FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                   UST
MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1994                                      (202) 514-2007
                                                         TDD (202) 514-1888

                       ROBINER NAMED A U.S. TRUSTEE

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Donald M. Robiner, an attorney
specializing in business matters, has been named a U.S. Trustee
by Attorney General Janet Reno, the Department of Justice
announced today.
     Robiner will serve as U.S. Trustee for Region 9 in
Cleveland, Ohio.  He assumes his duties October 3.     
     Robiner, a graduate of Case Western Reserve University
School of Law, has been a partner with various law firms in Ohio,
most recently as a partner with Buckingham, Doolittle and
Burroughs of Akron, Ohio.  He has extensive trial and appellate
litigation experience, focusing on corporate and business law.
     Robiner is board certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the
National Board of Trial Advocacy, is a life member of the U.S.
Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference and is a charter life member of
the judicial conference of the Eight Appellate District of Ohio.
     The U.S. Trustees oversee the administration of cases filed
under the United States bankruptcy code.
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