PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
September 19, 2002
MARY
E. MAY APPOINTED U.S. TRUSTEE FOR
KANSAS,
OKLAHOMA, AND NEW MEXICO
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Mary E. May has been appointed United States
Trustee for Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico (Region 20),
it was announced today by Lawrence Friedman, Director of the
Executive Office for United States Trustees. May's appointment
takes effect September 23, 2002.
"It gives me great pleasure to welcome Mary May to the U.S.
Trustee Program, as she brings a solid record of bankruptcy
experience to this important region," Friedman stated.
"I am pleased to be given this opportunity, and I look forward
to working for Director Friedman and leading the talented
and dedicated staff in each of the region's offices," May
stated. "I am honored to serve under Attorney General Ashcroft
and to assist in carrying out his mandate to eliminate fraud
and abuse in the bankruptcy system."
Before her appointment, May was a partner with the Wichita
law firm Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C., which
she joined in 1983. Her practice included bankruptcy, creditors'
rights, banking law and regulation, commercial law, and real
estate and commercial lending. Since 1997, she also served
as a Chapter 7 panel trustee in the District of Kansas.
May served on the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys
from 1996 to 2002, and she is a long-time member of the Wichita
Bar Association's Ethics Committee, acting as vice-chair from
1998 to 2002. She is also a frequent speaker on issues pertaining
to bankruptcy, commercial law, attorney ethics, and professional
opportunities for women lawyers.
May is active in many community and charitable organizations.
She has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the
YWCA of Wichita Inc.; the Board of Trustees of Leadership
Wichita; the Board of Directors of the Kansas Humane Society;
and the Advisory Board of the Kansas Childhood Hunger Identification
Project.
May received her law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas
City in 1983, and her undergraduate degree from Avila College
in Kansas City, Mo., in 1979.
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
20 is headquartered in Wichita with additional offices in
Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Albuquerque.
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