Alan M. Koschik
How Judge Koschik rules, drawn from 24 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Koschik
Alan M. Koschik has served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Ohio since May 2014. His chambers are in Akron, where he hears matters on the court’s bankruptcy docket.
Judge Koschik's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Koschik, as published on the court's website (checked October 10, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
- Notice of Revised In-Person Hearing Procedures ↗
- Relief from Stay and Abandonment Docket Dates, October–December 2026 ↗
Key rules
Conferences
Request permission for a telephonic appearance from the courtroom deputy by 3 p.m. on the preceding court day.
“attorneys, parties, and party representatives who wish to appear telephonically at court hearings in the Akron Bankruptcy Court must contact my courtroom deputy no later than 3:00 p.m. on the court day immediately prior to the hearing in question and request permission to do so.”
Conferences
Do not share a telephone hearing participant code with others.
“Sharing participant codes among counsel for court hearings is prohibited.”
Trial
Present evidence and live witness testimony in person unless the court orders otherwise after a motion and notice.
“presentation of evidence, including live witness testimony, must be presented in person absent further order of the Court after motion and notice and opportunity for a hearing”
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 10, 2026).
How Judge Koschik decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A creditor seeking a Chapter 13 secured-claim interest rate above the prime-plus formula should offer a case-specific basis for the alternative rate and risk adjustment.
“the Creditor offers no specific argument why a different market base rate or a different risk adjustment should be employed.”
Procedural preferences
Professional-retention terms must separate reasonable compensation from reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses.
“the fees proposed in the Proposed Contract are not reasonable compensation for the services to be rendered.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Court will enter a separate order, consistent with this Memorandum Decision, denying the Application without prejudice.”
“The Court will enter a separate form of judgment granting the Motion for Summary Judgment consistent with this Memorandum Decision.”
“In light of the foregoing, the Trustee's Amended Objection to Debtor's Claim of Exemption will be overruled.”
“The Court will enter a separate form of judgment granting summary judgment in favor of the Defendant consistent with this Memorandum Decision.”
“The Creditor’s Objection to Confirmation of Plan [docket # 15] is overruled and the Debtor’s Objection to Claim [docket # 26] is sustained.”
“For the reasons set forth above, the Rooker-Feldman doctrine does not apply to the state court’s finding that the automatic stay did not apply and, therefore, the Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction pursuant to Civil Rule 12(b)(1) must be denied. However, the Court concludes on the merits that the Defendants have thus far only taken actions that are excepted from the automatic stay by operation of 11 U.S.C. § 362(b)(4), and that exception to the automatic stay further allows the Defendants to proceed to fix the value of the damages owed for the conduct of the Debt- or and his company in that proceeding. While it might have been advisable to come to this Court first to confirm the exception from the automatic stay before proceeding, the Defendants were not obligated to do so. Furthermore, to the extent that the default judgment is nonmonetary, it may be enforced notwithstanding the automatic stay against both the Debtor and his company; to the extent that it is monetary, it may not be enforced against the Debtor personally. Because there was no violation of the automatic stay at all, there was no willful violation giving rise to a claim for damages pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362(k). Therefore, the Motion to Dismiss for failure to state a *278claim pursuant to Civil Rule 12(b)(6) will be granted.”
“In light of the foregoing, the Court will enter a separate order consistent with this Memorandum Decision granting the Motion for Relief from Stay (Docket No. 79).”
“For these reasons, the Trustee's Motion for Summary Judgment will be denied, and the Defendant's Motions for Summary Judgment will be granted.”
“The Court will enter a separate order denying Navient’s Motion to Dismiss con-sistent with this Memorandum Decision.”
“The Court will enter a separate form of judgment granting the United States’ motion for partial summary judgment and denying the Trustee’s motion for summary judgment.”
“The Court will enter a separate form of judgment granting summary judgment in favor of the United States and the Debtor consistent with this Memorandum Decision, granting their respective motions for summary judgment, and denying the Trustee’s Motion.”
The court withheld a final order while allowing revision of a proposed employee-retention plan, so the interim memorandum is excluded from motion statistics.
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Five sampled matters were recorded as terminated. The opinion-linked matter had no termination date in the docket metadata, although its retained entries include a September 2025 case-closing event, and it supplied one grounded motion outcome.
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