PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate
Release
August 11, 2003
FELICIA S. TURNER APPOINTED U.S. TRUSTEE FOR
GEORGIA, FLORIDA, PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Felicia S. Turner of Dunwoody, Ga.,
has been appointed United States Trustee for Georgia, Florida,
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (Region 21), it was
announced today by Lawrence Friedman, Director of the Executive
Office for United States Trustees. Turner’s appointment
takes effect today.
“Felicia Turner is an excellent addition to the U.S.
Trustee Program’s management team,” Friedman stated.
“Her energy and expertise will prove invaluable to this
large and very important region.”
“I am very pleased to be joining the Program at such
an exciting time,” Turner stated. “The Program
has built a great record of success in combating fraud and
abuse in the bankruptcy system. I look forward to working
with the outstanding staff of Region 21 to invigorate that
effort even more.”
Immediately before her appointment as U.S. Trustee, Turner
was a partner in the Atlanta-based law firm Troutman Sanders
LLP, where she was a member of the bankruptcy practice group
and the litigation section. Before joining Troutman Sanders
in 1999, she was a bankruptcy associate with the Owensboro,
Ky., firm Sullivan, Mountjoy, Stainback & Miller PSC,
where her work ranged from representing debtors and creditors
in consumer cases to serving as counsel for Chapter 11 debtor
Big Rivers Electric Corp.
Turner is a member of the American Bar Association’s
Business Bankruptcy Committee and Commercial Financial Services
Committee, and has been vice chairman of its Creditors’
Rights Subcommittee. She is also active in community affairs,
including serving as Professional Division Portfolio Manager
for the United Way Campaign in Owensboro and as a CASA (Court
Appointed Special Advocate) board member and attorney.
Turner received her law degree from Duke University School
of Law in Durham, N.C., and her undergraduate degree in mathematics
magna cum laude from DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind.
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
21 is headquartered in Atlanta with additional offices in
Macon and Savannah, Ga.; Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee, and
Tampa, Fla.; and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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