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FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1996                                     (202) 514-2008
							TDD (202) 514-1888


U.S. TRUSTEE APPOINTED FOR DELAWARE, NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Attorney General Janet Reno has appointed Patricia A. Staiano as United States Trustee to oversee the administration of bankruptcy cases in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, the Department of Justice announced today.

Staiano, whose appointment runs for five years, assumed her duties on August 5, 1996. The principal office for the three-state "Region 3" is located in Philadelphia.

Staiano has extensive experience representing debtors, creditors, and trustees in both chapter 7 and chapter 11 matters and has been active in the field of bankruptcy since 1986. Staiano has been an associate with several major law firms in New Jersey, including, most recently, Hellring Lindeman Goldstein & Siegal in Newark. From 1986 to 1988, she served as Law Clerk to the Honorable William H. Gindin, Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the District of New Jersey.

Staiano received a Bachelor of Science degree in finance/marketing from Boston College in 1983, and a Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1986. She is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy for the New Jersey Bar Association, of which she is a member. Staiano is licensed to practice in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

As U.S. Trustee for Region 3, Staiano will play an important oversight role in the administration of the bankruptcy process, appointment and monitoring of individuals employed to represent bankruptcy estates, commenting on fee applications of attorneys and other professionals, as well as investigating and assisting in the prosecution of bankruptcy crimes.

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