Michael S. McManus, Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of California, was appointed to the bench on January 11, 1994 and designated Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge effective November 1, 2000. He received BA degrees in Criminology and Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1975, and his JD from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1978. After practicing for one year in the Los Angeles and Orange county area, he practiced for approximately 15 years in Sacramento where he practiced bankruptcy law at Felderstein, Rosenberg & McManus and later at Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan. Chief Judge McManus maintains his chambers in Sacramento but occasionally hears cases in Modesto.
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Updated: 05/07/08