U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona
18 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted. Court-wide standing orders ↓
Brenda Moody Whinery
Bankruptcy judge
Redfield T. Baum Sr.Recalled to service
Bankruptcy judge
Paul Sala
Bankruptcy judge, appointed by Merit selection
George B. Nielsen Jr.Recalled to service
Bankruptcy judge
Daniel P. Collins
Bankruptcy judge
Scott H. Gan
Bankruptcy judge
Brenda Kay Martin
Bankruptcy judge
Charles G. Case IIRetired 2013
Bankruptcy judge
Eileen W. HollowellRetired 2014
Bankruptcy judge
James M. MarlarRetired
Bankruptcy judge
Randolph J. HainesRetired 2014
Bankruptcy judge
Robert G. MooremanRetired
Bankruptcy judge
Sarah Sharer CurleyRetired 2014
Bankruptcy judge
Vincent D. MaggioreRetired
Bankruptcy judge
William A. ScanlandRetired
Bankruptcy judge
Lawrence OllasonDeceased
Bankruptcy judge
Eddward Phillip Ballinger Jr.
Bankruptcy judge
Madeleine C. Wanslee
Bankruptcy judge
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 10, 2026). Courts revise these, so confirm the current version before you file. The court's local rules ↗
- General Order 26-3: Procedures for Access and Management of Sealed Documents ↗
- General Order 26-1: Chapter 7 Attorney Requirements ↗
- General Order 25-1: Prohibition of Covert Recording Devices in Bankruptcy Courts ↗
- General Order 23-3: Procedure for the Redaction of Personal Identifiers ↗
- General Order 23-2: Mortgage Modification Mediation Program for Individual Bankruptcy Cases ↗
Filing
Chapter 7 debtor counsel must file the retention agreement, or move to file a redacted agreement, with the initial compensation disclosure.
“Counsel shall file their retention agreement(s), or file a motion to file a redacted agreement, with counsel’s Initial Disclosure.”
Sealing
Serve sealed documents through a permitted method outside CM/ECF; the sealed files are not accessible through that system.
“Because sealed documents are not accessible through CM/ECF, they may not be served through that system. Parties must serve sealed documents by other methods permitted under the FEDERAL RULES OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE.”
Sealing
Use the Notice of Redaction ECF event and attach the redacted document when seeking to redact specified personal identifiers from a filed document.
“An entity seeking to redact personal data identifiers as described in Bankruptcy Rule 9037(a) -- social security or taxpayer identification numbers, birth dates, names of non-debtor minors, or financial account numbers -- from a filed document may file a Notice of Redaction (‘Notice’) using the ECF event ‘Notice of Redaction’ with the redacted document included as the attachment.”
Other
Do not bring devices that can covertly record into publicly accessible Arizona bankruptcy court areas.
“Devices that may be used for covert recording are prohibited in all publicly-accessible areas of the United States Bankruptcy Court in Phoenix, the United States Bankruptcy Court in Tucson and the United States Bankruptcy Court in Yuma.”
Other
The Arizona Bankruptcy Court’s mortgage modification mediation program is available to individual debtors in Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13.
“The Court now expands the availability of the mortgage modification mediation program to include individual debtors in cases pending under Chapters 7, 11, 12 and 13 in the District of Arizona.”