Bankruptcy Judge Meredith Jury, who is presiding over San Bernardino, Calif.’s chapter 9 case, said that she will appoint a judge who oversaw a $6.5 billion casino reorganization to mediate talks between the city and its creditors, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. Judge Jury said that she will issue an order next month explaining what issues the mediator, Bankruptcy Judge Gregg Zive, will help tackle. Judge Zive, who is based in Reno, Nevada, presided over the case of Station Casinos Inc., which cut debt, reorganized and left bankruptcy in 2011. Judge Jury asked the city and creditors, which include investors that hold more than $50 million in pension-obligation bonds and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, to submit matters they want Judge Zive to address, including a plan to cut debt and a dispute with the state over tax collections.
