Catherine E. Bauer
Hon. Catherine E. Bauer is a Bankruptcy Judge with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California in Santa Ana, appointed on Feb. 26, 2010. Prior to her appointment to the bench, she represented Bank of America in bankruptcy proceedings for 15 years. She also served on the Central District’s bankruptcy mediation panel and helped form the Public Counsel’s Debtor<br>Assistance Project, which provides legal assistance to low-income families and individuals. Judge Bauer is former vice chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section’s Bankruptcy Committee, and is an active member of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, the American Bar Association, the National Civil<br>Trial Competition, the Federal Executive Board and the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles. She was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1985. Judge Bauer received her undergraduate degree from UCLA and her J.D. from USC Gould School of Law.<br>