PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
April 14, 2004
PHOEBE MORSE APPOINTED U.S. TRUSTEE FOR
MASSACHUSETTS,
NEW HAMPSHIRE, MAINE, RHODE ISLAND
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Phoebe Morse of Cambridge, Mass., has been appointed United
States Trustee for Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island (Region 1), it was
announced today by Lawrence Friedman, Director of the Executive Office for United States
Trustees. Morse’s appointment takes effect on April 19, 2004.
“Phoebe Morse brings a breadth of legal and managerial experience to the U.S. Trustee
Program,” Friedman stated. “Not only has she headed a vigorous regional office of the Federal
Trade Commission, she has also served as Clerk for two federal tribunals, helping to develop
procedures to address new challenges such as electronic case filing and information
management.”
“I am very pleased to be appointed U.S. Trustee for Region 1,” Morse stated. “The region
has an outstanding career staff. I look forward to working with them, under Director Friedman’s
leadership, to implement the Attorney General’s mandate to confront fraud and abuse in the
bankruptcy system.”
Immediately before joining the U.S. Trustee Program, Morse served as Clerk of Court for
the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and as Clerk of the Bankruptcy Appellate
Panel. From 1983 to 1997, she was Regional Director of the Federal Trade Commission, where
she directed antitrust and consumer law enforcement in the New England region, supervising
litigation before the federal district courts and the Commission’s administrative law judges. She
was selected as a White House Fellow in 1980 and, as a Fellow, held assignments in the
Executive Office of the President and the Department of Labor.
Morse has published numerous articles on antitrust and trade regulation issues, as well as
materials on federal appellate practice. She was a member of the executive committee of the
Judicial Nominating Commission in Massachusetts from 1992 to 1997, and taught at the New
England School of Law for several years. Previously, Morse was a member of the boards of The
Boston Club, which is an organization of senior executive and professional women, and Families
With Children From China. She now serves on the board of The Wang Center for the Performing
Arts.
Morse received her law degree from Boston College Law School in Newton, Mass., and
her undergraduate degree from Chatham College in Pittsburgh, where she was elected to Phi Beta
Kappa.
The United States Trustee Program is a component of the Justice Department that
protects the integrity of the bankruptcy system by overseeing case administration and litigating to
enforce the bankruptcy laws.
The Program has 21 regions and 95 field offices. Region 1 is headquartered in Boston
with additional offices in Worcester, Mass.; Manchester, N.H.; Portland, Me.; and Providence,
R.I.
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