U.S. Department of Justice
Executive Office for United States Trustees
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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
July 24, 2002
JOSEPH A. GUZINSKI APPOINTED GENERAL
COUNSEL
AT EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR U.S. TRUSTEES
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Lawrence Friedman, Director
of the Executive Office for United States Trustees (EOUST),
announced today that he has appointed Joseph A. Guzinski as
EOUST General Counsel. The EOUST is the Washington, D.C.,
headquarters of the U.S. Trustee Program, a component of the
Justice Department that promotes integrity and efficiency
in the bankruptcy system by overseeing case administration
and litigating to enforce the bankruptcy laws. The EOUST supervises
the operations of 21 regional U.S. Trustees and 95 field offices
covering 88 federal judicial districts.
"Joe Guzinski is an experienced bankruptcy attorney
who has served in varied capacities since he joined the U.S.
Trustee Program in 1996," Friedman stated. "I am confident
that, as General Counsel, Joe will provide leadership and
direction for all attorneys in the U.S. Trustee Program. His
vision for the Office of General Counsel is one I share: that
OGC will provide support to the field offices both by giving
guidance to our attorneys in the field and by providing additional
personnel when particularly large or difficult cases or issues
arise."
Guzinski has served as EOUST Acting General
Counsel since June 2000. He was also the EOUST's Assistant
Director for Research and Planning from 1997 through May 2001,
overseeing activities relating to strategic planning, statistical
research, public information, and consumer affairs. Before
joining the EOUST in 1996, Guzinski worked in the bankruptcy
sections of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and
the Resolution Trust Corporation. Additionally, he served
as Special Counsel to the FDIC's and RTC's Drexel Task Force.
Prior to that, Guzinski was an associate at the Baltimore
law firm of Frank Bernstein Conaway and Goldman, where his
work included litigating bankruptcy cases arising from Maryland's
savings and loan crisis.
Guzinski obtained his J.D. in 1983 from the
University of Virginia Law School in Charlottesville, Va.,
and his Bachelor of Arts degree in American History in 1976
from Towson State College in Towson, Md.
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