Tracy Hope Davis has been appointed by Attorney General Eric Holder as U.S. Trustee for Northern and Eastern California and Nevada (Region 17) effective on Nov. 27, 2013, the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees announced yesterday. She replaces August B. Landis, who has been appointed to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada. Davis was appointed as U.S. Trustee in New York, Connecticut and Vermont (Region 2) in August 2010. She joined the U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) in 1997 as a Trial Attorney before being named as the Assistant U.S. Trustee in the Southern District of New York. She has also served as the Acting Assistant U.S. Trustee in the Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn) and the Acting U.S. Trustee for Region 2.
Additionally, William K. Harrington, the U.S. Trustee for Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island (Region 1), has been designated by Attorney General Eric Holder also to serve Region 2 to replace Davis effective Nov. 27. Harrington has served as U.S. Trustee for Region 1 since October 2010. Prior to that appointment, he served for two years as the Assistant U.S. Trustee in Wilmington, Del., after joining the U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) in March 2004 as a Trial Attorney.