PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
October 31, 2003
DEIRDRE A. MARTINI APPOINTED U.S. TRUSTEE FOR
NEW
YORK, CONNECTICUT, VERMONT
WASHINGTON,
D.C.–Deirdre A. Martini of Fairfield, Conn., has been
appointed United States Trustee for New York, Connecticut,
and Vermont (Region 2), it was announced today by Lawrence
Friedman, Director of the Executive Office for United States
Trustees. Martini’s appointment takes effect on November
2, 2003.
“I
am pleased to announce Deirdre Martini’s appointment
as U.S. Trustee for Region 2,” Friedman stated. “Her
background in commercial litigation and bankruptcy, as well
as her experience with civil and criminal enforcement as an
Assistant U.S. Attorney, will serve the Program well in this
very important region.”
“I
am looking forward to working with the well-regarded professional
staff in the region, under the leadership of Director Friedman,”
Martini stated. “I am eager to apply my commercial litigation
and negotiation skills, along with my enforcement experience,
to carry out the Attorney General’s mandate to preserve
the integrity of the bankruptcy system.”
Immediately
before joining the U.S. Trustee Program, Martini practiced
law at the Greenwich, Conn., office of Ivey, Barnum &
O’Mara LLC, where she founded the bankruptcy, creditors’
rights, and corporate restructuring practice group. Prior
to that, she served from 1988 to 1999 as an Assistant U.S.
Attorney for the District of Connecticut, representing federal
agencies in bankruptcy cases and adversary proceedings and
prosecuting criminal bankruptcy fraud cases. While at the
U.S. Attorney’s office, she also served as a mediator
for the Department of Justice’s Equal Employment Opportunity
Office, and developed a curriculum and teaching materials
on mediation advocacy and advanced negotiations for the instruction
of civil Assistant U.S. Attorneys nationwide.
Martini
has served as a member of the International Women’s
Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, as well as the
Strategic Planning Committee and the Local Rules Committee
of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut.
Martini
received her law degree in 1987 from Quinnipiac University
School of Law in Hamden, Conn., and her undergraduate degree
in 1984 from New York University.
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 2 is headquartered
in Manhattan with additional offices in Albany, Brooklyn,
Buffalo, Central Islip, Rochester, and Utica, N.Y., and New
Haven, Conn.
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