U.S. Department of Justice
Executive Office for United States Trustees
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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
December 13, 2002
HABBO
G. FOKKENA SERVING AS U.S. TRUSTEE
IN
COLORADO, UTAH, AND WYOMING FOR INTERIM PERIOD
WASHINGTON,
D.C.–Habbo G. Fokkena, United States Trustee for Iowa,
Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota (Region 12), is
also serving as United States Trustee for Colorado, Utah,
and Wyoming (Region 19) for an interim period effective Dec.
6, 2002, it was announced today by Lawrence Friedman, Director
of the Executive Office for United States Trustees.
Fokkena
replaced Howard R. Tallman, who was appointed to the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado. Tallman served
as U.S. Trustee for Region 19 since March 29, 2000.
Fokkena
was appointed U.S. Trustee for Region 12 on May 6, 2002. Prior
to that appointment, he was a sole practitioner in Clarksville,
Iowa, specializing in financial and bankruptcy litigation
and labor arbitration. He administered Chapter 7 bankruptcy
cases as a panel trustee for the Northern District of Iowa
from 1987 to 2002. Fokkena received his law degree in 1975
from the University of Iowa College of Law in Iowa City, and
his undergraduate degree in 1972 from the University of Northern
Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He served in the United States
Army from 1967 to 1969.
The
U.S. 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. Region 19 is headquartered in Denver, with additional
offices in Salt Lake City and Cheyenne.
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