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Nov. 28, 2023

Chief Bankruptcy Judge Stephen Johnson has avoided case backlogs, despite shortages

Bankruptcy judge knows what it is like to struggle financially

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SAN JOSE — After he began his tenure as chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, Stephen L. Johnson’s “first order of business was to reorganize caseloads.”

The first thing that happened was an unplanned retirement of one of the judges, he said, The district remains three judges short of its authorized nine positions, he said. “I am really grateful everybody stepped up,” he said. “The bar... (continued)

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