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Michael E. Ridgway appointed United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Minnesota

The Honorable William Jay Riley, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, announced the court has appointed Michael E. Ridgway of Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Minnesota. Judge Ridgway joins Chief Judge Gregory Kishel and Judges Robert Kressel, Dennis O'Brien, and Kathleen Sanberg presiding in the bankruptcy court.

Judge Ridgway is a 1978 graduate of Yankton College (S.D.) and a 1981 graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School. He currently serves as a Trial Attorney with the United States Trustee's Program in Minneapolis. Before that position, he was an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Dakota, where he handled both civil and criminal matters, including bankruptcy, asset forfeiture, and prosecutions of white collar fraud cases. Judge Ridgway also has extensive litigation experience having been in private practice for 17 years and serving as an elected county prosecutor for over five years. In October 2011, he was among a group of seven United States Trustee Program employees receiving the United States Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award, the Department of Justice's second highest award for employee performance, for "Exceptional Work to Address Misconduct and Abusive Practices in the U.S. Bankruptcy System." For more information contact: Millie B. Adams, Circuit Executive (314) 244- 2600.

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Parties in interest, attorneys and other professionals MUST NOT communicate in person, by phone or by e-mail with the bankruptcy judge concerning bankruptcy cases or proceedings, unless expressly authorized to do so. See Fed. R. Bankr. Proc. 9003(a). Parties or attorneys seeking relief from the court must obtain a hearing date and time from the calendar clerk for the judge assigned to the case, and file a Notice of Hearing (setting forth the date and time of the hearing provided by the calendar clerk) and a written Motion specifying the relief sought. Local Rules 9013-1 - 9013-3 and Local Form 9013-2 govern motion practice and are available on the Court's website, www.mnb.uscourts.gov, under Rules and Forms.

 

Chief Judge Gregory F. Kishel

238 Warren E. Burger Federal Building
U.S. Courthouse
316 North Robert Street
St. Paul, MN 55101

Phone: 651-848-1060

Calendar Clerk: 651-848-1061 		Notice Re: Calendar of Chief Judge Gregory F. Kishel for Matters Venued in Fifth Division at Duluth, MN

Judge Dennis D. O'Brien

                              
232 Warren E. Burger Federal Building
U.S. Courthouse
316 North Robert Street
St. Paul, MN 55101

Phone: 651-848-1050

Calendar Clerk: 651-848-1051 		 

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Judge Kathleen H. Sanberg                    

United States Bankruptcy Court
8W U.S. Courthouse
300 South Fourth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Phone: 612-664-5280

Calendar Clerk: 612-664-5251

Procedures for scheduling motions for relief from stay before Judge Sanberg:

Until further notice, motions for relief from stay should NOT be self-calendared. Please contact Judge Sanberg's calendar clerk, Carrie Nordstrom at carrie_nordstrom@mnb.uscourts.gov or 612-664-5251 to schedule all motions.

Judge Michael E. Ridgway


United States Bankruptcy Court
7W U.S. Courthouse
300 South Fourth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Phone: 612-664-5260

Calendar Clerk: 612-664-5261

Procedure for scheduling motions for relief from stay before Judge Ridgway:

Motions for relief from stay in cases assigned to Judge Ridgway will be heard at 2:30 p.m. in Courtroom 7 West. Attorneys may self-calendar lift stay motions by choosing any Thursday which is not a federal holiday and including that date in the notice of motion and motion. Attorneys need not contact a calendar clerk to schedule lift stay motions.

Judge Robert J. Kressel                    

United States Bankruptcy Court
8W U.S. Courthouse
300 South Fourth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Phone: 612-664-5250

Calendar Clerk: 612-664-5250 		Order Preparation Guidelines for Judge Kressel

Procedures for scheduling motions for relief from stay before Judge Kressel:

Motions for relief from stay in cases assigned to Judge Kressel will be heard at 2:00 pm in Courtroom 8 West. Attorneys may self-calendar lift stay motions by choosing any Thursday which is not a federal holiday and including that date in the notice of motion and motion. Attorneys need not contact a calendar clerk to schedule lift stay motions.


 

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