=wgm/cwgmpubs.nsf&d=
&v=Bankruptcy%20Bulletin

Monthly newsletter from lawyers at the New York-based law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, including review of new developments in bankruptcy law and practice, and articles analyzing recent court decisions and statutory developments, with a comprehensive and more substantive review in January of the preceding 12 months.

InterNet Bankruptcy Library

http://bankrupt.com

Internet bankruptcy library by Bankruptcy Creditors’ Services, Inc., offering original materials and online links, including news from the bankruptcy world; information on discussion groups and mailing lists focusing on specific troubled companies; archives of Turnarounds & Workouts Newswire, a bankruptcy-related news and announcement mailing list; data on distressed securities; bankruptcy and insolvency resource materials; an international directory of bankruptcy and insolvency professionals; directories of bankruptcy conferences, organizations and publications; and other information.

Bankruptcysales.com

http://www.bankruptcysales.com/

Listings of estate assets being offered for sale by bankruptcy trustees, sponsored by the American Bankruptcy Institute and the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees.

Bankruptcysales.com

http://www.bankruptcysales.com/

Listings of estate assets being offered for sale by bankruptcy trustees, sponsored by the American Bankruptcy Institute and the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees.

California Bankruptcy Forum

http://www.calbf.org/

The California Bankruptcy Forum hosts the largest annual gathering of California bankruptcy judges, attorneys, and other insolvency professionals. The California Bankruptcy Forum also owns the California Bankruptcy Journal Corporation, which publishes the California Bankruptcy Journal.

Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum

http://www.babf.org/

The Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum is an organization of bankruptcy judges, attorneys, and other insolvency professionals dedicated to improving bankruptcy law in San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Marin, Sonoma, Alameda, and Contra Costa counties.

Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum

http://labankruptcyforum.org/

The Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum is an organization of bankruptcy professionals dedicated to the study of the bankruptcy laws of the United States and to improving bankruptcy law practice in the Central District of California (focusing on the Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, and Northern Divisions).

Orange County Bankruptcy Forum

http://www.ocbf.org/

The Orange County Bankruptcy Forum is an organization of bankruptcy judges, attorneys, and other insolvency professionals dedicated to improving bankruptcy law practice in Orange County, California (Santa Ana Division of the Central District of California).

California Board of Legal Specialization

http://www.californiaspecialist.org/
index.htm

This is a site run by the California Board of Legal Specialization. Use the site to find certified bankruptcy specialists in each of the 58 California counties. Information on certification and the certification process is also available.