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For Immediate Release
August 3, 2007
R. MICHAEL BOLEN IS REAPPOINTED AS
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE FOR LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI
WASHINGTON, D.C.–R. Michael Bolen has been reappointed by the Attorney General
as United States Trustee for Louisiana and Mississippi (Region 5), the Director of the Executive
Office for United States Trustees announced today.
“Mr. Bolen is an experienced bankruptcy lawyer, and enjoys the respect of the
bankruptcy bench and bar,” Director Cliff White stated. “Of particular note is the leadership he
displayed after Hurricane Katrina, which affected the U.S. Trustee Program’s offices in New
Orleans and Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. Bolen took the lead to ensure that all employees were
safely relocated. He worked closely with the Executive Office, the bankruptcy courts, and other
agencies to set up alternative work locations in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Houston, Texas,
making sure that the offices were up and running simultaneously with the bankruptcy courts.”
Mr. Bolen was first appointed as U.S. Trustee for Region 5 in June 2002. Prior to his
appointment, he served in the U.S. Trustee Program as a senior attorney in the Jackson, Miss.,
office. Before joining the Program in 1988, Mr. Bolen was an estate administrator for the
Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and an assistant city prosecutor, and
engaged in the private practice of law. He received his law degree from Mississippi College
School of Law in Jackson, Miss., and his undergraduate degree from the University of
Mississippi in Oxford, Miss.
The U.S. Trustee Program is the 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 5 is headquartered in
New Orleans with additional offices in Shreveport, La., and Jackson, Miss.
Contact: Jane Limprecht, Public Information Officer
Executive Office for U.S. Trustees
(202) 305-7411
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