Robert J. Kressel
How Judge Kressel rules, drawn from 38 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Kressel no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Kressel decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Documented new value supplied after preference-period payments was sufficient to defeat the trustee’s recovery claim on summary judgment.
“Based on the defendant’s subsequent new value defense, I will grant its motion.”
Procedural preferences
The court applied filing deadlines as written when a creditor sought more time after the dischargeability deadline had expired.
“the motion shall be made before the time has expired”
The court placed responsibility on debtors to review sworn schedules and promptly disclose inaccuracies rather than waiting for the trustee to discover them.
“Their failure to do so constitutes bad faith.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
The signed fraudulent-transfer trial judgment is retained for reasoning but excluded from motion statistics.
The signed fraudulent-transfer judgment after remand is retained for reasoning but excluded from motion statistics.
“The plaintiffs motion for sanctions is granted.”
The signed dischargeability trial judgment is retained for reasoning but excluded from motion statistics.
“The debtor’s homestead exemption claim is disallowed.”
“The debtor’s plan dated November 4, 2008, filed November 19, 2008 is confirmed.”
“The Internal Revenue Service’s amended claim number 1-3 is disallowed.”
The signed student-loan dischargeability trial judgment is retained for reasoning but excluded from motion statistics.
“The trustee’s objection to the exemption of the debtors’ checking account held at TCF Bank is sustained.”
“The U.S. Trustee’s motion to dismiss this case is denied.”
The later signed judgment in the same BMC Industries dispute is retained outside statistics to avoid double counting the trial disposition.
The signed declaratory judgment following trial is retained for reasoning but excluded from motion statistics.
A historical record
Judge Kressel 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.