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Payments Address: (Include Case Number and make Payable to Jeffrey P. Norman, Trustee)

Jeffrey P. Norman
Chapter 13 Trustee
P.O. Box 1718
Memphis, TN 38101-1718

Postal Address:

Jeffrey P. Norman
Chapter 13 Trustee
One Columbus
10 West Broad Street, Suite 900
Columbus, OH 43215-3449

NOTICE We will no longer accept paper copies of tax returns and pay stubs effective 1/1/2013.

Email tax return by year to taxreturns@ch13columbus.com. Include the tax return in a single pdf of not more than 5 MB, and only the case number in the subject line. (ex. 11-12345, not Smith 11-12345). Tax returns may not be forwarded to the Trustee until 7 days (5 business days) after filing.

Email pay stubs in a group to paystubs@ch13columbus.com. Include the pay stubs in a single pdf of not more than 5 MB, and only the case number in the subject line. (ex. 11-12345, not Smith 11-12345). Pay stubs may not be forwarded to the Trustee until 7 days (5 business days) after filing.

Trustee Position on Commitment Period

Trustee Position on Late Filed Claims

Chapter 13 Trustee Position Statement Student Loans

Chapter 13 Trustee Position on Ownwership of Funds Held By the Chapter 13 Trustee on Conversion or Dismissal

Chapter 13 Trustee Position on Telephonic Attendance at 341 Meetings

Trustee’s Required Reporting for Self Employed/Business Debtors

2013 Safe Harbor Budgets

Chapter 13 Trustee position statement on USC §1325(a)(4) Best Interest or Liquidation Test.

General Business Requirements Chapter 13 Case

Trustee Position Statement on Student Loan Plan Provisions

Chapter 13 Trustee’s Position Statement on Loan Modification Plan Language

Chapter 13 Trustee’s Position Statement on Paralegal Billing and Rates

Trustee Position Statement on Mortgage Payments

Chapter 13 Trustee’s Position Statement on Tax Refund(s) as Disposable Income

In 1999, born out of a concept imagined by Jimmy Bone, Chapter 13 Trustee (Atlanta, GA) and Rick Yarnall, Chapter 13 Trustee (Las Vegas, NV) the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees (NACTT)  took concept to task to begin to consolidate Chapter 13 case information into a national database. This effort was in direct response to requests from large national creditors interested in improving communication.  The concept promised to provide creditors and servicers a more expeditious solution to accessing to Chapter 13 case information versus interacting with 200+ different Chapter 13 Trustees or websites.

The initial NACTT project effort was named the National Data Center. The NDC project goal was to provide “parties-in-interest” with secure access to national Chapter 13 case information via a single, secure Internet site. Today, participation has risen to 200 Trustees, representing approximately 98% of all Chapter 13 Case and Claims data nationwide. This data is processed and updated nightly. Subscribers include Ford, Resurgent, Becket & Lee, Litton Loan Servicing, VISA, Bank of America, CompuCredit, National Capital Management, Lender Processing Services (FNFS), Wells Fargo Bank (7 divisions and growing) and several others.  The secure website enjoys over 1 million hits per month delivering secure access for parties in interest to review their specific case information, which they review 24-hours a day.

Please click here to visit the website for login instructions. 

Mr. Norman was appointed as a Standing Chapter 13 Trustee in the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division on May 19, 2011. He had for the twenty six years prior been a practicing bankruptcy attorney in the Southern District of Texas personally filing over 8000 bankruptcy cases from 1985 to 2011. He has bankruptcy experience representing a variety of consumer and business debtors and occasionally, creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy matters. He has successfully handled complex business Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases including oil and gas service companies, maritime shipping companies, restaurants, high net worth individuals, video production companies and an offshore diving and salvaging company, he has represented farmer, ranching and fishermen in Chapter 12 cases. He is Board Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and the American Board of Certification. He was AV rated by Martindale Hubble while in private practice. He has lectured extensively to bankruptcy lawyers on consumer bankruptcy and is a chapter author of Bankruptcy Road Map, published by Texas State Bar Books in 2010.

Prior to moving to Ohio he was named a Texas Monthly Super Lawyer in bankruptcy for 5 consecutive years. He is licensed in the Southern District of Ohio, Southern District of Texas, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Tax Court. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Houston Association of Debtor Attorneys, the American Bankruptcy Institute and Columbus Bar Association. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in accounting and finance from Houston Baptist University in 1982 and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from South Texas College of Law in 1985.