Local Rules and Administrative Orders

Proposed Changes

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has formed a committee to review its Local Bankruptcy Rules. The Committee is soliciting comments from attorneys for suggested changes or additions to the existing Local Bankruptcy Rules. Please submit your comments or suggestions electronically to LRBPcomments@FFHSJ.com or by mail to: Prof. Alan N. Resnick, Chair, Committee on Local Bankruptcy Rules, c/o Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, One New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004-1980, before April 23, 2008.
Proposed changes to local rules.

Local Rules (revised October 17, 2005)

• Local Rules revised October 17, 2005 (PDF)
• Local Rules and Guidelines revised October 17, 2005 (Blacklined)
• Local Rules in HTML

Administrative Orders

• General Orders by Date
• General Orders by Subject

Procedural Guidelines

• Procedural Guidelines for Prepackaged Chapter 11 Cases (Admin. Order 201)
• Mediation:
• Court Annexed Alternative Dispute Resolution Program (Admin. Order 211, issuing Rules 9.0 through 13.0)
• Expanding Court Annexed Mediation Program (Admin. Order 143, issuing Rules 1.0 through 8.0)
• Revised Administrative Procedures for Electronically Filed Cases (Admin. Order 242)
• First Amendment to ECF General Order 242 (Admin. Order 269) [Limited Access Password]
• Guidelines for Financing Requests (Admin. Order 274)
• Guidelines for Filing Requests for Bar Orders (Admin. Order 279)
• Guidelines for the Conduct of Asset Sales (Admin. Order 331)