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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
May 20, 2002
R. MICHAEL BOLEN IS APPOINTED
U.S. TRUSTEE FOR LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI
WASHINGTON, D.C.-R. Michael Bolen has been appointed
United States Trustee for Louisiana and Mississippi (Region
5), it was announced today by Lawrence Friedman, Director
of the Executive Office for United States Trustees. Bolen
will take office on June 3, 2002.
"It gives me great pleasure to announce Michael
Bolen's appointment as U.S. Trustee for Region 5, " Friedman
stated. "Mike's career as a bankruptcy professional has spanned
nearly 20 years, during which he has attained broad experience
by serving in private practice, for the Bankruptcy Court,
and for the U.S. Trustee Program."
"I am truly honored by the opportunity to serve
as U.S. Trustee for Mississippi and Louisiana," Bolen stated.
"I am well acquainted with the dedicated employees in Region
5 and look forward to working with them in this new capacity.
Under the leadership of Director Friedman, I will carry out
the Attorney General's mandate to improve the integrity of
the bankruptcy system."
Bolen has served in the U.S. Trustee Program
as a senior attorney in the Jackson, Miss., office since 1988.
Before joining the Program, he was an estate administrator
for the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
from 1984 to 1988. Bolen was a member of the Booneville, Miss.,
firm of Gifford, Moore & Bolen from 1979 to 1984, and
an assistant city prosecutor for Booneville from 1981 to 1984.
Bolen received his law degree from Mississippi
College School of Law in Jackson, Miss., in 1978 and his undergraduate
degree from the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss.,
in 1974.
During his career, Bolen has served as president
of the Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, the National Association
of Estate Administrators, and the Mississippi College School
of Law Alumni Association. He was honored as the Mississippi
College School of Law Alumnus of the Year in 1988.
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 96 field offices.
Region 5, which consists of Louisiana and Mississippi, is
headquartered in New Orleans with additional offices in Shreveport,
La., and Jackson, Miss.
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