DOJ US Trustee Program Bankruptcy Trustee Directory Scraper

Scrapes the authoritative federal directory of US bankruptcy trustees published by the Department of Justice US Trustee Program (EOUST). Returns structured trustee records for all five chapter lists: Chapter 7 Panel, Chapter 13 Standing, Chapter 12 Standing, Chapter 12 Case-By-Case, and Chapter 11 Subchapter V. Each record includes the trustee's name, firm, address, contact information, state, and judicial district.

What It Does

The DOJ US Trustee Program publishes the complete roster of court-appointed private bankruptcy trustees at justice.gov/ust. This actor fetches all five trustee list pages, parses the state- and district-grouped HTML, and returns a flat, structured dataset of every trustee entry.

• Chapter 7 Panel: ~600+ trustees across all US states and territories
• Chapter 13 Standing: Standing trustees for Chapter 13 consumer debt cases
• Chapter 12 Standing: Standing trustees for Chapter 12 family farmer cases
• Chapter 12 Case-By-Case: Trustees appointed on a case-by-case basis for Chapter 12
• Chapter 11 Subchapter V: Trustees for Subchapter V small business reorganizations

Use Cases

• Bankruptcy-practice lead generation: Build contact lists of panel trustees for vendor marketing, software sales, or professional services outreach.
• Creditor-rights and debt-collection research: Identify which trustees cover specific judicial districts for case strategy.
• Distressed-asset buyer due diligence: Verify trustee coverage by district before initiating contact in a bankruptcy case.
• Insolvency professional databases: Supplement attorney databases with the court-appointed fiduciary layer.
• Compliance and reference tools: Cross-reference trustee appointments with official federal records.

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
chapter_type	String	Chapter category (e.g. "Chapter 7 Panel", "Subchapter V")
state	String	US state or territory name (e.g. "California", "Puerto Rico")
judicial_district	String	Federal judicial district (e.g. "Central District of California")
trustee_name	String	Full trustee name
firm_name	String	Firm or organization name (where listed)
address	String	Street address or PO Box
city	String	City
state_abbr	String	Two-letter state abbreviation
zip	String	ZIP code
phone	String	Phone number
email	String	Email address (where published)
source_url	String	Source chapter list URL

Input Options

Field	Type	Default	Description
maxItems	Integer	10	Maximum number of records to return. Set to 0 to return all records (~2,000+ across all chapters).

Example Output

{
  "chapter_type": "Chapter 7 Panel",
  "state": "California",
  "judicial_district": "Central District of California",
  "trustee_name": "Carolyn Anne Dye",
  "firm_name": "",
  "address": "15030 Ventura Blvd., Suite 527",
  "city": "Sherman Oaks",
  "state_abbr": "CA",
  "zip": "91403",
  "phone": "(818) 287-7003",
  "email": "cdye@cadye.com",
  "source_url": "https://www.justice.gov/ust/list-chapter-7-panel-trustees"
}

Data Source

All data is sourced directly from the DOJ US Trustee Program official website — the authoritative federal registry for bankruptcy trustees. Data is maintained by the Executive Office for United States Trustees (EOUST) and updated when trustees are added or removed from panels.

Notes

• Alabama and North Carolina: These states do not participate in the US Trustee Program — bankruptcy administration is handled by the Bankruptcy Administrator program under the Administrative Office of the US Courts. The DOJ pages for these states show a referral notice rather than a trustee list.
• Multi-district trustees: Trustees who cover multiple judicial districts within a state appear as separate records, one per district. This accurately reflects the official panel assignments.
• Partial data: Not all trustees list email addresses on the official DOJ pages. The email field will be empty for those entries.