Two months into senior status, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laura S. Taylor does not feel like much has changed. "Ask me in a year," she said, explaining that she has kept larger, more active cases until a new judge joins the court in San Diego.
When Taylor was appointed in 2008, it was the first bankruptcy judgeship available in two decades. "I quickly decided that I wasn't going to generally apply for a judgeship," she said... (continued)