Ms. Laurie Kay Weatherford

Laurie K. Weatherford is the chapter 13 standing trustee for the Middle District of Florida in Orlando. Prior to her appointment in 1996, Ms. Weatherford was Of Counsel with the law firm of Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, representing primarily debtors and creditor committees in chapter 11 cases, and was a chapter 7 panel trustee. She tried a jury trial in the In re Braniff case and helped develop the Mortgage Modification Mediation Program for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Orlando. Ms. Weatherford frequently lectures on mortgage modification, student loan and various chapter 13 issues. Ms. Weatherford is a member of the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees and serves on its Mortgage Committee. She also has served on the board of directors of the Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association and is a past chairman of the Bankruptcy Committee of Orange County, Fla. Ms. Weatherford received her B.A. with honors from the University of Florida and her J.D. with honors from Cumberland School of Law, where she was an honor court justice, a member of the International Law Moot Court Team and copy editor for the Cumberland Law Review.