You are deciding whether to file bankruptcy and may have heard about working with a bankruptcy trustee in California. The primary role of the trustee is to be a “watchdog” for the bankruptcy process. In fact, the Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy trustees helped manage all of the 45,831 bankruptcy filings in California for the year ending June 30, 2021.
The trustee’s responsibilities include:
We will cover Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy trustees with contact information in California as those are the most common for personal bankruptcies.
Below are the Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees in California broken out by bankruptcy district. You can also find the list here.
District | Name | Phone |
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Central | Karl T. Anderson | (760) 778-4889 |
Central | Wesley H. Avery | (626) 395-7576 |
Central | Lynda T. Bui | (949) 340-3400 |
Central | Thomas H. Casey | (949) 766-8787 |
Central | Arturo M. Cisneros | (951) 328-3124 |
Central | Charles W. Daff | (657) 218-4800 |
Central | Carolyn Anne Dye | (213) 368-5000 |
Central | Howard Marc Ehrenberg | (213) 626-2311 |
Central | Jeremy W. Faith | (818) 705-2777 |
Central | Todd A. Frealy | (951) 784-4122 |
Central | Jeffrey I. Golden | (714) 966-1000 |
Central | Amy L. Goldman | (213) 250-1800 |
Central | Rosendo Gonzalez | (213) 452-0071 |
Central | David M. Goodrich | (714) 966-1000 |
Central | David Keith Gottlieb | (818) 539-7720 |
Central | Howard B. Grobstein | (951) 234-0951 |
Central | Weneta M. A. Kosmala | (714) 708-8190 |
Central | Brad D. Krasnoff | (310) 277-0077 |
Central | Heide C. Kurtz | (310) 832-3604 |
Central | Sam S. Leslie | (213) 368-5000 |
Central | Richard A. Marshack | (949) 333-7777 |
Central | Peter J. Mastan | (213) 335-7738 |
Central | Sandra K. McBeth | (805) 464-2959 |
Central | John J. Menchaca | (213) 683-3317 |
Central | Elissa D. Miller | (213) 626-2311 |
Central | Jerry Namba | (805) 922-2575 |
Central | Karen S. Naylor | (949) 748-7936 |
Central | John P. Pringle | (323) 724-3117 |
Central | Jason M. Rund | (310) 640-1200 |
Central | David Seror | (818) 827-9200 |
Central | Larry D. Simons | (951) 686-6300 |
Central | Steven M. Speier | (949) 561-3749 |
Central | Diane C. Weil | (818) 946-1270 |
Central | Robert S. Whitmore | (951) 276-9292 |
Central | Edward M. Wolkowitz | (310) 229-3367 |
Central | Timothy J. Yoo | (310) 229-3361 |
Central | Nancy J. Zamora | (213) 488-9411 |
Eastern | Sheri L. Carello | (916) 444-8149 |
Eastern | Michael P. Dacquisto | (530) 244-6267 |
Eastern | Irma C. Edmonds | (559) 221-2233 |
Eastern | Gary R. Farrar | (209) 551-1962 |
Eastern | Peter L. Fear | (559) 464-5295 |
Eastern | Alan S. Fukushima | (916) 449-3949 |
Eastern | J. Michael Hopper | (530) 757-2033 |
Eastern | Kimberly J. Husted | (916) 635-1939 |
Eastern | Michael D. McGranahan | (209) 524-1782 |
Eastern | Eric J. Nims | (209) 887-3585 |
Eastern | Geoffrey M. Richards | (916) 288-8365 |
Eastern | James E. Salven | (559) 230-1095 |
Eastern | Susan K. Smith | (916) 833-2936 |
Eastern | Henry M. Spacone | (916) 481-3150 |
Eastern | Jeffrey M. Vetter | (661) 809-6806 |
Eastern | Douglas M. Whatley | (916) 358-9345 |
Northern | Kari Bowyer | (408) 641-1327 |
Northern | Lois I. Brady | (510) 452-6498 |
Northern | Linda S. Green | (707) 575-6112 |
Northern | Frode "Fred" S. Hjelmeset | (650) 386-5634 |
Northern | Timothy W. Hoffman | (707) 874-2066 |
Northern | Janina M. Hoskins | (707) 569-9508 |
Northern | Doris A. Kaelin | (831) 600-8093 |
Northern | Michael G. Kasolas | (415) 504-1926 |
Northern | Sarah L. Little | (510) 485-0740 |
Northern | Paul J. Mansdorf | (510) 526-5993 |
Northern | E. Lynn Schoenmann | (415) 569-4390 |
Northern | Marlene G. Weinstein | (925) 482-8982 |
Southern | Leonard J. Ackerman | (619) 906-5593 |
Southern | Christopher R. Barclay | (619) 255-1529 |
Southern | Gerald Holt Davis | (619) 400-9997 |
Southern | Leslie T. Gladstone | (858) 454-9887 |
Southern | James L. Kennedy | (858) 451-8859 |
Southern | Ronald E. Stadtmueller | (858) 564-9310 |
Below are the Chapter 13 bankruptcy trustees in California broken out by bankruptcy district. You can also find the list here. Please note that the US Trustee program does not administer bankruptcy estates in North Carolina and Alabama.
District | Name | Phone |
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Central | Amrane Cohen | (714) 621-0200 |
Central | Nancy K. Curry | (213) 689-3014 |
Central | Rodney A. Danielson | (951) 826-8000 |
Central | Kathy Anderson Dockery | (213) 996-4400 |
Central | Elizabeth F. Rojas | (818) 933-5700 |
Eastern | David P. Cusick | (916) 856-8000 |
Eastern | Russell D. Greer | (209) 576-1954 |
Eastern | Michael Meyer | (559) 275-9512 |
Northern | Martha G. Bronitsky | (510) 266-5580 |
Northern | David E. Burchard | (650) 345-7801 |
Northern | Devin Derham-Burk | (408) 354-4413 |
Southern | Thomas H. Billingslea, Jr. | (619) 233-7525 |
Southern | David L. Skelton | (619) 338-4006 |