Michael G. Williamson
How Judge Williamson rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Williamson no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Williamson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Detailed fee applications and approval are required even when a professional seeks only to retain a prepetition payment.
“even a professional seeking nothing more than to keep a pre-petition retainer as full compensation must comply with the requirement under section 330 and Rule 2016(a) to file a detailed fee application and obtain court approval.”
Cautions
Requests for a second opportunity to offer evidence threaten finality and can produce endless litigation.
“This Court concludes that granting the Motion to Defer would undoubtedly invite an endless series of ‘do-over’ requests for matters that have already been afforded their full due process of law under the Bankruptcy Code and Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the reasons discussed below, the Court determines that, with certain modifications, this new practice is acceptable and does not conflict with the Court’s previous ruling.”
“To the extent it seeks adequate protection or relief from the automatic stay, Colwill’s Motion is hereby DENIED.”
“Accordingly, the Court sustains the Debtors’ objection and reduces Liberty’s claim to the amount of the deficiency: $62,012.05.”
“So the Court will grant ARC’s Motion to the extent it seeks to extend the deadline for objecting to the Debtor’s discharge.”
“For the reasons set forth above, the Court has no choice but to deny ARC’s Motion to the extent it seeks to extend the deadline for filing a dischargeability action.”
“The U.S. Trustee’s motion for summary judgment is DENIED.”
“Accordingly, the Court will enter final judgment in favor of Lindros on Count I of his adversary complaint.”
“The Motion for Rehearing is GRANTED.”
“The Lien Avoidance Motion is DENIED.”
“A separate order granting Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment”
“and denying Trustee’s Cross Motion for Summary Judgment”
“and Trustee’s Supplemental Cross Motion for Summary Judgment”
“Accordingly, the objection based on Stem will be overruled.”
“Accordingly, the Court will enter a separate order granting the Defendant’s Motion to Strike Prayer for Punitive Damages.”
“For the above reasons, this Court concludes that Wells Fargo’s Motion to Dismiss shall be denied by separate order.”
“The Debtor’s Motion for Reconsideration (Doc. No. 18) is GRANTED in part to the extent set forth in this Order.”
“The Trustee’s Objection (Doc. No. 12) is SUSTAINED in part as to the Vehi-ele, and OVERRULED in part as to the spinner device alone.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Five sampled terminated matters contained no docket entries, so no caseload mix or case-duration summary is available.
A historical record
Judge Williamson no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.