Posted: October 03, 2007.
On Tuesday, October 2nd, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law held a hearing on the "United States Trustee Program: Watchdog or Attack Dog?? This hearing was inspired, in part, by the meetings that NACBA members had with their Members of Congress back in February where concerns were raised about the focus and actions of U.S. Trustees in jurisdictions around the country.
Among the witnesses who testified was NACBA member Paul Uyehara of Philadelphia, PA, who represented the Community Legal Services Language Access Project and NACBA a the hearing. Read Paul's testimony here and his report here.
Other witnesses included Clifford White, Judge Jay Cristol of Miami, FL, Judge Eugene Wedoff of Chicago, and Mary Powers, a former US Trustee trial attorney. Transcripts of witness testimony can be viewed at
http://judiciary.house.gov/Oversight.aspx?ID=376.