By The Honorable Michael G. Williamson, United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida

Although written for practitioners in his court, Judge Williamson proposes excellent practice pointers for attorneys nationwide. Click her for complete article.

Judge Michael G. Williamson was appointed to the bench on March 1, 2000. He sits as a bankruptcy judge in the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division. Judge Williamson graduated from Duke University in 1973 and from Georgetown University Law Center in 1976. He began his bankruptcy practice serving as a Chapter 7 panel trustee from 1977 to 1979. Thereafter, in the following 20 years, he represented numerous Chapter 11 corporate debtors, creditors’ committees, and trustees in bankruptcy cases pending throughout the state of Florida. Judge Williamson is past chair of the Committee on Creditors’ Rights, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association; past chair of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar and that section’s Bankruptcy/UCC Committee; and a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.